Dermot Louison

Born in 1933, I am a renowned artist of Trinidad & Tobago whose works have been included in the National Museum and Art Gallery of Trinidad & Tobago since the 1980s.

I traveled to England in the 1950s as part of the hopeful #Windrush Generation. I found that life in London was not for me. I missed my hobbies as an open air painter who painted while exploring the rain forests, villages and communities of my island, Trinidad. I also avidly did spear fishing during deep dives and hunted during the relevant seasons. My life among the poor classes of my island, coming out of colonialism, was inspiration to me to continue to record the culture of our Caribbean island.

Sir John Cass' School of Art, London, United Kingdom - 1957 to 1959