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Car Trunk Art Salesman Derek Lannaman Interviewed
Today’s Sunday Gleaner carries an item on Derek Lannaman, an artist whose work space is a sidewalk just off Olivier Road in St. Andrew. Many great artists have been known to work in public areas, places filled with diverse crowds, as they seek inspiration for their work. That’s perhaps Derek Lannaman’s thinking. His work space [...]
Continue reading...Negash Douglas aka Wicker Man
29. May 2011
Today’s Sunday Gleaner newspaper carries a feature on Negash Douglas, also known as “Wicker Man”. Douglas works with wicker and wood, day after day, creating baskets, chairs, tables and artwork, and his work space is that narrow sidewalk near the intersection of Olivier Road and Constant Spring Road in St. Andrew … more here
Continue reading...Artist Feature – Wandeka Gayle
1. May 2011
Today’s Sunday Gleaner, carries a feature on Wandeka Gayle, a former newspaper reporter who has started on a mission to represent rustic Jamaica through art to an international audience. Gayle, who is from St Catherine, recently hosted her second solo exhibition at Andrews University in Michigan, United States under the theme ‘Around Jamaica in 18 [...]
Continue reading...Vejay Baker – A Talented Teen Autistic Artist
10. April 2011
Today’s Sunday Gleaner carries a feature on Vejay Baker, a 13 year old autistic artist with talent. From Vejay’s Mother: When he was about four years old, he said to me ‘Mommy, draw the crib’. I drew it and he said it was not complete; it was not finished. He took it from me and [...]
Continue reading...Young Artist Feature – Jarvis Dawkins
13. February 2011
Young Jamaican artist, Jarvis Dawkins, one of the 2010 recipients of the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards in the category of art & culture, is featured in today’s Sunday Observer newspaper. Dawkins distinguishes himself as a visual arts extraordinaire. He was the recipient of the 2008 Best Sculpture JCDC trophy for a piece called Freedom, and [...]
Continue reading...Paul Wiles – Jamaican Potter
6. February 2011
Today’s Sunday Gleaner has a feature on Jamaican potter, Paul Wiles, and his son Ita. Turning piles of hardened clay into beautiful works of art, using little more than pieces of wood, a keen eye and well-trained hands. It’s a talent Paul Wiles has mastered over three decades of making and selling flower and teapots [...]
Continue reading...Artist Profile – Livingston Lewin
24. December 2010
Today’s Gleaner newspaper has a feature on sculptor, Livingston Lewin. AFTER ATTENDING what he describes as “neighbourhood” schools in Orangefield and Jericho, St Catherine, Livingston Lewin ended up at Jamaica School of Art (now Edna Manley School of the Visual and Performing Arts) “quite by accident” where he was drawn to complete a four-year course [...]
Continue reading...Susanne Fredricks’ Free Art Space
12. December 2010
Today’s Style Observer in the Sunday Observer newspaper has a feature on Susanne Fredricks’ art gallery: Having opened the doors of 128 Gallerie some five years ago, Fredricks on Friday, December 3, 2010 opened yet another showroom for the first time, presenting Elemental, a showing of the works of two very gifted young artists — [...]
Continue reading...Gavin Gunter – Abstract Painter
12. December 2010
A geologist by day, an abstract painter when the sun goes down — such is the life of artist, Gavin Gunter. Gunter explains that he currently incorporates the use of Jamaican black south coast sand in his abstract paintings. This, he points out to SO, “is part and parcel of what I do…it’s my signature [...]
Continue reading...Gerard Hanson Feature
31. October 2010
Today’s Gleaner newspaper has a feature on Gerard Hanson and his ‘Jamaica Home From Home’ exhibition. Painter Gerard Hanson’s exhibition, ‘Jamaica Home From Home’, which was cancelled in May due to the unrest in west Kingston, began last Thursday at the Revolution Gallery in St Andrew. Twenty of Hanson’s pieces – a combination of photography [...]
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5. June 2011
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