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Recent cultural excursions to the small island of Carriacou, have resulted in big rewards. The big drum dance, which harkens back to African cultural traditions, has many variations of dance which accompany. Carriacou is a part of Grenada, as is Petit Martinique. Here are just a few of the recent paintings that have been inspired.…
Big Drum Dancer, Susan Mains 46″ x 46″ Oil on Canvas, 2014
Grafted Narratives by Paintings by Susan Mains and Asher Mains | Make Your Own Book
Cocoa, ready to pick. Breadfruit, tempting from the tree. The Carenage of St. George’s. Distinctly Grenadian offerings. Acrylic on Canvas
If you’ve ever felt like there wasn’t a word for something you were trying to describe, perhaps you should have asked the plants. Susan Mains and Asher Mains have done just that. Bringing a veritable garden of new paintings and installations from Grenada, Susan and Asher Mains will be divulging the plants’ secrets at the…
Asher Mains and Susan Mains will unveil new work at the Gallery of Caribbean Art, opening February 15, 2014 in Speightstown, Barbados. These some 40 works take the human form, and tell a story of flora being wound and twined into the life of human kind. Stemming from experience, Susan’s work is more personal,…
Stormy skies can’t stop the sailing.
Sail of the Day 36″ x 48″ Oil on Canvas Although the rain is coming from across the hills, that doesn’t stop the sailing. A brief flash of sun in the afternoon lights the sails, and the captains run towards their wooden boats and the race begins. It won’t be long now…Work Boat racing on…
Meeting There is Going to be a Meeting, Acrylic on Canvas, Susan Mains 2013. I know that Monet is the famous one for painting water lilies, but what if he had come to the Caribbean? Surely his soft, pastel hues would have brightened to fully saturated colours, and his shadows would have come alive…
The ultimate of art adventures, the Venice Biennale has for 155 years been the premier art exhibition in the world. Grenada’s artists have not yet had the privilege of representing their country in art at this prestigious event, nonetheless, a contingent of Grenada’s leading artists found their way to Italy to be inspired by the…
So of course Susan’s work is the last to come in. Maybe the oil paint was still drying–yes thats it, the oil paint was still drying! See at Art and Soul Gallery now. Remember you can purchase any of these paintings using our 6 month no interest payment…
Glass, paintings, ceramics, sculpture. Art from Grenada at its finest. New work from Maria McClafferty, Oliver Benoit, Asher Mains, Susan Mains, Richard Jack
The sky is violet grey, maybe getting ready to be violent, but a streak of sunshine comes in from the west to illuminate the sails. The sailing continues.
These wooden boats that are raced in Grenada and the Grenadines have a life of their own propelled by the love of the sea by the men and young men racing them. They may not follow the rules of international sailing, but they have a code all their own, often loudly disputed at the end…
