Caribbean Painters

Caribbean Painters is a multi platform project to discover, discuss and buy art made by painters in the Caribbean. Each day one or more paintings are posted across several social media platforms. They show styles ranging from abstract to naive; and from...

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The Archetype of Haitian Market Paintings

How many people can you press into one great painting? If your your name is Laurent Casimir 500 or more will do. The Haitian painter (1927-1990) set the tone for with his crowded market scenes.

How many people can you press into one great painting? Well, if  your doing a painting of a market and your name is Laurent Casimir 500 or more will do. The Haitian painter (1927-1990) started his series of detailed crowded market scenes in the sixties. Using mostly red, orange and yellow he created an original style that soon was copied by many others, resulting in a Haitian archetype.

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A random selection of paintings by Caribbean Painters

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Errol Allen (1960-2012) started painting at the age of 8 and is considered one of the main impressionists of Jamaica. Errol Allen (1960-2012) started painting at the age of 8 and is considered one of the main impressionists of Jamaica.

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Zoya Taylor's 'Sweet Infidel' wins first prize

Zoya Taylor’s ‘Sweet Infidel’ wins first prize

Ten Years of Wide Eyed Emotions

‘Sweet Infidel’ by Jamaica’s Zoya Taylor was selected this week for the first prize Award at the 2015 International Juried Exhibition of The Center for Contemporary Art, New Jersey. In the painting she uses one of her wide eyed characters with skinny bodies which have become her trademark.

By Jorge Cuartas

Zoya Taylor was born in Vancouver, Canada; grew up in…

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Caribbean Painters opens YouTube Channel

Caribbean Painters opens YouTube Channel

‘Daily Life in the Caribbean’ a short promo about the Caribbean Painters Project, went live over the weekend on a new channel on YouTube. The promo  shows a selection of paintings by various artists depicting daily life in the Caribbean. Ten other promos will follow this week.

The promos are part of a social media campaign to…

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Invocando Fuerzas (Invoking the Forces), by Chiqui Mendoza, Santiago, RD

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Dreams, and Organic Illusions from Ricardo Wagner

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Several famous masterpieces by painters from the Dominican Republic. Find out who they are on our Pinterest board; http://ow.ly/TN8rD or follow us for updates on #caribbeanpainters on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CaribbeanPainters

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‘You and Me against the World’ by Zoya Taylor, Jamaica, oil on canvas

Zoya Taylor was born in Vancouver, grew up in Jamaica and lives in Norway. She is the daughter of a Jamaican father and a Canadian mother. In her paintings she uses a recurring cast of wide-eyed characters who exhibit a curious mixture of innocence and worldliness and embody the duality in human nature. http://ow.ly/TLXMF

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‘The Reluctant Bridesmaids’ by Zoya Taylor, Jamaica, oil on canvas, 2011

Zoya Taylor was born in Vancouver, grew up in Jamaica and lives in Norway. She is the daughter of a Jamaican father and a Canadian mother. In her paintings she uses a recurring cast of wide-eyed characters who exhibit a curious mixture of innocence and worldliness and embody the duality in human nature. http://ow.ly/TLUTS #jamaica #ZoyaTaylor #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #figurative #figurativeart #surrealism #loveart #artoftheday #discovercaribbeanart #caribbeanart Discover the vast array of #caribbeanpainters! www.facebook.com/CaribbeanPainters www.caribbeanpainters.wordpress.com

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‘I said No!’ by Zoya Taylor, Jamaica, oil on canvas

Zoya Taylor was born in Vancouver, grew up in Jamaica and lives in Norway. She is the daughter of a Jamaican father and a Canadian mother. In her paintings she uses a recurring cast of wide-eyed characters who exhibit a curious mixture of innocence and worldliness and embody the duality in human nature. http://ow.ly/TLWGA

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The Color of Social Injustice - Comparing Millet/Brintle's 'Le depart pour le travail' #CarribeanPainters

Back in the 19th century, the French painter Jean-François Millet (1814 - 1875), moved by the social injustice in his country, shifted the focus in his paintings from the rich and prominent to thos...

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Aruban painter Elvis Tromp speaks with colors #CaribbeanPainters

Using oil or acrylic Elvis Tromp has painted several Aruban landscapes since he was a child, but lately he has expanded into figurative and abstract art.

Tromp, who has led the…

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Art Exposition: 'Bloodlines' by Firelei Báez

Art Exposition: ‘Bloodlines’ by Firelei Báez

Upcoming Dominican artist Firelei Báez this week opened her first solo exhibition. It is called ‘Bloodlines’ and can be seen at the Pérez Art Museum Miami. Firelei Báez (1981) raised in Dajabón, a hill in the Dominican Republic that borders with Haiti, created several new paintings for this exposition.

by Jorge Cuartas

The exposition explores themes like black culture; Afro-Caribbean folklore;…

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Paisaje de la Habana (1961) by René Portocarrero (1912-1985) www.facebook.com/CaribbeanPainters www.caribbeanpainters.wordpress.com