Untitled
As a recipient of the National Gallery “Artist’s Away” grant, Powery studied lithograph printing at the Taller Experimental de Gráfica in Havana, Cuba. Untitled is an early sample of his work from this period. Its subject is the Genesis story of Adam and Eve at the moment that Eve is tempted to pick the apple from the Tree of Knowledge. Satan is depicted in the guise of a serpent, which Powery has humorously rendered as a long-tongued and fraudulent character
About the Artist
Miguel Powery
b. 1957
Born in Grand Cayman, Miguel Powery is a self-taught painter and sculptor who carves black coral and semi-precious stones. A founding member of the Native Sons artists collective, he was recognised with a lifetime achievement award from CNCF in 2003 and as a Cultural Heritage Pioneer at the 2014 National Heroes Day ceremony. His work can be found in the permanent collections of NGCI, the Cayman Islands National Museum and the Cayman Islands Government. His work has been featured at NGCI in a solo exhibition (1999) and in numerous group exhibitions, including Native Sons’ Fahive (2005), 21st Century Cayman (2010), Founded upon the Seas (2012), All Access (2015), Native Sons – Twenty Years On (2016), Saltwater in their Veins (2017), and Tropical Visions (2019).
