Camden Wells is only just starting 10th grade, but she’s already a professional artist.
During the summer of 2020, when everyone was at home due to the pandemic, Camden began painting commissioned portraits of pets.
“It gave me the opportunity to create art like I have always loved to do and to make those in my community happy,” Camden says.
Camden now attends Cabot High School, but she began creating art in first grade. She says much of the work involved drawing, and that is when she fell in love with it.
As she has continued to create art, she’s found her personal style, which she describes as “very detailed.”
“I pay attention to every line and crevice, and it is transferred into my work.”
For the piece featured on this month’s cover, titled "Cobalt Canine," Camden took inspiration from her own dog, Poe. Poe is a blue heeler that her family adopted during the summer of Covid.
“Since Covid, I have developed my skills and even began incorporating other medium into my art,” she says.
Cobalt Canine was made using colored pencils, markers, paint pens and gel pens. The piece received Honorable Mention in the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts 62nd Young Arkansas Artists Virtual Exhibition.
“Through trial and error, I’ve been able to perfect my craft and work with what I love: animals, art and my community.”