Trinidad and To­ba­go’s art com­mu­ni­ty is ral­ly­ing to sup­port one of its own, as sev­er­al lo­cal artists do­nate their works for Art At­tack—an art auc­tion sched­uled for Sat­ur­day, Oc­to­ber 11, at the 101 Art Gallery in New­town.

The event aims to raise funds for ac­claimed painter Pe­ter Shep­pard’s med­ical ex­pens­es, fol­low­ing an emer­gency late last month.

Among the do­nat­ed pieces is Sub­ma­rine Bat­tle, a strik­ing paint­ing by vi­su­al artist Camille Bor­de. The piece cap­tures a mo­ment of ten­sion be­tween a tur­tle and a jel­ly­fish, ren­dered with fine de­tail and emo­tion­al depth—hall­marks of Bor­de’s ex­pres­sive re­al­ism.

The ex­hi­bi­tion will al­so fea­ture a col­lec­tion of Shep­pard’s own works, known for their in­tri­cate de­tail and vivid colour. His paint­ings re­flect the in­flu­ence of his par­ents, both car­ni­val cos­tume de­sign­ers and acrylic painters, whose cre­ative en­er­gy shaped his artis­tic jour­ney. Work­ing pri­mar­i­ly in acrylic on both minia­ture and large scales, Shep­pard’s com­po­si­tions are cel­e­brat­ed for their rhythm, bal­ance, and dream­like qual­i­ty.

Shep­pard’s tal­ent has earned him in­ter­na­tion­al ac­claim, in­clud­ing mem­ber­ship in the Unit­ed King­dom-based Hilliard So­ci­ety of Minia­ture Painters and En­gravers, and the Best in Show Award in 2013. His works are held in col­lec­tions lo­cal­ly and abroad.

Art At­tack promis­es to be both a show­case of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s artis­tic tal­ent and a demon­stra­tion of sol­i­dar­i­ty with­in the cre­ative com­mu­ni­ty. The auc­tion runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and pro­ceeds will go di­rect­ly to­ward Shep­pard’s med­ical care.