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These Caribbean themed canvases are “Trini to the Bone”.

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  The Art Gallery of Hamilton Is Trini to the Bone  (at least until January)   Between being born in Winnipeg and now living in Hamilton, artist Roger Ferreira, had a long stop in Trinidad where he went to school and learned how to paint. He and his artist son Kareem are now being featured at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, and some of  Roger’s water colours are best described in David Rudder terms – these Caribbean themed  canvases are “Trini to the Bone”. Watercolour above Their exhibition,  Gatherings: Roger Ferreira and Kareem-Anthony Ferreira,  opened last week and will hang in the downtown public gallery until January 8 th , 2023.   This major exhibition by Hamilton-based father and son artists Roger Ferreira and Kareem-Anthony Ferreira features over 30 paintings spanning Roger’s 35-year career and highlights the accomplishments of Kareem’s emerging practice.   Roger and his family left Trinidad and Tobago and moved to Hamilton in the late 1980s. He quickly established himself in th