Cameron Edward Gould — Born 1986.
Cameron Gould is a digital artist based in Wagga Wagga, NSW, whose practice navigates the intersection of physical limitation, economic necessity, and sustained creative output in regional Australia.
Formation and Physical Constraint
Following severe nerve damage to his dominant hand at age sixteen (2002), Gould was told to “use it or lose it” – a physiotherapy directive that became foundational to his artistic practice. Creating artwork functions as both physical therapy and psychological necessity, with extended periods away from making resulting in increased phantom pain and reduced motor control. This creates a cyclical relationship where artistic production isn’t optional but essential for maintaining hand function.
His early work explored traditional media – charcoal drawing, darkroom photography, linocut printing, and wire sculpture – documented across twelve visual diaries during secondary school. In 2004, his HSC Visual Arts major work was selected for ARTEXPRESS and exhibited at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery. He continued with formal training in Digital Media (Cert IV and Diploma, TAFE 2006-2007; Bachelor of Arts (Graphic Design), Charles Sturt University, 2014), with work exhibited at graduation.
Commercial Practice as Sustenance
Seventeen years working across commercial design industries – signwriting, print production, magazine publishing, brand strategy – provided both economic survival and continued development of visual skills. This commercial foundation shaped his understanding of colour hierarchy, compositional clarity, and visual communication, directly informing his current practice. Operating Gould Co Design Agency allows him to serve regional businesses while maintaining an independent artistic practice.
Digital Practice and Emotional Processing
Working entirely on iPad using Procreate, Gould creates work scaled up to 1200mm, printed on museum-grade Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm with pigment-based inks through Melbourne’s Hound & Bone studio, distributed from his Wagga Wagga home office in editions limited to ten.
His work captures moments and emotional states that still cameras struggle to render – often featuring saturated colour and atmospheric intensity. During COVID-19 (2020-2021), he produced 33 works that navigated the emotional extremes of new fatherhood amid a global crisis, using art-making as both an escape and a form of documentation. Each work is accompanied by process videos that record the physical act of creation, positioning duration and physical negotiation as inseparable from the finished work.
