Cameron Sky Villa: Two-Year-Old Artist

[bulldogtennis22]

he is simply adorable! :) and i love his work! expressing his little heart out! :)

[fromruinstudio]

I wish I could have started painting when I was 2!! Hes a lucky boy to have a father that is encouraging him to JUST PAINT @ 2

[carrieee33]

aw he's so cut :) who bought the $500 painting? :P

[victorsorengaard]

Not to be an asshole, but a kid smearing paint around isn't talent, even if it does happen to look really cool. And it does look really cool.

[villarte]

I never said he was talented, just an artist...because he creates art. But if you think this type of painting is so simple, I challenge you to try it yourself. Please show pictures when you are finished. Thanks for your commets. I always appreciate other points of view.

[l0lliepop]

JUST ADORABLE!

he's got quite a good sense of colour for a 2 year old. ; )

[didier350]

I just read that as parents you guys do not consider him a 'child prodigy'... just a two year who loves to paint. That makes me feel so much better. I get concerned for children his age in light of the whole Marla episode, who, to me it seems, is just a normal kid being sadly puppeteered by her father for his own motives.

[villarte]

Yes, that's right. We have never referred to our son as a prodigy. And I agree with you about Marla Olmstead. I don't believe she was the sole creator of her work. It's very obvious.

[didier350]

One more thing... It would not be unusually for any child given lots of paint, brushes, paper etc. - and allowed the freedom to 'make a mess' - to arrive at something which to the average person appears to 'look like' abstract expressionism. The point is, a child that age could not be aware (or wholly conscious) of the formally decisions they are making in the process and why.

[villarte]

Many artist in the world "experiment" with art and create paintings that are completely experimental. (no plan involved) That is what children also do sometimes too.

[didier350]

What's the deal with the recent fascination with child prodigies? I find it sad. Clement Greenberg said something along the lines that there are no child prodigies in the visual arts, in literature and music, yes, but not the visual arts.

[villarte]

Who said my son was a child prodigy? I didn't. He simply does something that most 2-year-olds don't. Thanks for watching:)

[Lysistrata8u]

Finally, with that said, the kid is off to a good start in all honesty.  He is a painter, not an artist... yet.

[Lysistrata8u]

I understand it is awesome to see what comes out of a child and that the art stands on its own as a composition. The difference is the cognition involved in its creation, without this, it is ordinary. Everyone can do this (don't say you can't if someone had a gun held to your head and said recreate this painting you could get damn close, if you couldn't you would have proven Darwin wrong)at this age with encouragement.

[infamouskirch]

and all those critics said a child could paint abstract expressionism ... boy this proves them wrong.

[prodj95222]

cameron is a great artist i would buy every painting if i could!

[villarte]

Thanks for the comment! Try to come out to his show on Saturday. Buy a raffle ticket and you might win one for a buck. Go to his website for more info. Oh, and look for Cameron and I on "Good Day Sacramento" this Thursday at 9AM on CW31/KOVR 13. Catch you later bro!

[Delaypat]

That is so frickin cool! If I had the money I would totally buy one!!!!