John Broad, one of the Cayman Islands’ most celebrated artists, is exhibiting his latest collection at Full of Beans for the month of May.
The series will show the evolution of a painting from initial sketch to finished product.
“My passion is for sketching,” explains John. “I will initially do a rough sketch, make a grid, then enlarge it on canvas.”
There will be around 30 such sketch-to-painting sets on display at Full of Beans, featuring his signature vibrant colours and impressionistic style. John likes to paint people, places and landscapes. “My style is very colourful,” he says. “There is passion and feeling for the subject.”
John has been travelling to Cayman Brac every week in recent months to teach art in the high school there, and as a result the unique landscapes of the Bluff and its surroundings feature in his latest collection.
In between his own painting, teaching in Cayman Brac, teaching at UCCI and running a sketching workshop at the National Gallery, this year John has another project in the pipeline: He was been commissioned to paint a mural at Fort George. “It will measure approximately 8 x 20 and will recreate events in Cayman’s history,” he says.
One of John’s unique talents, that he shares with the community to help with fundraising during charitable events, is his speed painting skills. He will sketch, then paint a scene at a given event, during the course of that event. At the end of the event, the painting is usually auctioned off, and funds donated to charity.
Originally from the United Kingdom, John has been living and painting in Cayman since 1989. Prior to arriving in Grand Cayman, he spent six years teaching in Vanuatu in the South Pacific.
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