What do flowers and parrots have in common?
Apart from sometimes being found in the same places and being a part of nature, they can be great subjects for any artist.
Deborah Younglao-Baynes’ In Full Bloom, Season’s End and Lotus Field, a collection of paintings depicting various stages of flowers can be viewed at the Gallery of Caribbean Art, Northern Business Centre, Speightstown, St Peter, while the parrots on this page, can be found at Frangipani’s Art Gallery, Sugar Cane Club, Maynards, St Peter.
Painting flowers is said to be an approach to art that spans the globe and traverses countless centuries. They were used in both ancient Egypt and Greece and tombs and temples were lavishly painted with a combination of faux techniques and mural-like frescoes.
On the other hand, it is said that an artist’s impression of a bird – whether in-flight, or perched on a tree limb, can give some insight into the artist’s state of mind at her of her time of painting. Whether or not this is true, the sheer beauty of these paintings is enough to make one ponder on nature’s excellence. (CH)
