The Fruity and Flowery World of Camille Shu

Camille Shu has been into art since she can remember. The Portland-based artist likes colors and she describes her work as ‘funky.’ She creates realistic-looking things where she simplifies subjects into abstract shapes and colors. Gouache is her favorite medium, but she also likes drawing images in black ink pens. Being inspired by plants and women she works with, Shu paints images of fruits and flowers with the hope she will help people appreciate the world around us.

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lemons and oranges just for fun

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“I find inspiration from things around me, things that are in season or whose presence is fleeting,” the artist told in an interview for Ballpit and added that when it comes to art, she isn’t a planner or sketcher.

“I like to just go for it when I first start drawing something as if it’s going to be the final. But that doesn’t always work out, and when it doesn’t I love to use my tracing table to layer different sketches and drafts into a final layout. Then, I grab my bucket of gouache paints and start putting different color tubes together to get an idea of the palette I want,” she added.

Scroll down and take a look at her paintings below.