Mangroves
This depiction of mangrove was captured using acrylic paint mixed with the mud and water of the swamp, creating an expressionistic image of this unique, multi-sensory environment. The work was created at a time of growing ecological awareness in the Cayman Islands that coincided with the enacting of the Marine Parks Law and founding of the National Trust in the late 1980s. Mangroves was shown in NGCI’s Tropical Visions exhibition in 2019.
About the Artist
Olly & Suzi
b. 1969
Olly Williams and Suzi Winstanley are two British artists who specialise in the collaborative painting of wildlife, working directly within the environments that they depict and often soliciting “assistance” from their subjects in the form of pawprints or bite-marks. The pair were NGCI Artists-in-Residence in 1998 when they worked both on land, inside the mangrove swamp, and underwater at Stingray City. Their work has been exhibited at NGCI in the exhibitions Tortugas (1998), All Access (2015), and Tropical Visions (2019).
