Two Boats
Sibley has beautifully captured a scene of everyday life in Cayman — in this case fishermen readying their boats on the shore. The shadows of the midday sun and the varying shades of the water, which the artist has so convincingly rendered, combine to convey the particular properties of light that are so unique to the Caribbean. All of this is captured in a spontaneous fashion, as if the artist were simply glimpsing the scene before him from a passing car window.
About the Artist
Jeremy Sibley
b. 1929
Born in Jamaica, Jeremy Sibley studied architecture in Canada and practised in Jamaica before moving to the Cayman Islands with his artist wife, Joanne Sibley, in 1980. His work has been exhibited several times with the Visual Art Society and in Salt Spring, British Columbia, and is represented by the Kennedy Gallery and Pure Art in the Cayman Islands. His 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 Watermarks (2005), A Legacy of Light (2016), Tropical Visions (2019), and Seascapes: Maritime Art from the National Collection in Little Cayman (2020) at the Little Cayman Museum.
