Vonnie Brenno Cameron was born in
Japan, raised in Hawaii and has lived in New York, Dallas, Los
Angeles and Galisteo. She is of Hawaiian, Chinese and Norwegian
extraction. She attended University of Southern California
and Art Center College of Design. She studied oil painting
with California artist Glenn Vilppu and Norwegian artist
Jan Saether. From l972-79 she worked as art director at Ogilvy & Mather
in Los Angeles. In l979 she moved to New York to begin painting
full-time, concentrating principally on her “public portraits.” These
oil on canvas realist works portrayed people in contemporary
settings, capturing moments in time. Her paintings were featured
in one-woman shows at Ps Galleries in Ogunquit, Maine and Dallas,
Texas; Hobe Sound Gallery, Hobe Sound, Florida; Capricorn Gallery,
Bethesda Maryland, and Enthios Galleries; Santa Fe, New Mexico
and Palm Springs, California. Her work has appeared in Texas
Art Review and American Artists. After the birth of her children,
Vonnie returned to commercial
art directing and is currently working again at Ogilvy & Mather
in Los Angeles as a Senior Partner, Creative Director. Vonnie,
her husband Gene, and children Sierra and Shane, divide their
time between Los Angeles and Galisteo.
Her paintings currently focus on landscapes of Galisteo. Although
she still enjoys charcoals and portraiture. |
