
1261 ART CORNER
Featured Art: by Jean Renel Pierre Louis (Prensnelo)
Featured Artist & Photographers | 2020
We invite you to visit our Virtual Gallery during the 1261 Film Festival Virtual Experience! This year, we are featuring the following emerging and seasoned artist from Grenada, who’s work are available for purchase in our marketplace.
Arthur Daniel A Photographer/Videographer from Grenada. Daniel recently pivoted to a full-time entrepreneur after working at a local resort as a photographer. He loves shooting different niches like events, carnival, sailing, racing. He loves exploring and capturing beautiful scenes. Now because of Covid, Daniel has started venturing into creative shoots. The secret behind his creative process - he allows his mind to wander, then executes whatever comes to him. Daniel wants his pieces to create conversation and be beautiful.
Lynx - Is an emerging photographer based in Grenada. His passion for photography stemmed from a very young age, which led me to seek employment in the photography industry. Lynx is self-taught and continues to invest in developing his craft and evolving as a content creator. He loves to bring his creative thoughts to reality so that everyone can enjoy them.
Nigel Arron Grenadian based Photographer Nigel Layne persuaded his love for photography four years ago while working at a local gym. Nigel specializes in landscape, portrait, and Event Photography. Nigel is very passionate about photography. Through his art, he garners confidence and a positive mindset. Creating art with his photography makes him realize how important it is to appreciate the world around us.
Rashid Isaac - A self-taught portrait artist from Grenada. Her knack for drawing was realized in her childhood hobby of sketching her favorite cartoon characters and Disney princesses and pictures from her coloring books. An elective course in drawing while pursuing an undergraduate degree in psychology sparked her interest in portraiture. Her journey to hyperrealism using charcoal pencils began in late 2018. Today, her portraits reflect her love for psychology. Her expressive drawings exude a myriad of emotions and stories that viewers and collectors immediately are intrigued by and connect. Instagram
Rhennel Joseph - A seasoned artist, specializing in abstract, perspective realism, and making use of vibrant colors across the body of her work. She has an intense passion for her craft and a desire to strengthen the world of art in Grenada. In the Summer of 2018, Rhennel’s artwork was on display at We Are Women Owned popup shop in Soho, NYC. Among her many accomplishments, notable pieces of Rhennel’s artwork were purchased by local hotelier (and one of the world’s largest collector of art), Naguib Sawiris, Silversands Hotel, and are now on display at his private Villa. Some of her artwork was also on display at the arrival terminal at Maurice Bishop International Airport. Rhennel also participated in an Independence Art Auction at Silver Sands Hotel. Instagram
Travis Ranger - A Creative, Travis has always had his eyes set on becoming an artist, Actor, or a performing artiste since he was a young boy. Years later, with numerous trophies from Basketball, Photography and everything about its industry remained at the forefront of his passion. Travis, self-taught via Youtube, has learned on the platform both shooting and editing. Though, fun fact, other photographers that were in the mix before him such as Teddy Dwight Frederick and Julien Mitchell, hold some level of responsibility for his grasp of Photography.