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ARNOLD TOULON

Born in the commonwealth of Dominica, Arnold Toulon has been living in St. Lucia for the past fifteen years. He developed his own outstanding vocabulary beginning in 1994 with the “FRAGMENT” Series; he gave up the use of the brush and started painting with used phone cards, then etching into the surface with an ice pick.

Toulon stated, “I felt that the brush was still to contrived to express the feelings of a Caribbean youth. I wanted to get away from the renaissance concept of perception, to paint from my heart without the constraints of the academy.”

Toulon has been participating in numerous exhibitions yearly, both locally and internationally. A highly prolific artist, he researches for every show or series thoroughly. He is well respected for his ability to keep coming up with new and innovative concepts. In Toulon’s works there is strong use of line and colour; they are always thought provoking. Arnold has also been invited to lecture at schools and universities.

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Anse Chastanet Resort, St. Lucia Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Head Office, St. Kitts Texaco Head Office, Barbados Government Buildings, Barbados Barclay’s Bank, Dominica National Commercial Bank, Dominica Windjammer Landing, St. Lucia Colonial Life Insurance, St. Lucia St. Lucia Financial Center, NIC Building, St. Lucia Caribbean Museum Center, (Calendar feature – 99), St. Croix Clico Calendar 2000, Trinidad Club St. Lucia Hotel, St. Lucia

EDUCATION

1982-86 Edna Manley School of Visual Arts, Kingston, Jamaica 1981-82 Carving course with famous Haitian sculptor, Louise Desire
1975-77 Trained in stage and theatre -Old Mill Cultural School, Dominica

Nominated for award in Best Painting, FAME AWARDS, Dominica

Was invited to read a paper on the effects of music, especially jazz, on the artist, at Universite de Antilles et Gyane, Martinique. Language et Esthetique du Jazz “ International colloque” with: Prof. Josephine Diamond, Rutgers University, USA Dr.Richard Long, Emony University, USA Dale Fitzgerald, Exec. Director, The Jazz Art Gallery, New York Joanne V. Gabbin, Dir. Hons. Program, James Madison University Prof. Claude Julien, Universite de Tours