Collection

Jeremy Sibley - Cottages on the Beach, 1988

Cottages on the Beach

CATEGORY:
YEAR:
1988
MEDIUM:
Watercolour on paper
SIZE:
10 x 14 in.
GIFT OF:
Deutsche Bank (Cayman) Ltd.

Jeremy Sibley’s wonderfully evocative scene depicts a quiet seaside village of traditional Caymanian cottages. At the corner of the image sit two fishermen and a small boat bobbing through the shallow waters. This watercolour is both a beautifully executed study of light and colour and a carefully rendered illustration of maritime industry, reflecting the slower pace of life that existed in Cayman in decades past.

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.