An exhibition by instructors, lecturers and tutors opened at the E.R Burrowes School of Art on Friday and participants are pleased at being afforded the opportunity to display their artwork.
On Friday Stabroek News visited the school where many artists spoke of their love for painting and carving, along with the inspiration that comes behind each piece.
Among those whose work is featured is Nicole Bissoo. She said that some of her inspiration arises out of past experiences and childhood experiences, and that she is drawn to sceneries such as the sea and other calming places.
Her featured work included a piece titled ‘Kindred’, a painting which depicts the faces of a human and a jaguar side by side. She said that the inspiration came from the belief that there is an association between everything in the universe.
“We artists, we believe that there is an association between humans and every single aspect of the universe, so in one of our studies that we usually do, we learnt how to connect out spirit animals… the art piece is kind of personal because most times I used to dream about a jaguar,” she explained.
While some of her paintings take 2 to 3 hours at the most, the Kindred painting took approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Another artist, Sean Thomas, who usually designs clothes and costumes, said that one of his pieces which was on display on Friday, was created for the 2022 Caribbean Premiere League (CPL) cricket which will be hosted in Guyana from August to September.
Thomas, who is also a teacher at the school, informed that the three aspects of art which he teaches are graphics, costume designing, and textile designing.
This newspaper also spoke with Vandyke David, a young artist who specialises in carving and papier mâché artwork, who said that that his ‘Falcon Bird Set’ piece was derived from his interest in birds and Egyptian history.
“When it comes to anything of Egyptian background, that stuff interests me… the medium here is clay, paint and paper mâché… the entire preparation took roughly like 2 and a half months, but in terms of the actual working like carving and so on , it was done like 4 to 3 weeks.”
The exhibition commenced last Friday and will run until July 8, from 09:00hrs to 19:00hrs from Mondays to Fridays.
