Artist Rae Garnes said the concept of the design came from the original colours of Barbados – red, black, and white meaning little red rock with white teeth. (Picture by Tamesha Doughty)
By Tamesha Doughty on Tuesday, 16 November, 2021 at 03:55 PM
Barbadians will walk across a newly painted pathway to access the gazebo in Queen’s Park.
The pathway, which is part of the Queen’s Park Refurbishment project, is being painted by artists, Rae Garnes and Walter Bailey.
Garnes said the concept of the design came from the original colours of Barbados – red, black, and white meaning little red rock with white teeth.
“We wanted to do a mixture of different designs and symbols representing African, European and the Arawak people that were here in Barbados,” he said.
Garnes explained that some of the symbols Barbadians will see are the adinkra, the fern, the Sankofa and the radiating rainbow pattern, which is significant of all the cultures that were here in Barbados.
“The triangular shape represents the ‘white teeth’, and the checkered print is reflective of the African print – this is mainly native,” he said.
Garnes said they want the designs to resonate with Barbadians deeply and for them to understand that they are cultural people.
“We gravitate towards symbolic language and visual language – which was one of the first forms of translating and we want to remain modern and straight forward with the designs,” Garnes added.
The Queen’s Park Refurbishment Project is set to be completed within the next two weeks.