Blue Wave, South Sound
Until Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and the subsequent development that has transformed South Sound Road, this secluded stretch of Grand Cayman’s south coast was a popular mooring spot with local fishermen. Small skiffs or wooden rowing boats, such as the one depicted here, were frequently sighted drawn up onto the shore under the protection of the shading Casuarina. Sibley regularly painted “en plein air” on South Sound beach, which is close to her home.
About the Artist
Joanne Sibley
b. 1930
Joanne Sibley arrived in the Cayman Islands from Canada in 1980 after living in Jamaica, where she had established herself as a successful artist. An interior designer by trade, Sibley has a signature style highly influenced by her formal training in architectural rendering. She has become one of the Islands’ most prolific and recognisable artists and was awarded the 1995 Creativity Prize by CNCF. Her work is featured in Art of the Cayman Islands, the Islands’ first formal art history (Scala Fine Art Publishers Ltd.: Fall 2016). NGCI exhibitions include the solo show Watermarks (2005), Faces and Figures (2007), Our Story of Art (2013), Metamorphoses (2014), All Access (2015), A Legacy of Light (2016), Mediating Self (2017), Tropical Visions (2019), Seascapes: Maritime Art from the National Collection in Little Cayman (2020) at the Little Cayman Museum, Saltwater in Their Veins (2020) and The People’s Collection: A 25-Year Cultural Legacy (2022).
