Philip Moore

Located on the northern fringe of South America, Guyana is a land of seeming contradictions. Upon first seeing its man-made dams and canals, green fields and razor-sharp horizon cleaving an expansive sky, you might think that you have arrived in Holland. But as your eye focuses against the shimmering humidity, you see that the green fields contain rice and beans and that scattered villages lie between groves of cocoanut trees gently swaying in the warm breezes of the Atlantic Ocean. This is Guyana, a land that bears the imprint of many cultural and historical influences. From this environment comes Philip Moore, one of the most original and creative artists of the region.

Born in 1921, in what then was known as British Guiana, Moore had little formal education but received a school-leaving certificate in 1938 (…)

Read the whole artist’s presentation [http://www.folkart.org/mag/philip-moore]