Cameron studied at the New School of Art under Graham Coughtry, Gordon Rayner, Dennis Burton and Robert Markle.
[2] Inspired by artists such as Frank Stella,[6] Bush, Painters Eleven and the Group of Seven,[7] Cameron's paintings primarily feature brightly colored, abstractions, which can be seen in his later work as landscapes.
[2] In the early 1980s Cameron's style developed into the "long horizontal and vertical lines of color punctuated by curves, squiggles and free hand geometry" that can be seen in his landscapes today.
[9] "The suggestion of trees or horizon is often roughly preserved but the real business of the paintings is the rhythm of line, mass, depth and color".
Cameron travels to the remote areas of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, British Columbia, Algonquin Park, Newfoundland, India and Nepal for inspiration.
[16] Alternatively, he holds onto the images from his travels in his mind and transfers them to canvas, choosing the colours to portray the scenes in a different light.
[14] Alex Cameron's work is represented by Bau-Xi Gallery in Toronto and Vancouver,[17] as well as Han Modern and Contemporary in Montreal.