Osiris
Part of a series, this image illustrates the continued influence of the marine environment in the forging of Caymanian identity. Drawing inspiration from Caymanian history, popular culture, and folklore, this startling hybrid portrait blends fiction and reality — with the profile of a human face seamlessly blended with the spiral form of the conch shell. It also reflects an entirely new generation of young Caymanians and the evolving relationship to the surrounding ocean.
About the Artist
Brandon Saunders
b. 2000
Brandon Saunders is a young Caymanian artist currently studying for his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in the UK. One of the main preoccupations of his practice is to upend and subvert traditional genres such as portraiture, where he reconfigures works from the canon of Western art through a series of creative interventions. Although a great amount of his time is dedicated to working with digital media, Saunders’ methods both respect and honour traditional techniques and try to incorporate them into his own artistic production. Saunders’ work was featured at NGCI in the exhibitions Upon the Seas (2017) and Cross Currents – 1st Cayman Islands Biennial (2019), where he won runner-up for the Emerging Artist Award.
