Cameron McIntyre was born in Beaufort, S.C. in November 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. Cameron's 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.
Cameron 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. His paintings are currently represented by Newman Galleries of Philadelphia.