Mar­tin Su­perville has been paint­ing pro­fes­sion­al­ly for well over 20 years. While he has ex­plored many medi­ums and tech­niques, he is per­haps best known for his vi­brant oil paint­ings, rich in colour and move­ment. His work in this show is oil on can­vas.

"Tava­co" and "Iere" are the old his­tor­i­cal names for T&T.

Su­perville de­scribes the ex­hi­bi­tion as the open­ing pro­ces­sion for a col­lec­tion of works por­tray­ing the cul­ture of Trinidad and To­ba­go. Works in this pre­lude cap­ture glimpses of our her­itage, our peo­ple, our mu­sic, our dance present and past.

A re­lease from Hori­zons Art Gallery, where the mu­se­um takes place, said the cen­tre­piece, To­co Band, pays homage to ca­lyp­son­ian Lord Kitch­en­er, on stage at the Queen's Park Sa­van­nah flanked on one side by a tra­di­tion­al pan-around-the-neck band, the roar­ing crowd of the North Stand in the back­ground. The pa­rade con­tin­ues with the swirling cloth of African and In­di­an be­jew­elled dancers; drum­mers and top hats evoke tales of the old-time past. Fol­low­ing close­ly are a bevy of lo­cal women in lush, trop­i­cal sur­round­ings, in­spired by To­ba­go's mot­to, "She be­comes more beau­ti­ful".

The show opens Jan­u­ary 15 at the Gallery, Mu­cu­rapo Road, St James from 7.00 to 8.30 pm It runs un­til Jan­u­ary 26.

Gallery hours are Mon­day to Fri­day from 9.00 am to 5.30 pm and Sat­ur­day from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm.

For fur­ther in­for­ma­tion please con­tact Hori­zons Art Gallery at 628-9769 or email in­fo@hori­zon­sart­gallery.com