Category: Jamaica Fine Artists

Orange Jamaica sunset painting by Anthea McGibbon

Sweet Jamaica

ORANGE JAMAICAN SUNSET, acrylic ORANGE JAMAICA SUNSET by Anthea McGibbon by Anthea McGibbon on http://gallart.com/item.cfm?pid=21957 Orange Jamaica sunset by Anthea McGibbon

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21-yr-old Antique fair show treasures in Jamaica’s 50th year

Anthea

Items are a tell tale of Jamaica’s history and growth from before the country’s independence. Jamaican artists speak through their art…

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Master Barrington Watson art teaches on Jamaican history

Anthea

Jamaica Master Painter Barrington Watson Claudia Hucke, Contributor Courtesy of the National Gallery of Jamaica, we present an essay from the catalogue of ‘Barrington: A Retrospective’, now on show at the National Gallery, the Bank of Jamaica and the Olympia Art Centre through April 29, 2012. When Barrington Watson returned to Jamaica in 1961, the island was at a historical crossroads. With Independence looming, there was a general optimism in the air and, as Watson remembers, “the island literally went wild” and he himself was determined to contribute to the…

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