http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com A blog about the National Gallery of Jamaica and Jamaican art Sun, 19 May 2013 23:02:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/natural-histories-some-thoughts-on-john-dunkley/#comment-3188 Sun, 19 May 2013 23:02:02 +0000 http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/?p=4657#comment-3188 Reblogged this on coffeetableconversations.

]]> http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/2009/12/24/john-dunkley-1891-1947/#comment-3187 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:40:07 +0000 http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/?p=406#comment-3187 […] John Dunkley’s life was typical of that of many Jamaicans of his generation. He was born in Savanna-la-Mar on December 10, 1891 and died in Kingston on February 17, 1947. As a young man, Dunkley travelled to Panama, Costa Rica and Cuba and also worked as a sailor, before returning to Jamaica in 1926 where he settled in Kingston and established a barber shop. His early biography is sketchy but it is well possible that Dunkley worked on the Panama Canal or with the United Fruit Company – a personal connection to the banana industry is suggested by his best known painting, Banana Plantation (c1945), which is on permanent view at the NGJ. According to his widow Cassie, Dunkley started painting while he was outside of Jamaica and was introduced to art by a well-known Panama-based photographer, Clarence Rock, but we have to date not been able to identify this photographer. (Dunkley 1948) […]

]]> http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/natural-histories-everald-brown/#comment-3180 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:26:49 +0000 http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/?p=4625#comment-3180 […] For original review, see http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/natural-histories-everald-brown/ […]

]]> http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/natural-histories-everald-brown/#comment-3177 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:29:01 +0000 http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/?p=4625#comment-3177 Reblogged this on THE GRAPEVINE.

]]> http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/natural-histories-everald-brown/#comment-3176 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:01:52 +0000 http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/?p=4625#comment-3176 Reblogged this on Petchary's Blog and commented:
Everald Brown’s earthy, spiritual paintings, binding landscapes and humans together, have always been inspiring to me. Many years ago, we met him at the Harmony Hall art gallery, in St. Ann, Jamaica. He and his family settled down on the lawn and began drumming. Our son, quite small at the time, was fascinated, and they gave him a small drum to play on. Precious memory. Harmony Hall, an attractive restored 19th century manse owned by Annabella and Peter Proudlock, has over the years encouraged and brought to prominence a number of self-taught or “Intuitive” artists such as Brother Brown, many of them rural-based. You can find more examples on their website and elsewhere. We are lucky to own a few of these paintings; they enrich our lives. Harmony Hall is currently not holding any exhibitions due to Annabella’s illness; I am wishing for her a speedy recovery. NOTE: I encountered a cotton “duppy tree” in St. Thomas recently. These huge, magnificent trees are associated with duppies (ghosts) and are often hundreds of years old – regarded with awe by many Jamaicans, and associated with the old African magic/religious beliefs of Myal. GOOD magic, that is.

]]> http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/natural-histories-everald-brown/#comment-3175 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:42:36 +0000 http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/?p=4625#comment-3175 I love the spirituality of Brother Brown’s paintings. We had the honor of meeting him and his large family, years ago. I am going to re-blog this!

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