About the artist

Art, in one form or another, has been part of my life since the age of five. My earliest art inspirations were the few, but impactful illustrations in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Although most of the images were black and white at that time, the colored sections, especially those that depicted birds, were most captivating. I was born and raised in the Caribbean Island of Trinidad and came to the U.S. at the age of seventeen.  As a youngster, the Trinidadian artist David Moore also inspired me greatly. Moore’s ability to capture old ways of Caribbean life was unlike anything I had ever seen. In my later years I was drawn to the works of Norman Rockwell, Thomas Kinkade, Vincent Van Gogh, and William Steig.

I attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, and was a Communication Design & Illustration major during the years of 95-97.  My goal was to become a wildlife illustrator…but… the Lord had other plans for me.

Over the years the art that I’ve done has mainly been in the field of illustration and graphic design. It is only in recent years that I returned to painting. I teach art classes for the Brooklyn Public Library, Queens Public Library and other organizations (www.urartclass.com), Plein air painting being one of the classes that I offer.

Where I live in Brooklyn, and for much of Brooklyn, there is concrete everywhere. To paint outdoors in Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens is an oasis of creation in the midst of it all. In addition to teaching, these outdoor experiences allow me the opportunity to pause and carefully ponder the magnificence of God’s handiwork. I hope to capture as much of this as I can in my artwork.