Jamaican-born artist, painter and now sculptor Bernard Hoyes, through his God-given talents, acquired scholarship into a distinguished art academy in Vermont. This has catapulted his career as an internationally acclaimed artist. All of which must have given him the wherewithal to endure through these times of spiraling economic twists and turns.
In October 2008, a work of Hoyes' called "The Choir Gives Thanks" was selected as the Los Angeles representatives in the Verizon Wireless national choir competition, an event dubbed "How Sweet the Sound."
The economy has certainly slowed down since that major achievement, but fortunately for Hoyes, his creativity has spirited him on to commissions as far away as the Fujian Province in China to sculpture a 3-ton, 6-foot, "Blue Fin Tuna" with master Chinese stonemasons.
Hoyes' work has been featured in U.S.A Today, and made its way into a recent Time magazine photo in the background of a shot of President Barack Obama. Hoyes also counts talk-show host and media magnate Oprah Winfrey as one of his art collectors, along with many other reputable art enthusiasts.
Visit www.BernardHoyes.com for more information.
Gilda Byers is a writer for Carib Press
Photo of artwork from www.bernardhoyes.com
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