art-oberfest 2022

Imagine visions of guitar houses, piano key walkways, musical note hedges, and live music venues and you will actually be viewing the original, abstract art of Cammeron Batanides. Using rich, vibrant colors to bring the art of music to life on canvas, Batanides’ style makes you want to dance, sing and lose yourself in the rhythm of the moment.

A native of Charlotte currently living in Wilmington, N.C., Batanides is an international fine artist and children’s book author/illustrator. Predominately working with acrylics, watercolor and charcoal, her works have been featured across the United States and throughout Jamaica.

Cammeron’s latest passion is painting internationally renowned musicians as they perform live at venues across the country. Her subjects include the likes of Jamaican Reggae artist Edge Michael, The Wailers (Bob Marley), Michael Franti and Spearhead, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, G Love & Special Sauce and Stephen Marley … just to name a few.

And the list is growing. Musician Jack White, ranked No. 17 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists," was a subject of one of Batanides’ paintings. The original now hangs in Jack White’s manager's office in Los Angeles as a tribute to White and Cammeron's artistic talents.  One of 14 artists in the world chosen for a group exhibit sponsored by CBS at the 2013 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in conjunction with the 2013 French Quarter Festival, Batanides was also invited to California during that same period for a solo exhibition of her work at the legendary Los Angeles Fine Arts Building.

Locally, she has been commissioned to paint seven public and private murals in the downtown Wilmington area and receives frequent requests for individual commissions and live music paintings. Her latest works include a watercolor series entitled, "Living Local" that showcases many notable Wilmington residents and their families.