He shares his birthplace with the composer Benjamin Britten, a few years older, in whose opera 'Peter Grimes' (1945) the sea enters at interludes, a lyrical, incessant presence. Camp left for Scotland during the war, to study at Edinburgh College of Art. Like his tutor, William Gillies, who painted the Scottish landscape with bright Bonnard-inspired colours, drawing always comes first for Camp. He sketches outside and later squares up preparatory drawings on canvas or board. Painting is the preserve of the studio, where imagination and memory aid observation. Unlike Gillies, Camp looks at the view through his own painted frame; reality is suspended and in the studio, he is free to people landscapes with loved ones or models. For a full painting description on the British Council’s website please click on the link below under ‘More on this painting’