Our Instructors
Damaris Mayne - Jewellery Making
Jewellery Artist Damaris Mayne was born in St. Andrew, Jamaica to a Jamaican father and a Canadian mother. An artistic child Damaris went on to study Art at the Edna Manley School for the Visual and Performing Arts in Jamaica.
To further improve her jewellery skills she worked at L.A Henriques and Sons Ltd and Swiss Stores Jamaica Ltd, where she became head of the jewellery workshop. A passion for gemstones led her to enrol at the Gemmological Institute of America to study gemmology and business.
In 2007 she was shortlisted for a commonwealth award for Arts and Craft. An advocate for the Arts, Damaris is a member of the Jamaica Guild of Artists and the Visual and Performing Arts Jamaica.
Damaris has now added the skill of art auctioneer to her portfolio.
Exhibitions:
- United States
- Bahamas
- Jamaica
Devon Harvey - Drawing & Painting
Devon's journey began at the Grange Hill Primary School. After completing the early stages of his education there, he matriculated to Frome Technical High School, in Westmoreland. He pursued his tertiary education at the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts formerly the Jamaica School of Art between 1980- 1984.
While at EMCVPA, he majored in painting and graduated with honors. Devon believes that strong family values are essential and such values depend on the participation and involvement of both parents in the lives of their children. This is conducive to the instilling of proper love.
Devon prefers to work with pastel medium but I work with oil and water colour as well. His style is called Curvilinear Rhythms, (Cloisonnism). The haloes in his work embellish the head of his figures. They are signals/ symbols of love and affection.
Devon believes that Art is continuous and that there is always something to be done. However, consistency, determination and persistency always assist an individual in the accomplishment of his goals.
Devon has proven to be a fine artist of Jamaican soil. Over the years he has proved is path to numerous exhibitions, both locally and overseas. Devon lives and works in Kingston.
