Who is Brandon?

Brandon Best is a talented, inspiring visual artist specializing in acrylic painting on canvas. Brandon is passionate about the development of the Barbadian culture and identity, recognizing that cultural identity can not only be reached by knowing and understanding our history but also by “ projecting what we want for ourselves; what kind of people we want to be; what are our values”.

To this extent Brandon’s work seeks to portray Barbados as more than an island of sun, sea and sand. His work instinctively highlights his perceptions as a millennial living in the Caribbean with experience in the tourism industry.

Brandon is motivated by a fear of “not amounting to anything”, therefore, he takes his work very seriously and is personally connected to what he does. Significant to note is Brandon’s repeated desire to develop the cultural identity in Barbados, this desire forms the basis of his professional motivation. In addition, Brandon does not only consider himself, but seeks to gain knowledge to inspire, educate and motivate young people “to proudly produce works of all kinds of mediums, and be a contributor to our future National Art Gallery”. For Brandon, his choice of colours are usually influenced by some of his favourite music which transcribes into the mood of the painting and usually guides the “subject matter”.