Steve Holden, "Artist,
Musician, Storyteller - a true Island Renaissance Man”, who has lived in The
Bahamas for many years, recently asked on his Facebook page if anyone
remembered The Old Le Shack, Montague Beach. Steve had found some prints of the
piece he did for that casual old hang out.
Steve creates these amazing
works of art, which feature popular restaurants along with caricatures of their
patrons. What is so unusual about his art work is that the people depicted in
his paintings have no faces, yet it’s clearly obvious who each person is! And
if you don’t know them, their personalities still shine through. We have one of Steve's prints from his painting of the old "Buzz" nightclub, where musicians (including Erskine) used to jam together.
Steve is commissioned to do
the paintings by proprietors or by people who frequent the
establishments. Then he also sells the prints. This is only one of his art
forms though. More information about his art is on his website at
and at
(a little about Steve's music is mentioned at this second link).
Going back to Steve’s
Facebook question, which prompted me to write about him, in 1992 I wrote a
feature article for Le Shack when it moved from Montague Beach to a location near
the bridge that goes over to Paradise Island (the “newest” bridge). Le Shack is
now “Green Parrot”. Here’s the old article:-
He's certainly multi talented.
ReplyDeleteHe sure is, Patsy!
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