The Tribune

By JEFFARAH GIBSON

Tribune Features Writer
jgibson@tribunemedia.net

THIS year the Grand Bahama Artist Association’s annual Thanksgiving art exhibition saw the largest number of submissions, with artists pushing the boundaries and dabbling into new subjects matters and mediums.

Eighty art pieces were submitted ranging from concrete, steel sculptures, watercolours, sequin celtic wall hangings, oil portraits, styrofoam columns, colourful abstracts, wood carvings, and hand made paper wall sculptures.
Del Foxton, member of the association described the exhibit as a “colourful happy display”. For this exhibit Del used the resources of the environment for a hand made paper submission. 
“The handmade paper process is simple but physically demanding and very labour intensive, taking months to complete a piece, “ she said.

Artist Rupert Watkins submitted a sculpture using steel wire. Angleika Siska submitted paintings, which used different colour combinations to evoke a optimistic sense of her time living in the Bahamas.
Sheldon Saint’s paintings depicted everyday life in the Bahamas. He said they “tell us who we are, remind us of the delicacy, simplicity, abundance and dignity of our natural environment, showing humankind commingled with it.”

For over sixteen years the Grand Bahama Artist Association (GBAA) has presented art exhibitions, lectures and workshops to promote the appreciation for art in the community.