Artist you ought to know about...
Turning the spotlight on Artist – H. Lloyd Weston
Lloyd Weston was recently referred to as one of the best kept secrets in the art world, by a renown publicist, who upon viewing his recent paintings, felt strongly his time had finally arrived for serious international recognition, as well as having his works in the collection of art lovers who appreciate beautiful and evocative art. Fortunately for Weston, secrets sooner or later go public. The global community will have a chance to get acquainted with his exquisite landscapes, flowers and abstractions via his own website on the internet.
An important venue slated to bring the artist greater public awareness, is a major art project currently being formulated with Betty Elam Brauner, a former Executive at NBC, New York, President and CEO of the Brauner Foundation – a philanthropic organization based in Jersey City, New Jersey, dedicated to giving a voice to minorities in the media. This amalgamation of art and philanthropy will result in exhibitions of Weston’s works in New York and San Antonio, Texas, slated for 2009 to benefit the Brauner Foundation’s educational goals.
Weston is dedicated to the concept of helping others through his success. He has used his exhibitions to raise funds for charities; such as United Way of Jamaica, as well as various school children projects – qualities he learned first hand from both parents while growing up in Jamaica, parents who were deeply humanitarian who cared about helping those less fortunate.
Lloyd Weston, the Jamaican-born, Expressionist Artist, has been making steady progress in the art world since his premiere showing at the Americas Society, Park Avenue, New York, 1984. One of the highlights of his career was a painting he was commissioned to do for Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, in a presentation at Grosvenor House, London, 1989. Weston’s works have been shown in major museums and galleries world-wide including the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington, D.C., Roy Miles Gallery, London, The Museum of Art, Witchita, Kansas, Galleria Ca’d’ Oro, Rome, Italy, Mutual Life Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica, Gallerie Die Treppe, Stuttgart, Germany, Bungei Shunju Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, and the National Arts Club, New York City. More recently, Weston’s works were featured at the U.N. World Headquarters, N.Y., in celebration of the “International Year of Cultural Heritage”.
The main characteristics of Weston’s works are a lyrical sense of movement and a unique blend of colours which imbues the works with vitality, life and beauty. His landscapes exude a deep sense of spirituality and a passionate concern for the environment and its preservation. He feels strongly art is a connecting link between disparate cultures and societies – an international language we can appreciate and understand. It is his hope that the beauty of his serene paintings will help to bring a feeling of calm to a world steeped in turmoil and dissention.
Weston’s international travels have allowed him to capture the essence of landscapes as remote as China, Italy, Switzerland, also the Dominican Republic, the rural beauty of the Connecticut countryside, Lake Waccabuc, New York, and the landscapes of his native Jamaica.
Lloyd Weston, a poet as well as a painter, has been working on a collection of his poetry for publication. His paintings reside in numerous private and corporate collections world-wide.
Some private collections:
- Max Kriemler, Swiss Industrialist, St. Galens, Switzerland
- Audrey Del Rosario, New York socialite, Park Avenue, New York
- Ambassador Keith Johnson, Kingston, Jamaica
Some corporate collections,
- American Airlines, Kennedy Airport, New York
- Dubnoff and Co., New Jersey
- The University of the West Indies, Jamaica, West Indies
- “The Best” magazine, Paris, France, Massimo Gargia, Publisher
- Willam Marquard, CEO, American Standard, New York
- Jamaica Citizens Bank
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Accepting the commissioned oil painting by H. Lloyd Weston – London 1989
Rosemary Montague
Rosemary Montague, International Art Representative, Opening Moment at Stuttgart, Germany Exhibition (1994).
Mrs. Kofi Annan
H. LLoyd Weston and Mrs. Kofi Annan wife of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan at United Nations exhibitions 2003.