Neville  Legall

Born: August 7, 1965

Detail of "View of Farmers" Watercolour 7.5” x 11” Date:2005, Location: Private Collection - Unknown « previous image next image »

Occupation: Artist

Art Education:

School: The Alleyne School Date: 1976-1982 College/University: Barbados Community College Date: 1982-1984

Residencies attended:

Detroit Jazz Center Artist Exchange Date: 1987

Professional Associations:

Barbados Arts Council

Statement

Today, man is enslaved. Shackled by the pressure of survival and belonging in a materialistic society. Constant hustle and chaos preclude seeing, thus many people fail to observe and experience the treasures of nature. When I paint, I usually extract from the colour, rhythm and shapes of my environment, which I carefeully observe. I am not concerned about current trends. My methods are set and simple: I paint the things I like, and I paint however I want to. Art, for me, is an expression of liberty. I will not submit to the dictates of any art oligarchy.

Keyworks:

Key from Mount Hillaby, 1987, watercolour, artist's collection   Village Lyrics, 1992-1993, oil, Nigel Wray   Mose Bottom, 1990, oil, private collection   Dunscombe, 2005, oil, artist's collection   Looking to the East, 1997, oil, USA   The Scotland District, 1995, watercolour, J. De Castro   Hawkers’s Morning, 1999, watercolour, UK   In the Careenage, 1997, oil, Barbados   Across the Vale, 1990’s, oil, Barbados   Road to Chalky Mount, 2005, watercolour, John Cole

Exhibitions (Group):

2003, Queen's Park Gallery, Review, Barbados   1989, Queen's Park Gallery, Conceptions, Barbados   1989, Centro De Wilfredo Lam, Bienal De Havana, Cuba   1988, Queen's Park Gallery, Young Contemporaries, Barbados   1987, Barbados Arts Council, Kaleidoscope, Barbados

Exhibitions (Solo):

2002, Barbados Arts Council, Opulent Light, Barbados   1992, Barbados Arts Council, Legall and Friends, Barbados   1991, Barbados Arts Council, Reflections, Barbados   1986, The Barbados Museum & Historical Society, Progression II, Barbados   1985, Barbados Arts Council, Progression, Barbados

Publications (Discussed):

Barbados Explored Date: 2004, 2005   Conceptions Date: 1997   Ins and Outs of Barbados Date: 1995, 2000, 2006   Watercolour Date: 1986   The Bajan Date: 1986

Commissions (Public):

2006, Plantation Life, 18” x 120”, oils, Barbados   1988, Untitled, 48” x 32”, acrylic, Barbados

Commissions (Private):

1998, Careenage I and II, 22” x 30”, watercolours, Barbados   1995, Vendor’s Corner, 15” x 20”, watercolour, Barbados

Collections (Public):

National Art Collection, Barbados

Collections (Private):

Keith and Sally Miller, Barbados   Robert Cole, Barbados   Peter Allard, Barbados   Mercia Grassi, Barbados

Awards:

National Independence Festival of Creative Arts Date: 1990   National Independence Festival of Creative Arts Date: 1987   Spirit of Detroit Awards Date: 1987   Caribbean Art Search Foundation Date: 1980