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Arts & Culture: Marie Kinsella

from Antigua & Barbuda The Citizen, page 70

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Before moving to England with her family in her early teens, Marie’s childhood was spent in the south of Ireland with her mother and siblings, where she enjoyed all the nostalgic pursuits of country life, the rich colours of nature and the oldfashioned farming techniques.

She always had a passion for art, but as often happens, the practicalities of life took preference as she eventually married and had two children to raise. However, in 1984 the opportunity arose to travel to the Caribbean. And it was there she rediscovered her desire to teach herself to paint, inspired by the wonderful colours, the natural light of the islands and the beautiful people with their warm and welcoming smiles. The market scenes and local life let her be unencumbered in her storytelling of the old Antigua, which in a way, was so reminiscent of her childhood.

Her work embraces the walls of many of the homes and hotels on the island and beyond.

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