Other recognisable faces were ceramicists Leonia McKoy, Ramon Christie, Anna-K Cuffe and Aretha Facey-Dennis alongside Claud Hoilett with their eclectic vases and masks.Īround the ground the stories were varied as artists and patrons interacted, some skilfully negotiating sales.Need a hand? There’s an emoji for that. Sinclair-Solomon was having a “good day” with his intuitive art abstracts dabbling in ceramic relief/mixed media, a nice mashup of burlap, clay and acrylic.ĭevon Townsend got a thumbs-up and some encouragement from painter Blake, as the Potters’ Fair regular, who is now in his 10th year, made his way to a patron’s car with an oversized vase from his Stunning Art collection. When we caught up with him on day-two of the fair, Pinto, who was arranging his neatly packaged plate sets, saucers and whimsical mugs on one of two display tables was in a good mood as he told us “several of the works are gone”. “They love my art,”she said of the beautiful images capturing slices of Jamaican rural life.Ĭeramicists David and Allison Sinclair with their signature decorative vases and trophies, and David Pinto with his functional tableware, showed off their unique styles and approaches to moulding clay into impeccable works of art. Naseem Wildman, Edna Manley College of the Visual & Performing Arts photography major, however, optimistic for her fifth outing, noting the feedback was “awesome”. Veteran artist Errol Walker’s painting meanwhile brought Jamaican country life. Portrait artist Richard Smith and longtime Potters’ Fair painters Alphanso Blake, Lennox Coke, and Paul Blackwood, the latter blending coconut shells in his latest mixed- media works, were popular stops.ĭamian Cunningham, meanwhile, brought a wicked sense of humour with his Old But Mi Nuh Cold oil-on-canvas and several other pieces. The show also saw some impressive works by sculptor and wood carver Devon Garcia, who received rave reviews from a number of patrons. An attorney for over 30 years, Beecher-Bravo, who appeared pleased her patrons had turned up as promised, also found her way to art after spending years as a collector. Her love for vintage cars on full display, Crislyn Beecher-Bravo brought random images of everyday Jamaicans to life with her still-life compositions. It’s not so much about doing perfect art, but more enjoying the art-making process and to be transformed from it,” the artist, whose work is about “women’s empowerment, motivation and inspiration”, Ashman said. “I wanted to share more of the therapeutic value of art, and so my ‘Draw It Out’ programme is to help children and teachers to draw out their stresses,”she said, of her reason for the career switch. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters.
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