Cameron
McIntyre was born in Beaufort, S.C. in Nov. 1968. He is one of a dying
breed of carvers who works exclusively with hand tools in the manner of
the great decoy makers of yesteryear. His lifelong passion for old decoys
combined with 15 years experience as one of the country’s top decoy restorers
has enabled him to work on and study some of the world’s finest decoys
by such makers as Nathan Cobb, Lee Dudley, Elmer Crowell, the Caines brothers,
William Bowman, John Blair, the Ward brothers and countless others. He
is the restorer for Guyette and Schmidt Inc., the world’s leading decoy
auction company and has done restoration for the Ward Museum in Salisbury,
MD as well as almost every major decoy collector in the US and Canada.
This invaluable experience has given him a special insight into the construction and painting techniques of the “old masters” of decoys. Cameron has incorporated this knowledge of methods and materials along with his own personal feeling for sculptural form, color, and patina to create his unique modern “classics”.
Cameron’s passion for art and the natural environment extends to his landscape paintings as well. Formally trained in life drawing, figure and landscape painting at the University of South Carolina, and the Gibbes museum of Art in Charleston, S.C. Cameron has been painting for nearly 20 years. His tonalist impressionist landscapes reflect his love for color, sparse design, and the peacefulness of the pristine environment surrounding his farm on the Eastern Shore of Virginia where he lives and works.
This invaluable experience has given him a special insight into the construction and painting techniques of the “old masters” of decoys. Cameron has incorporated this knowledge of methods and materials along with his own personal feeling for sculptural form, color, and patina to create his unique modern “classics”.
Cameron’s passion for art and the natural environment extends to his landscape paintings as well. Formally trained in life drawing, figure and landscape painting at the University of South Carolina, and the Gibbes museum of Art in Charleston, S.C. Cameron has been painting for nearly 20 years. His tonalist impressionist landscapes reflect his love for color, sparse design, and the peacefulness of the pristine environment surrounding his farm on the Eastern Shore of Virginia where he lives and works.
