FOLK ART
“The work I produce is inspired by the palimpsest of Caribbean culture. Ignoring the Caribs and Arawaks, the colonisers, Spanish, Dutch and English, traded people from India and Africa. My family was part of this. Sometimes the work I make is artistic, from Caribbean and colonial themes, other times it has very clear stories to create access. I use syncretism, hiding images and forms with one another, like nesting Russian dolls.”
Fable and form
The triangle is a resonant symbol with slavery and the LBGTQ+ people.
Papa Bois is the keeper of the forest in the rich folklore of Trinidad & Tobago.