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From a Global Window:
The Caribbean @ The Columbia Foundation
American City Building
10227 Wincopin Circle
Columbia, Maryland 21044


12 Unique Photographs and Handmade Paper
By Denee Barr


February 3 - May 28, 2010
www.columbiafoundation.org







Fish, Mayreau Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies
c 2004 Denee Barr

Medium:
photo emulsion, gouache, Arches Paper
22" x 28"





Caribbean House and Yard, #1
Bequia Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies
c 2000 Denee Barr

Medium:
silver gelatin photo collage and gouache
20" x 16"




Church Wedding, Union Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies
c 1999 Denee Barr

Medium:
photo emulsion, handmade paper, gouache
20" x 16"




Rooster on a Hill, Canouan Island
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies
c 2000 Denee Barr

Medium:
silver gelatin photo collage and gouache
20" x 16"



St. Vincent and the Grenadines are an exquisite cluster of islands located in the Eastern Caribbean between Barbados and Grenada. The main island of St. Vincent is volcanic with black sand beaches and a fertile rich interior known as the Marriqua Valley where the country's bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables are grown. White sand beaches and turquoise blue waters rim the smaller Grenadine Islands. I discovered these islands back in the late 1980's while doing research in the Howard County Library in Columbia, Maryland and looking through the American Folklife Center Library of Congress research materials on the Caribbean. I was drawn to articles on the African, Carib, and Arawak history. The simplicity in lifestyle and the wooden boat building also appealed to me. The photographs in this exhibit represent daily life in the Caribbean as I experienced during my travels from 1989-1992.

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