East of Palmetto Point (Barkers Plein Air series)
Grimes’s landscapes are created with acrylics or oils, and the smoothness and flow of her brushstrokes show how adept she has become with both media. She sketches “en plein air” studies before transforming them into formal paintings in her studio, where she creates compositions based on naturally abstract elements found in the landscape. This particular painting depicts the wild beauty of Barker’s National Park in West Bay, capturing the scene’s ever-changing light and colours.
About the Artist
Teresa Grimes
b. 1952
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Teresa Grimes received a BA in classical archaeology and classical art from the University of Maryland. She later studied art restoration and life drawing in Ravenna, Italy, before beginning to paint in earnest. She moved to the Cayman Islands in 1986 and quickly became an active member of the burgeoning art scene. Her work was selected to represent the Cayman Islands in the acclaimed international travelling exhibition Carib Art (1993–1995), at the Bienal del Caribe, Dominican Republic (1994), and in Carifesta X in Guyana (2008). She was awarded First Prize at the 2010 Ogier Art Award, and her work is included in the permanent collections of the Governor’s Residence, NGCI, the Cayman National Cultural Foundation, and the Cayman Islands National Museum. Her work was included in the NGCI exhibitions All Access (2015) and Tropical Visions (2019).
