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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
David Barnett

‘It’s just crazy’: the retired Cornish builder making thousands from his whale paintings

Artist holds an easel and paintbrush
Steve Camps in his workshop in Cornwall where he amassed a collection of vintage art and picture frames. Photograph: Imogen Rosemary

A year ago, art gallery owner Tabby Booth was scrolling through eBay when a painting of a whale caught her eye.

“I wasn’t even browsing for work,” said Booth, who set up the Sailors Jail gallery in Falmouth, Cornwall, with her husband, James Heslip, in 2023. “It was just for my own interest. But there was something about these whale pictures that felt really special, and the artist was from Newquay.

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