Artists Stanley Greaves AA and Akima McPherson examine Stephanie Correia’s painting, Kabakaburi Music in this their ninth Conversation on Guyanese art. The watercolour was completed in 1998 and will be available for viewing from December 7 – 12 at the National Gallery, Castellani House.
Stanley Greaves: Kabakaburi Music by Stephanie Correia is titled after the Mission in the Pomeroon area. Correia herself was brought up at Santa Rosa. Her Dad made history by being the first Indigenous person to be appointed to the Legislative Council in the 1950s by the Governor. The painting is done in watercolours, not a favourite medium of artists, with good reason. Colours are affected by light, a serious problem in the tropics. Paper is also affected by mould and insects.
Akima McPherson: The medium of watercolour is indeed a difficult one requiring the layering of washes of colour – paint thinned with water,