A couple who bought artwork by visionary artist Gladwyn K. Bush, better known as Miss Lassie, more than two decades ago has gifted the paintings to the Cayman Islands.
The three paintings arrived from London earlier this month, after Lyle Lawson and Gordon Janes donated them to Cayman’s National Collection and had them flown here.
A crate containing the artwork was opened at the Harquail Theatre on Saturday, 21 Aug.
The American couple had always intended to return the paintings to the Cayman Islands, according to a government press release about the donation.
Minister for Culture and Heritage Bernie Bush, CNCF’s artistic director Henry Muttoo and board chairman Martyn Bould opened the special consignment, in the company of the ministry’s chief officer Teresa Echenique.
The paintings, named ‘Simeon and Jesus in the Synagogue’ (oil on glass), ‘The History of Cayman’, and ‘Let There Be Light’ (both oil on canvas) now form part of the National Collection and are stored in a temperature-controlled room. This brings to 140 the number of Miss Lassie’s artwork in the National Collection.
Miss Lassie, who passed away on 24 Nov. 2003 at the age of 89, began painting when she was 62, after what she described as a ‘visionary experience’. Strong Christian themes run through her work, which she painted not only on canvas, but also on the walls, windows and furnishings of her home on South Church Street, by the junction with Walkers Road.
Her work has made its way into private...
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