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Rev. Wayne Onkphra Wells
Unique Sculputers
Onkphra, a largely self taught artist,considers himself to be a Caribbean man, originally hailing from Trinidad where his love for visual art was inspired by his father, a highly skilled artisan in his time. Onkphra began his exploration of woodcarving in 1979 when he settled in Barbados.
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At first focused on crafted utilitarian objects his work with mahogany “developed rapidly from a state of charming rusticity to one of enticing sophistication.” Sculpture was the natural evolutionary result of this growing sensitivity that saw an appreciation for the natural and often unusual markings of the found wood that he works with.
No living trees are felled to supply his studio, a reflection of the artists philosophy of working with, rather than against, nature.
