Dimitris Mytaras Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Dimitris Mytaras
Early Life and Influences – A Caribbean Foundation Frank Bowling’s artistic journey began far from the bustling galleries of London, rooted in the vibrant landscape of colonial British Guiana. Born in 1934 in Bartica, a small town nestled on the Essequibo River, he was the eldest son of Agatha and Richard Bowling, immigrants who had established a tailoring business there. This early environment—a blend of Caribbean culture and the prac
ticalities of a family trade—laid the groundwork for his distinctive approach to art. His mother’s skill as a seamstress and dressmaker, combined with the rhythms of daily life in New Amsterdam, instilled in him an appreciation for pattern, texture, and the transformative power of materials – elements that would later become central to his work. Crucially, Bowling's education at the Catholic Boys School and Barbice High School provided…