Page 9 - Pieces Of Jamaica

David and Sean are two of the most innovative and creative
Jamaicans I know. From fine artists to visual communicators
to purveyors of quality music, their creativity knows no limits.
One thing you can rely on is their extremely high quality of
work. They don’t skip over the details!
I’m really looking forward to seeing how they continue to
push the envelope in their upcoming work. Jamaica is at a
turning point in our history and culture. We continue to be a
force of change on the world stage, and this type of collection
will only help to tell our story in a bigger and better way. I am
tremendously proud of this duo and look forward to another
seminal artistic offering.
Zachary Harding
Executive Chairman of Delta Capital Partners,
Board Member of JAMPRO and Caribbean Airlines
This gives me great pleasure to compliment two Jamaican
stalwarts — Sean Henry, painter and photographer, and
David I. Muir, photographer — in the publication of their
coffee table book as we celebrate our 60th anniversary.
You are a testament to the fact that we can dream dreams
and make them happen. As creative men, you have
excelled in your respective careers. You have perfected
your craft and continue to keep our minds focused on the
ideas that are important to us as a people. I applaud you
both for keeping what is cultural in your day-to-day artistic
expressions. This is something that is slowly going away
from what we have become accustomed to and admired
for years.
Thanks for your contributions to younger artists in this
country, Jamaica, and for the influence on those looking for
expressive careers. Thanks for your delightful personalities.
Thanks for who you are in making this place a beautiful and
picturesque place to live.
Donnette Ingrid Zacca, MFA
Artist, Photographer, Founder of the Jamaica Photography
Society, Silver Musgrave Medalist, Retired Lecturer
Edward Weston, when asked where he found his subject
matter, said, “Out the back door.” Weston was right, for
“out the back door” lies the world and an infinite variety of
subjects for your camera’s eye. As David I. Muir begins to see
more widely, deeply and sharply, he uses his viewfinder to
give form to the beauty he captures in his second edition of
Pieces of Jamaica . The visual experience that this collection
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of photographs gives awakens our memories of life in
Jamaica, land we love, giving it a permanent place on your
coffee table.
Howard Moo Young
Award-winning Photographer and Visual Artist
To experience David I. Muir’s photography is to enter a world
of deep feeling, texture and emotion. The emotion he evokes
makes one feel like you have entered the space, event or
bore witness while the person was being photographed. You
want to laugh with them, touch their muscles and dance in
the spaces revealed. David’s work is magical!
Maxine Walters
Artist, Author, Owner of Walters
Productions Jamaica
It’s amazing for this photo book to capture the spirit of
Jamaica. To share the parts of Jamaica that even Jamaicans
have never seen. Absolutely breathtaking.
RoryStoneLove
Grammy-Winning Producer at Blackdubmusic,
Selector at Stone Love Movement
With Pieces of Jamaica , David and Sean have really
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delivered a taste of Jamaica — a true cross section of
the island and its culture. Perfect timing for the 60th
anniversary of our independence.
Steve “Urchin” Wilson
Music Manager, Author
Oh, what a piece a niceness! This is a timely and tantalizing
treasure. These photo artists seduce eyes and serenade
souls with energetic, enthralling sceneries that capture
the visions, vibrations and vitality of the people, places and
passions of their island. This, here, is the soul of Jamaica, the
whole of Jamaica, and all the pieces are priceless.
Owen Blakka Ellis
Comedian, Poet, Senior Lecturer for the School of Arts
Management and Humanities at Edna Manley College of
the Visual and Performing Arts
Sean Henry — a naturalist painter in pursuit of the fabled
natural mystic blowing through the air…. His canvases are
pieces of Jamaica to carry wherever you go, effortlessly
evoking time, space and place.
Annie Paul
Blogger for Active Voice, Founding Editor of Small Axe and the
Original Caribbean Review of Books, Editor-in-Chief of PREE
I have witnessed David’s photography evolution — from
hobbyist to artist — capturing the character of our island
like no other. I’m elated to see a second volume of Pieces of
Jamaica and to see that Sean Henry has joined in the journey.
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The scenes I grew up seeing while living in Jamaica during my
childhood are portrayed perfectly. Pieces of Jamaica is here
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for us to treasure today yet leaves a legacy for tomorrow — a
legacy for all of the sons and daughters of Jamaica.
Ghenete “G” Wright Muir
Attorney, LGBTQ Advocate, Writer
I have admired and invested in the artistic works of David and
Sean over the years. Their visual compositions are nothing short
of poetry in motion. Their literal and figurative lenses seem to
reach beyond the immediate and so their pieces bring to life
the most mundane and often overlooked treasures.
Pieces of Jamaica : Jamrock Edition is important in
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celebrating Jamaica and this 60th anniversary milestone
as it will memorialize the authenticity of our island home;
those forgotten or never before seen. It will create nostalgia;
it will provide solace; and for sure, as with the first edition,
will revive and release our national pride as we purchase,
share and display our enviable coffee table editions.
These two artistic visionaries are geniuses in the way they
individually and collectively portray our “pieces of Jamaica.”
Susan “Dr. Sue” Lycett Davis, EdD
Organizational Leadership Consultant, Performer, Writer, Poet
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