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Temple in the Sea Painting
Trinidad and Tobago
Painting, Watercolor on Other
Size: 9 W x 15 H x 1 D in
About The Artwork
This is the end result of my first attempt at the pouring technique. Although it was fun and messy, it was a bit frustrating and the colours are not as vibrant as I'd like. My camera added a kick of vibrancy to the posted pic. TEMPLE IN THE SEA A well known site of worship for Hindus and a tourist attraction, the Waterloo temple was built by Sewdass Sadhu, an indentured labourer who came to Trinidad in 1907. The story is well-known: Sadhu built his first temple in 1947 on lands owned by the sugar cane company, Tate and Lyle. It was broken down and Sadhu was charged with trespassing and fined £100 or 14 days in prison. Declaring that if he couldn’t build his temple on the land then he would build it in the sea, Sadhu began the work that would realise his dream. With two buckets and an old lady’s bicycle with a carrier at the back, Sadhu began the laborious and painstaking task of building the temple in the sea. Five hundred feet into the quiet waters of the Gulf of Paria, it today continues to stand on the very spot Sadhu first built it, if not in the same condition since repair works were carried out with help from the State and private business in 1994.
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Watercolor on Other
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:9 W x 15 H x 1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Trinidad and Tobago
Visual Artist from Trinidad and Tobago. My goal as an artist is to visually create emotional experiences using various media. A vibrant mix of colour that draws you in, transporting you to the familiar. These experiences come in different forms.They are the water colour portraits of loved ones or famous faces, reminding us of a time and place when our life was more colourful with them in it. They are the illustrations of buildings from a lost era. They are abstract renditions of a dying breed; Trinidad and Tobago’s Traditional Carnival characters. They are the visual translations on canvas, of a group of songs that form the soundtrack of my creative process. Born and raised in the Caribbean yet having strong European roots, there is always that struggle to find ‘Home”. Perhaps that struggle is reflected in the different styles of each series that is created. What I do know, without a doubt, is that I feel most at home when I’m in the studio.
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