Ricardo Edwards is a Jamaican-born contemporary artist whose practice spans traditional oil painting and digital media. His portraiture is richly layered with fragments of personal identity and Afro-Caribbean symbolism, often featuring masked figures that evoke ancestral traditions and ceremonial legacies. As a self-taught artist, Edwards employs painting as a powerful tool of catharsis and reflection, navigating both personal and collective histories while envisioning expansive new possibilities for representation and storytelling. His work resonates with cultural memory and contemporary experience, expressing beauty, resilience, and complex narratives tied to his Jamaican heritage.
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