![]() I found it beneficial moving to Europe and completing my university studies because this gave me the opportunity to to explore different sceneries and learn different techniques of the visual arts.Īrt to me gives me the chance to inspire life, you can escape and find youself. eventhough it did slightly change my undying love for my art never diminished. When I Moved to England in December 2001 most of my focus changed and I went to university to study architecture. Acrylics combine strength of colour with technical simplicity, and their durability gave me confidence knowing my art will remain in perfect condition when shipped accrossed the world. When I was introduced to painting with acrylic on canvas my whole life changed because I discovered myself who I really am and could potentially become and now this is the medium I almost exclusively paint with. The Jamaican fine art community embraced my talents from that early age, private collectors, tourists and institutions collected my work, which inturn gave me the platform to showcase my work at various local visual art exhibitions. These colours stimulated my artistic abilities and gave me the opportunity capture the Caribbean lifestyle on paper and canvas. My early work was mainly concentrated on the colours of the Caribbean mainly Jamaica because that was my surroundings. He took a chance because he liked what I was doing at the age of eleven (11). In 1989 my beautiful and supporting parents sent me to Mr Vanhorn to learn how to be a professional fine artist.Ī year later I started selling my art through one of my cousins (Junior) who was working at the Dragons Bay Hotel in Portland Jamaica. I got into painting with acrylic on canvas as a medium through Mr Dean Vanhorn a Jamaican fine artist from my community. I progressed from drawing with graphite pencil on any paper I could find this I could remember doing while I was in Primary leading up to Secondary School. Clarke I began painting with acrylics and watercolours in the summer of 1989.
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