PEMBROKE PINES – The Broward County South Regional Library and Jamaican Dawta Events & Promotions host the first of its kind, “Mother & Son Jamaican Art Exhibition” on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 7300 Pines Boulevard, Pembroke Pines, Florida at 6:00pm.
The event will be held under the distinguished patronage of the Jamaican Consul General to Miami, Ricardo Allicock. The public is invited to attend the exhibition.
Paintings depicting landscapes by the Mother, Lisa Naricisse and body forms by the son, Sean Narcisse Spence will be on display at the South Regional Library at the Broward Community College campus for the entire month of December.
Narcisse who hails from Kingston, Jamaica is a former banking professional. She recently owned and operated a Curves (health and physical fitness) franchise in Dania Beach for three years prior to her current position as a district Manager with H&R Block in the Florida region.
After an absence of 28 years from painting, Narcisse began painting again in 2006. Her medium is oil and she paints textured landscapes that are reminiscent of her homeland.
“A haunting feeling led me to begin painting again in 2006 and people thought I was crazy to paint in oils – a medium I have never used before” says Narcisse. “I lost myself the first time in I painted in 2006, I started painting and the next thing I knew it was four hours later and I thought only 15 minutes had passed,” she continued.
Narcisse-Spence is a first generation Jamaican-American who is a graduate of Cornell University and is currently a Child Behavioral Specialist at ARC Broward in Fort Lauderdale.
Sean is the latest in the line of the artistic Narcisse family to showcase his talent. A former member of a college band, he joins several members of his family who are musicians, song writers and artists in Jamaica. Sean began painting in College to impress a young lady, and the rest is to be seen on Thursday.
Mother and son enjoy the bond that it brings them to paint together and to share the family’s artistic legacy. This is the first exhibition for the son and the second for the mother. Her first was at Bank United in Oakland Park in August of this year.
“This is another example of the immigrant experience and its positive impact on our South Florida community”, says Dahlia Walker-Huntington, president of Jamaican Dawta Promotions. “The Broward County Library has to be commended for showcasing our local talents”, says Walker-Huntington.
