He is well known for his Caribana costume design. His costumes have appeared in the Royal Ontario Museum (Quatzelcoatl-Canadian Celebrations, 1991) and Harbourfront (Sun God Worshipper - Festival of Lights, 1993).
His painting "Dread Preacher" was used by Saturday Night Magazine to illustrate an article in the November 1993 issue.
Jah Stone was born in Trinidad and emigrated to Canada in 1974. You may find and follow him on Facebook as Jah Stone.
These are his paintings featured at Representing African Heritage.
Jah Stone's work has always used a strongly circular motif, and it continues to do so to this day. He remains a prolific painter.
The circle is one of the most primordial images of mankind. "The circle... represents totality. Everything within the circle is one thing, which is encircled, enframed..."Mandala" is the Sanskrit word for "circle," but a circle that is coordinated or symbolically designed so that it has the meaning of a cosmic order." - Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth.
The symbol of the sacred circle is found in all cultures. In fact, all original cultures treated their art as sacred, and even used the circle when creating their everyday objects, so that these too carried a sacred blessing.
This Navaho sand painting is, by its very nature, temporary, yet it carries the weight of the divine.
Jah Stone may now truly be known as an elder and a priest through his art. Search for him on Facebook, and follow both his ever-flowing work, and his blessings.
It is now the Christmas season, and time to contemplate where we each belong within this divine cosmic order.
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