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“Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.” – L. Frank Baum
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to the Voodoo ceremonies I saw in Haiti, and to the Orisha religions of Africa. When I came to Cuba I saw people dres sed in white , witnessed the rumba, saw Orisha shrines in most houses, and am learning about that religion. It is quite wonderful if a work of art has more meaning than just l’art pour l’art, which is so predominant in European art. But now from the former communist countries of the East, Russia and East Germany, have risen well-trained artists who paint pictures with stories in historical, pictorial, literal decorative stylesall is allowed and well fashionable. I admire the work i see in Cuba, and the people I am lucky to be working with at the Taller Cultural in Santiago de Cuba. Their work tells a story, or carries a message , and their training and cultural background is so rich and undiluted that for me Cuba is the centre of the arts in the Americas. I show my work every two years in Trinidad, and my museum in Tobago is open every Sunday for four hours. I get a lot of response, and the occasional sale, without having to exhibit all over the place, which, for a sculptor whose main material is wood, is not possible; sculpture from solid trunks cannot take different temperatures without opening. – Luise Kimme Boler o , 2 0 0 8
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I s t a r t e d m a k i n g f i g u r a t i v e c a r vings from w h o l e t r e e s i n To b a g o , w h e r e I a m free to do what I like. T h e r e i s a n a s s u m p t i o n i n England a n d G e r m a n y a b o u t w h a t a r t is, and f i g u r a t i v e w o r k , c a r v i n g s , c e r a m i cs are not s e r i o u s a r t . T h e r e i s a p r e j u d i c e against f o l k - l o r e , r e l i g i o u s , e t h n i c a n d decorative work. A n d m e s s a g e s o r s t o r i e s i n w ork of art a r e l a b e l l e d l i t e r a l , a n d t h e r e f o r e not art. S o I h a v e b e e n l u c k y t o w o r k very far a w a y f r o m a n y a r t s c e n e , a n d t o develop m y o w n i d e a s . F i r s t I d r e w, p a i nted and c a r v e d n a t u r e s t u d i e s i n To b a go. Then I s t u d i e d t h e f o l k l o r e o f Tr i n idad and To b a g o , a n d c a r v e d t h o s e f i g u r e s. I h a v e a l w a y s b e e n a p assionate d a n c e r, a n d I l o v e b a l l e t i n all forms, p a r t i c u l a r l y N i j i n s k y, t h e R u s s i a n genius of t h e B a l l e ts R u s s e s a r o u n d 1 9 1 1 . I still carve f i g u r e s f r o m t h o s e b a l l e t s . R e c e n tly in Cuba I h a v e m a d e s c u l p t u r e s f r o m w ax, which t o t a l l y l i b e r a t e s s h a p e s a n d p ossibilities f r o m t h e l i m i t s o f t r e e t r u n k s . However, o n c e a y e a r i n M a y o r J u n e I c arve tree t r u n k s i n t h e f o r e s t o f G e r m a n y. I w e n t t o S u r i n a m e a n d G uyana to s t u d y M a r o o n a r t , a n d i n c o r p o r a ted those d e s i g n s i n t o m y h o u s e . T h e l o c al Baptist r e l i g i o n s h a v e a v e r y c l o s e r e s emblance
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Geckos 24” H B ro n z e
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Left: Couple 34” x 29” Paint on paper Right: Georgina 73”H B ro n z e
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Scrunter 72”H B ro n z e
Marva with Green Hat 29” x 34” Paint on paper
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Allister 18”H B ro n z e
Phillipe 26” x 31” Paint on paper
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Prince 20�H B ro n z e
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Raj with Figure 34” x 28.5” Paint on paper
Minotaurus 19”H B ro n z e
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Marvin 16�H B ro n z e
Odette 15�H B ro n z e
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“ I live my life in growing rings, drawn over the things, perhaps I am not going to complete the last, but try I will. I circle around God the ancient tower, and I circle thousands of years, and I still do not know, am a falcon, a storm or a great song.” – Rilke 1899
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