Artist Spotlight: 5 Questions with Anil

Artist Spotlight: 5 Questions with Anil

1) How would you describe your artistic style?

"I view my artistic process with each piece as intuitive, painting what I feel when I look at the subject, applying different colours and tones to the piece to capture the vibrancy and soul of the subject. This style of painting I have termed “Caribbean Psychedelics” as it brings non-traditional and vibrant colour tones to the subject to shift the viewer’s perception of the image".

 

2) Do you have any major artistic influences for your work?

"My artistic influences vary from the masters like Dali and Picasso, to living international artists such as Voka from Austria and local Trinidadian artists as Che Lovelace, Martin Superville, and Jackie Hinkson".

 

3) How does your home geography influence your art?


"My art is influenced greatly from my home geography of Trinidad and Tobago. Our historical buildings exhibit a range of architectural influences which stem from colonialism firstly by Spain and then Britain. I try to capture the historical characteristics of each subject".

 

 

4) Tell me about these 4 pieces.

1. The Abandoned Post Office

"This piece represents an abandoned post office in a small village in Trinidad. Each village traditionally had a small post office. With urbanisation and centralisation of services, lot of these small buildings were left to ruin".

 

2. The Book Jungle 

"This is a small rural bookstore on the Manzanilla Beach in Trinidad. This piece captures the rustic yet colourful soul of this basic structure blended into the ideal Caribbean beach backdrop".

 
3. Lopinot Bridge

 

"This is the bridge which leads to the historical Lopinot Estate in Trinidad. The Lopinot House is named after the original estate owner, Charles Joseph Count de Lopinot, a Frenchman. Count de Lopinot arrived in Trinidad in 1800 and established La Reconnaissance Estate in 1804".

 

4. Chaconia In Bloom "The Chaconia is the National Flower of Trinidad and Tobago. Named in honour of Don Jose Maria Chacon, the last Spanish Governor of Trinidad and Tobago. In this piece I try to capture to capture the vibrancy of the flaming red flower in bloom".

 

5) Trinidad is known to have many diverse communities on the island. How do these communities inspire your art?


"Trinidad and Tobago is a melting pot of many ethnicities and cultures arising from the East Indies, Africa, Portugal, China among other nations, they all brought together their food, music, dance, clothing, flora and fauna to form this magnificent melting pot or callaloo of cultures that is now the heart and soul of the twin isles of Trinidad and Tobago. It is this melting pot from which I draw my inspiration and that influences my style of art today".
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