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Dermot Louison was born into a middle class family in Woodbrook
in 1933. Dermot later spent his early childhood days in Cascade
and St Ann's, Port of Spain. He received his primary school
education at the St Ann's R.C. School and completed his
secondary education at the Tranquility Government School.
Louison developed a strong interest in art at an early age,
largely self taught, though with a brief attendance at an art
school in London, England, during the early 1950's at which time
he traveled the European continent extensively. He developed
into a professional artist after his return to Trinidad in 1959.
Since then he has held many successful exhibitions both locally
and within the Caribbean region.
Louison has grown into a household name, admired and appreciated
by many who harbour a love and fascination for scenic Trinidad
and Tobago and lost or dying cultural & historical habits of the
community during and after the B.W.I. period.
The islands' role as an American military base which, coupled
with industrial development, paved the way to drastic changes in
cultural pattern and attitudes: these are among the most sought
after themes in his work. Others are folklore traditions of
which the Tourist Board of Trinidad & Tobago printed a series of
postage stamps.
Louison can be described as a
man of highly individual and difficult character who shuns
publicity and prefers to spend his time hiking and fishing in
various secluded parts of the island. His works are greatly
admired by art enthusiasts and adorn the walls of private homes
of established reputation as well as business institutions and
banks, international and local alike.
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