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the barbudaful Art Cafe

the Art Cafe on Two Foot Bay Road (Fiona Jack)  
 

The Art Cafe is the residence of the artist Claire Frank. Here you can relax on her breezy gallery, drinking freshly-ground Caribbean coffee and watching the world go by. People, donkeys, goats, cats, dogs, horses - all will keep you entertained.

 
 


  Relaxing with guests at the Artcafe (Claire Frank)
 

Visitors can browse through information about Barbuda, buy a map, and plan land or boat trips to different parts of the island. Claire can also arrange accommodation for those who fall in love with Barbuda and want to stay longer.

 
   

 

 

hand-painted silks

   
Claire at work on her silk paintings (Robert Dyball)

Claire specialises in hand-painted silk pictures and cards. This unique work comes straight from the Caribbean where vibrant colours and the luxury of silk combine to great effect.

Silk painting is a technique similar to batik. Hot wax is used to draw a picture and gold and silver gutta adds to the decoration. Once the wax is set the colours are painted in. Then the wax is ironed out. The pictures and cards are mounted on quality card or matte board or framed by a local frame-maker who creates beautiful hand-made frames to suit each individual picture.

All Claire's work is original; there are no prints. Contact Claire for more information about her work.

 
 


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