Pines on the Beach
This watercolour depicts the Island’s picturesque shoreline and the changing colours of the Caribbean Sea, in keeping with the prevailing realist aesthetic that dominated art in Cayman in the 1980s and 1990s. Griggs was one of a number of artists, including Joanne Sibley, Janet Walker, and Debbie van der Bol, whose work gained immense popular appeal during this period. This particular image captures a stretch of Casuarina pines as they appeared before the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
About the Artist
Lois Brezinski
b. 1952
A painter, textile designer, printmaker, and gallerist, Lois Brezinski received her formal art education at the Rhode Island School of Design and studied graduate printmaking at Montclair State College before starting her own textile design firm in New Jersey. She resided in the Cayman Islands in the 1990s, where she helped to reinvigorate the outdoor, or “en plein air”, tradition of painting. She was an active member of the Visual Arts Society in Cayman before relocating to Florida. Her work is included in the permanent collections of NGCI, The Cayman Islands National Museum, and The Ritz-Carlton — Grand Cayman. NGCI exhibitions include Watermarks (2005), All Access (2015), and A Legacy of Light (2016).
