Bonefish Water
This print is one of the earliest works in the National Gallery’s collection. It forms part of a larger series of Island-inspired works that capture the “The Island Time Forgot.” Quin documented the Island at the cusp of a period of enormous physical transformation. In addition to views of an almost entirely empty Seven Mile Beach, Quin captured the quaint wooden buildings of George Town before the advent of the financial services industry and the arrival of modern bank buildings would radically transform the Island’s sleepy capital.
About the Artist
Patrick Quin
Patrick Quin was an American artist who visited Grand Cayman frequently in the mid to late 1960s, creating prints over the course of his visits to sell to tourists and locals. The full series of Patrick Quin’s prints were generously donated to the National Gallery in 2018 by Kenneth Eckhardt and family, and featured in the exhibition Tropical Visions at NGCI in 2019.