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Cynthia McLean
Cynthia
McLean is a self taught painter, copper sculptor, copper
jeweller and fabric designer. She holds a diploma in interior
decorating.
Having
always this passion for art, she attended extra mural classes
from the late M.P. Alladin, The Art Society (San Fernando) and
Vera Baney.
Her
one-person exhibition in 1984 held at Art Creators Gallery
consisted of sculptured designs executed in copper. For many
years, she successfully produced works of the highest caliber in
this medium.
These
works have been marketed internationally and locally. Some can
be seen in churches and in the National Museum of Trinidad and
Tobago.
After
stretching this medium as far as possible even to the point of
assembling the three metals copper, brass and aluminum onto
painted canvas, she has now taken to her paints and brush.
Cynthia’s previous works have been three-dimensional in copper,
brass and aluminum. Her recent works in oil and acrylic are a
combination of her sculptural ability, along with an emphasis on
relationship of color, and changes of color in light.
She captures the ‘joi de
vivre’ of the Caribbean and its people, bringing alive their
surroundings- from the awesome rainforest to the sweet rhythm of
the steel pan, the energy and passion of the people, from
‘Pulling Seine’ to ‘A Wash Day’.
Her work captures the
spiritual beauty of the Caribbean and its people.
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