At Great Mountain, artist Reuben Vanterpool, in the frame above, appears almost as a work of art himself, immersed in his work as he paints his sixty-foot mural of BVI traditional life.

Many BVI shops carry works of art in various forms. Art galleries include the Sunny Caribbee Gallery on Road Town's Main Street, with Caribbean inspired painting by Karl Merklein, the Josiah's Bay Plantation Art Gallery at Josiah's Bay and Nan's Gallery at Apple Bay.

Tortolan artist Lutai Durant paints and writes about a modern farmer in Page from the Past.

Jinx Morgan, co-owner of the Sugar Mill Restaurant and Hotel, creates watercolors reflecting the Caribbean's strong sun, brilliant light and fresh colors to depict its easygoing life.

David Thrasher does paintings, illustrations and graphics like the one seen below. Also, see David's Painting of a Carrot Bay Church.

Artist's Studios include Aragorn Studio (see border at left) at Trellis Bay. Among other artwork, Aragorn creates copper wall sculptures such as Mangrove Life. Some shops are listed here (to).

In his small West Indian styled Flukes Workshop at Trellis Bay, Roger Ellis, an artist and cartographer, produces pictorial maps drawn in pen and ink and painted in watercolors, such as this exquisite map of the BVI.

On Anegada, Pat's Pottery has its ceramic workshop in the back of the retail shop.

See also Famous Swiss Painter Captures "Nature's Little Secrets" On Canvas.

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