Raymond Watson - Life Drawing
Artist's Statement
"My work continues to be a synthesis of influences, born as much out of process as concept. There is a developing synthesis between line, space, volume and tension, evolving from the movement and rhythm of the people seen in my daily life. The works thematically explore the human condition, the paradoxes of the society and the contradictions very often inherent in the individual." - Raymond Watson
Biography
Born in London in 1954, and schooled at Kingston College, Jamaica, 1966 to 1972, he attended The Jamaica School of Art from 1977 to 1981, graduating with a Diploma in Sculpture.
Raymond has lived and worked in Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and London, and has exhibited in the Caribbean, The United States, South America and England. He has mounted public sculptures in London, Kingston and Port of Spain, as well as being represented in private collections worldwide. In 1990 he along with brother Basil Watson mounted “Sculpture in the Park” an outdoor exhibition of life-size sculptures in New Kingston, Jamaica.
In 1994 he returned to London and subsequently mounted “The First Child” commissioned in 1998 at Max Roach Park, Brixton. The sculpture was commissioned to commemorate the “Soweto Massacre” in South Africa during Apartheid. He has since returned to live and work in Jamaica.
Teaching Experience
1999 - Currently
Lecturer in 3D Design, Foundation
Body & Process, Second Year Sculpture
Residencies
1997 - 1998
Dulwich High School
Red Post Hill, London
8 Week Residency, Drawing, Figure modelling, Casting
St Francis Xavier High School
Balham, London
8 Week Residency, Drawing, Figure modelling, Casting
St Martin in the Fields
Tulse Hill, London
8 Week Residency, Drawing, Figure modelling, Casting
1998
Dulwich High School
Designing, Creating and Mounting Site-specific Metal Sculpture
10 Week Residency
Christ The King Sixth Form College
GNVQ, Advanced Modelling and Casting
Collections, Commissions, Public and Private
"Show You The Way"
Bronze, 26" high
[Study for First Child]
Bank of Jamaica Collection - Kingston, Jamaica
"Shoulders to the Wheel"
Welded Steel, 24" high, 1994
Michael Mansfield, Q.C. - London, England
"I Will Fly Away"
Welded Steel, 56" high, 1997-1998
Acre Lane Chambers - Acre Lane, Brixton
"Fear & Courage"
Brass Resin, 30" high, 1996
"Mai Gurimi" [Study for Gurimi Player]
Bronze, 18" high, 1996
"The Gurimi Player"
Welded Steel, 54" high
Jahata Productions - London, England
2003
"The Warriors" 1 & 2
Welded Steel and Stained Glass, 27" high
Trophies for One Day Tournaments between England & The West Indies
West Indies & Bangladesh
2000
"In My Father's House"
Welded Steel, 64" high
RKA Building, New Kingston - Jamaica
1994
"Catching the Light"
Bronze Resin, 72" high
Master Builders Association, Kingston - Jamaica
1992
"Towards a Higher Place"
Bronze Resin, 84" high
West Indies Home Contractors, Ltd.
1991
"The Willow"
Welded Steel, 30" high
"Women Hold up Half the Sky"
Bronze REsin, 35" high
Sans Souci Hotel - Ocho Rios, Jamaica
1990
"Justice"
Bronze Resin, 72" high
Mr. & Mrs. Owen Monroe - Kingston, Jamaica
"Journey"
Bronze Resin
70" high
Life of Jamaica Ltd. - Kingston, Jamaica
"Casting his Net"
Welded Steel, 76" high
ICD Group of Companies - Kingston, Jamaica
1989
"The Corner Stone"
Hellshire Marble, 52" high
Wallace Campbell Collection
1986
"Makela"
Resin, 45" high
Institute of Social and Economic Research
University of the West Indies - Kingston, Jamaica
1985
"Weight of Tomorrow"
Mahogany, 20" high
Airport Authority, Piarco Airport - Trinidad
1984
"The Unbound" - Cement 30" high
"Labour" - Cement Relief 96" x 36"
"Creativity" - Cement Relief 96" x 36"
"Labour of Love" - Mahogany Relief 60" x 48"
Re Insurance Company of Trinidad & Tobago
1983
"Naked Came I"
Aluminium Resin, 50" high
Orange Park Trust - St Thomas, Jamaica
1982
"The Elder"
Terracotta, 15" high
1981
"Grace"
Cement, 30" high
Olympia Collection - Kingston, Jamaica
