Restoring the art at Neita's Nest
At Neita's Nest we display art produced by Jamaican artists or art done in Jamaica. This is a special collection built up over decades - each with its own story. One of these is an oil on canvas depicting Kumina drummers and dancers in their element, and was painted by Colin Smith in 1972.
Colin and his wife Annette, prize winners of a stay at Neita's Nest from the Louise Bennett-Coverley Reading Festival earlier this year, claimed their prize during the first week of September. While here, Smith recommended the painting be oiled out - a process of applying a thin coat of refined linseed oil to an oil painting in which the colours have gone flat over time. This restored the colours to what they were when first painted.
We took some snapshots of him at work on his piece, and we all felt like winners.
For more works by Colin Smith visit Oracabessa.net and for yet another facet of this multi-talented family we are proud to call friends, check out the Tallawah Mento Band at facebook.com/tallawahmentoband, soon to be performing in Jamaica.
Colin and his wife Annette, prize winners of a stay at Neita's Nest from the Louise Bennett-Coverley Reading Festival earlier this year, claimed their prize during the first week of September. While here, Smith recommended the painting be oiled out - a process of applying a thin coat of refined linseed oil to an oil painting in which the colours have gone flat over time. This restored the colours to what they were when first painted.
We took some snapshots of him at work on his piece, and we all felt like winners.
For more works by Colin Smith visit Oracabessa.net and for yet another facet of this multi-talented family we are proud to call friends, check out the Tallawah Mento Band at facebook.com/tallawahmentoband, soon to be performing in Jamaica.
