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
Stencil on Canvas on a Crocus Bag that says free.
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
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…
Asher Mains paints Nelson Mandela Asher Mains painted this iconic hero portrait a number of years ago–when he was still in this three colour stage of yellow, red, and purple. The emphasis for this series is that the colour of skin doesn’t make the man–and certainly Nelson Mandela’s life is an example of that philosophy.…
Grenada’s Mona Lisa. Order a portrait of your loved one now for that very special Christmas gift. Very reasonable prices.
A year ago, in very slow economic times, we closed our eyes and made a leap of faith. To take Art and Soul Gallery to another level we expanded our space in Spiceland Mall. The new space is large, welcoming, well lit, modern, cool, and best of all, filled with the work of some…
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…
Richard Jack was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, 1949. He began his career as an artist in 1976 in South Africa, painting and sculpting and exhibiting in Johannesburg and Durban. He returned to newly independent Zimbabwe in 1981 and then began working with wood, stone and steel. Due to the political unrest and economic uncertainty, in…
Asher relayed the story of these paintings: “I had a friend who posted on facebook the story of how through a set of circumstances he traveled from one city to another, one job to another, until he finally ended up in California. There he met the love of his life, who became his…
The Paintings of Larry Catanzaro are vibrant and textural works, inspired by the power of the symbols. In his travel’s he is forever mesmerized by the beauty that iconic symbols have in today’s culture and in the past. Amazed in the their powers, he explores the content of their expression and incorporates them in his painting’s in various ways. The central theme of these images are magical…
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.
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