The art exhibits of two Jamaican artistes Paul Blackwood and Courtney Morgan took center stage on Tuesday April 29 when their art exhibition was open to the public at the Jamaican Embassy in Washington, DC. The four day art exhibition showcased over seventy five pieces of the two artists’ works specializing in Landscapes, Abstracts & semi-abstracts, Oil on Canvas and Collages. This is the third year that the two artists have shown their works in Washington, DC.
The exhibition drew a range of attendees including several ambassadors, members of the Caribbean diplomatic corps, local art enthusiasts, as well as members of the Jamaican community in the metropolitan area of Washington, DC. Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Anthony Johnson speaking at the opening of the exhibition describes the exhibition “as an important body of work which underscores the impressive range of themes and mediums utilized by these two superb Jamaican artists. It again underscores the depth of the talent that exists in our country and, I believe, the receptiveness from the local Washington community demonstrates the increasingly high esteem in which many of our contemporary artists are currently held”.
In declaring the art exhibition open Dr. Claire Nelson, Founder and President, Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS), commended the two artists for staging a magnificent art exhibition and for taking Jamaican art to Washington.
Both artists Mr. Paul Blackwood and Courtney Morgan said they were honoured to have displayed their works in Washington, D.C. as this gives them the opportunity to show another side of Jamaica that was not often being displayed abroad.
