And I am still painting … a self taught Barbadian.I started in England feeling poignant of my home and the tropical beauty ofour island, and have sold work privately and through galleries like HallamFine Art Gallery, Pimlico, London; and Thebes Galleries, Lewes, Sussex.Having returned to my home in Barbados almost 20 years ago, I haverecently been painting a series of work called ‘Land Stories’.This work reflects and projects the colourful imagery of the Caribbean andparticularly Barbados.From the shape of the land, hills and cane fields, the trees, foliage, seas andskies, houses; and then patterns evolving from the jumble and chaos of thenot fully organised garden of the island to create a new picture.Island essence.Local galleries, the Barbados Central Bank, and various hotels carry mywork. Two chains (Indigo Barbados, and The Rockley) have bought paintingsand copyright for their guests’ rooms and reproduced prints on canvas,cushions and carpets.I believe that some assurance of our sense of place on this Earth, and ourresponsibility to care for this Earth can be gifted through the recognition ofjoy in the potential for beauty in landscapes, seas, skies and so on and soon