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Leslee Sharon Wills Kreyole

The current collection of paintings by artist Leslee Wills was inspired by phrase �jupe-kreyole� referring to the style of traditional dress preserved as costume in the islands of the French Caribbean, such as Dominica, Guadeloupe , Martinique and St Lucia.

Translated the �creole-skirt� is actually a combination of the rich madras overskirts and broderie anglaise petticoats & blouses favoured by the mistresses of the plantation owners whose double lives allowed them to continue to practice their ancestral African spiritual powers retained in their understanding of unique bird cries and varieties of �kreyole� patois song and dialect.

Here, Kreyole is also a synonym for not only the music,sounds and stylistic expressions of the Antilles,it also describes the flambouyant foliage and air of expectancy during the pre- hurricane season. The prints are from a selection of work executed in the tumultuous July-August months from 2004- 2007 during visits to Guadeloupe,Tobago, St Vincent ,Grenada, Carricou, Bequia and Guyana.

Leslee is a Texile /Art and History teacher
now currently working and living in the Nottinghamshire area.

Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 07907670428

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