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| I draw my inspiration from soils and geographic locations that differ from my native Jamaica. My travels to West Africa, South America, the Caribbean and Europe affirm my Jamaican heritage. In spite of the significant alienation I feel at times toward my country while abroad, I still look to Jamaica--to the spirit of my maroon ancestry--for strength, cultural affirmation and meaning. I feel its power come through with a 'clarity' that sharpens my focus on 'light' and it transformative energy, even though I have spent a great deal of time flirting with the mysteries of the dark. Not the 'dark' of King James, or the dark concepts of post-colonial legacies, but rather, the 'dark' of peoples of Africa and of African descent. My paintings are therefore meant to reflect the shrines and innermost sanctuaries of those beings, those places. Under this inspiration, I depict in my art real and dream places or dark light, of light passages across the bridge between time and timelessness.
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