About Jamaican Art

Jamaican art is a rich melange of sources and styles, forming an endlessly facinating cultural kaleidoscope. It is vibrant and full of spirit. It reflects the lively mix of races, social levels and curtural sources.

Like the majority of caribbean and Latin American works, Jamaican art takes many forms: surrealism, realism, abstract, Afro-Caribbean cubism, modernism, academic and installation art.

Wood Sculpture

Wood sculpture is an especially strong tradition in jamaica, springing from African tribal culture and tempered by the European-influenced symbolic wood sculpture of the late Edna Manley, matriarch of Jamaican art.

The Artist and Sculptors

Numerous artist are prominent in the jamaican art scene, as well as Jamaican artist born elsewhere. The trained and self-taught or "intuitive" artists come together to form this lively blend.

Some of Jamaica's better known artists that will have there work on display from time to time are:

Sinclair Edwards
Tapa
Aston Martin
Kenneth Martin
Trash
Dennis Hall
Carl Abrahams
Everald brown
Junior
A. Mason
L. Campbel

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Collecting Art

There are two basic approaches to collecting art: with your eyes - relying on your own instincts and judgement, and the other is with your ears - relying on the advice of a few carefully selected dealers.
Either approach is a legitimate one. Most successful collectors employ a combination of both.
The best collector is an informed collector.

Throughout a collector's career, reading and constantly looking at art is essential in building an exceptional collection.

Most people feel comfortable going slowly at first

A. Spend time learning about art
B. Familiarize yourself with art terms, media and techniques

Collecting tips

When collecting Art, generally look for works that document particular movements of trends in art or that document different historical periods. This selection leads to a varied collection that includes both race and raceless art

About the Wood Used

Mahogany

Mahogany, common name for a medium-size family (about 550 species in about 50 genera) of tropical trees and shrubs important for high-quality woods. True mahoganies are members of an American genus and an African genus. Members of the family usually have pinnately compound (branching) leaves and three to five sepals and petals. The five to ten stamens are fused along their filaments (stalks) to form a tube.|more on trees |