Recommend December 2013 - (Page 44)
Shopping
the Galleries
Clients eager to scoop up
some duty-free Bulgari
or Nikon or Chanel No.
5 can take a ferry to St.
Martin and shop 'till they
drop, but it might be more
enjoyable (and certainly
more authentic) to visit
artists' studios right on
Anguilla. Here's a guide to
four beauties:
DEVONISH ART
Barbados-born Courtney Devonish, who majored in art during his university years in England and moved to Anguilla in
the 1980s, is a sculptor and potter whose works often have
exquisitely rounded and polished surfaces. His work has been
collected and displayed internationally, and his studio also features artfully colorful beadwork by Carolle Devonish, his wife.
The gallery is at the West End of Anguilla, across from the gas
station. (264) 497-2949; devonishart.com
CHEDDIE'S
The woodcarvings of Anguilla's own Cheddie Richardson have
been acclaimed everywhere from major magazines to CNN,
and they're part of the Royal Art Collection in London. When
you realize that Richardson's raw materials are driftwood, the
realism of his birds and other creatures seem even more astonishing. His gallery is also at the West End of Anguilla, on the
same side as the gas station.
anguilla-art.anguilla-beaches.com/wood-sculptures.html
STONE CELLAR GALLERY
Located in one of the few stone cellars in Anguilla, this gallery
features works by Sir Roland Richardson, an internationally
collected painter of Impressionist landscapes whose family
hails from St. Martin. Stone Cellar Gallery also offers rotating
exhibitions of other artists. The gallery is downstairs in the Old
Factory, an 1868 cotton gin in The Valley.
oldfactory-anguilla.ai/cellar.htm
Beaches
Pick the best beaches in Anguilla? Might as well try to count
grains of sand, because virtually all of the island's 33 beaches,
not to mention all-sand outposts like Scilly Cay and Prickly
Pear, offer soft, deep, white sand and peaceful, protected,
calm, clear water. What follows, therefore, is the main island's
greatest hits among several dozen exquisite strands of shoreline.
SHOAL BAY EAST
This northwest-facing beach is the one that's most often
named the best beach in the Caribbean, and some critics
have rated it as the best in the world. How could such a softsand strand also have such nice snorkeling just a few yards
offshore? In addition, it probably doesn't hurt that it's also
home to Uncle Ernie's.
SANDY GROUND
Many of Anguilla's boat races, festivals, and other celebrations
take place at Sandy Ground. What's more, even when there
are no special events on the calendar, Johnno's Beach Bar is
here, and Johnno's is a nonstop celebration in itself.
MEAD'S BAY
It's so pretty that the people who were there at the beginning
of the tourism boom, the creators of Malliouhana, chose to
put their property here. Mead's Bay, about three miles from
West End Point, has since inspired Carminar Beach Club,
Anacaona Boutique Hotel, Frangipani Resort, the Mead's
Bay Villas, the Viceroy Anguilla, and a few other lovely places
to hang out their shingles, yet there's still plenty of open
space and pristine beach.
MAUNDAY'S BAY
When you step out onto the beach at Cap Juluca and your
feet feel as if they're walking on talcum powder, that's Maunday's Bay, which lies just eat of West End Point and faces
south.
RENDEZVOUS BAY
East of Maunday's Bay and facing directly south, this is the
picturesque stretch of blindingly white sand that's home to
the Moonsplash Music Festival, and which has attracted the
builders of CuisinArt Resort, the Anguilla Great House, and
some Architectural Digest villas. g
Both images: Whether it's a gallery your
clients want to visit or if they hang
out beachside, Anguilla offers an
array of interesting places.
UHURU ART GALLERY
The newest of the galleries mentioned here (it opened in
2012), Uhuru showcases a wide variety of Afro-Caribbean art.
This includes traditional African masks and sculpture, modern
African works, portraits, sculpture (wood, stone, metal, etc.)
by Caribbean artists, and applied arts pieces such as jewelry,
vases, baskets and more. Located in Bedney's Plaza in West
End; (264) 772-4100; facebook.com/uhuruartgallery
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http://www.devonishart.com
http://anguilla-art.anguilla-beaches.com/wood-sculptures.html
http://www.oldfactory-anguilla.ai/cellar.htm
http://www.facebook.com/uhuruartgallery
http://edu.recommend.com/anguilla
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