{"product_id":"steve-camps-big-violet-original-cornish-whale-oil-painting","title":"Steve Camps (b.1957) - Big Violet","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wonderfully characterful original painting by Cornish artist Steve Camps, depicting a monumental violet whale moving through a pale blue sea. A three-masted sailing vessel passes along the distant horizon, while a small lighthouse or navigation marker punctuates the composition to the right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCamps plays deliberately with scale and perspective, allowing the enormous whale to dominate the composition while the ship and maritime details become almost miniature by comparison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Steve Camps (b.1957)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Big Violet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oil on board\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Signed lower right\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerso:\u003c\/strong\u003e Whale drawing and dated 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16 × 26 cm (6.5 × 10 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFramed size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 27.5 × 37.5 cm (10.8 × 14.8 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Consigned by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCornish Naive Art\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhales, sailing vessels, fishing boats, lighthouses and the Cornish sea recur throughout Steve Camps' work. His paintings use simplified forms, flattened perspective and an intentionally direct approach to storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteve Camps (b.1957) is a self-taught Cornish artist best known for his distinctive naive paintings of whales and maritime subjects. Born in Cornwall, Camps spent much of his working life as a builder before beginning to paint following his retirement in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crag Bank Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54458040287570,"sku":"CBA-337","price":495.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1078\/0904\/6866\/files\/IMG_4131_800abd08-7ded-43ef-987b-3d5f9f29412b.jpg?v=1788103351","url":"https:\/\/cragbankart.co.uk\/products\/steve-camps-big-violet-original-cornish-whale-oil-painting","provider":"Crag Bank Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}