The (as yet) Undiscovered Barbadian Talent of Joanne O’Neal

JoAnn O’Neal is probably one of the undiscovered talents from the Island of Barbados. Born and living on the tiny Island of Barbados, JoAnn lives in the Parish of St. Thomas in the higher elevations of the Island. Barbados is by no means a ‘lofty’ Island but JoAnn’s talent certainly is.

Even though thoughts of the Caribbean may bring pictures of an ‘ideal life’, to those living there they will tell you that this can be further from the truth than anyone could imagine. Barbados is classed these days as ‘New World’. An up grade from 3rd World. It can boast, probably one of the finest infrastructures of all the Caribbean Islands. Along with this comes the stess and strains of modern day living.

Many of the Islanders have all of the mod cons of modern living and the abundance of technology is evident. Barbados is the most easterly in the chain of Caribbean Islands and is an important strategic point for communications systems around the world. But this is getting away from the topic of this Post.

To escape the pressures of everyday life that JoAnn found herself in, holding an important and stressful position with a leading motor vechicle importer on the Island, JoAnn turned to painting to ease the stresses of her day.

Her talent showed through from the moment she put paint to canvas, winning awards        almost instantaneously.

I hope to be able to show more of JoAnn’s work as it becomes available in photographic form.

For those that are interested in her work you may contact me directly or call JoAnn in Barbados at (246) 433-8868.

Don’t forget, even though she is on Island time, the times they are a changing and she may not get back to you immediately. Will this be due to the hurried time of the ‘New World’ or is JoAnn finding her ‘Island Time’.