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This page provides a forum for artists. We do not promote, or commercially pursue the sales of artwork. Instead, we see art as an important part of life for visitors, and local population. We strongly recommend to visit local artists, when being on the island.
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Artists, Galleries, and Art News
| The island has an amazingly active art scene. ARTLOVERS is a recently established artists' association on the French side to promote art on the island. The association has some 40 members and even more participants in the annually staged Artlovers "Open House Weekend". During this "Open Door" event, the participating artists make their work publicly available during a weekend (usually in February or March) and show a wide range of art being worked on.
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 Cover of a map printed for the open door studios and galleries weekend in March 2005. See ARTLOVERS website, click! |
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Dona Bryhiel has her studio and showroom away from the commercial zones. Between quiet Baie Lucas and Oyster Pond are the premises of this French artist with very interesting artworks of Caribbean and Southern France subjects. If not in the South of France, you find her personally in the cozy, small gallery at Avenue du Lagon, the coastal road along the east side of the island. Beside Caribbean landscape and nature, she also has fine paintings of Caribbean people. See more on her website here. |
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 "Tropiques" by Francis Eck |
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| Some artists are more visible and well established, as famous Sir Roland Richardson, also called the "Father of Caribbean Impressionism". His work is on display in his own gallery in Marigot, and at other places around the world. Born May 18, 1944 in Marigot on St. Martin, Roland Richardson is recognized today as one of the Caribbean's premier artists. His works of art encompass many of the classic mediums including oil, watercolor, pastel, charcoal and etching. |  Click on the envelope! Sir Roland Richardson has been honored with a limited edition of a French postal mail envelope. |
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Some artists are working in secluded studios, and display their work in famous NY-City galleries, or elsewhere in the world. A typical example is Norma Trimborn  with her unique, expressive oil paintings of exceptional vigor. Norma Trimborn and her evenly talented sister Corinna work in the quiet neighborhood of the French Lowlands at their recently established NoCoArt studio. Some of their paintings reflect the nature and the vivid colors of the Caribbean, whereas the majority of paintings is focused on people, their feelings, and the expression of their inner conflicts and emotional tensions. Paintings become a media for psychoanalytical processes of the artist and the spectator. See more work of Corinna Trimborn |
NoCoArt Studio Terres Basses  Carnival in Green by Norma Trimborn |
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L'atelier des Tropismes is located in the heart of Grand Case on St. Martin. This fine gallery features several great artists:
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For the last 35 years, Jean Vallette has been an artist who expresses his creativity about female bodies in his fine art photography. Instead of raising the body, he prefers to see the spectator coming towards shapes and discover by himself the woman who he exalts.
Passion, desire, envy are first of all emotions expressed by deep inner feelings. View more on website. |
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| More Art Online Island Art & Treasures is a premier online source for island-themed art and decor. They represent some of the finest artists throughout the Caribbean. Island Art & Treasures offers original paintings, giclee* reproductions, and limited edition prints, as well as numerous art-related gift items. The online gallery delivers on the island to your door! |
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Caribbean Art has many faces. Intense colors are a common denominator. We show on this website examples of fine art.
Francis Eck was born in Alsace/France and chose to live on Saint Martin more than a decade ago. Meanwhile his reputation traveled far beyond the island: London, Paris, Geneva, Monaco, Tokyo, New York....to name just a few. He describes his work as "Color is pushed to its most vibrant limits with a rhythm and energy guided by the spatula". His subjects are inspired by his travels and most simply of all, by the emotional side of life.
"By the sea" by Francis Eck
"Les Pelerins" (The Pilgrims)
by Francis Eck
"Apres l'orage" (after the storm)
by Francis Eck
Stephanie Tihanyi is an artist who has lived on St. Maarten for a number of years. She first came to the island in the 1970's and has made the island her home. Stephanie lives and paints in Grand Case at her studio, where she also sells her work. She qualifies herself as "a surreal/visionary artist" but also paints themes of island nature. To learn more about Stephanie and her work, please visit her blog "An Artist in St. Maarten".
Purple Vine flower by
Stephanie Tihanyi
Patrick Poivre de La Fréta
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