Registered: Monday 29th May '06
Profile address: http://www.alltradeart.co.uk/nicola-mccoy
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Nickola McCoy was born on 25 October 1974 in the Cayman Islands, to a Jamaican mother and a Caymanian father. Her art is entirely self taught, a true Cayman artist, her feeling for Caribbean art and culture is self evident.
Nickola has lived most of her life in the Cayman Islands Her travels have taken her to Russia, Cuba England and the USA. Her life has seen many varied areas of work including time as a police officer, a dive instructor, a postal worker, an insurance administrator and a teacher. In 2000, following a spinal injury and three months of immobility and intense physiotherapy, she gave up her then career in insurance. This became a turning point in her life and she began to take her first love, the arts, more seriously. She redirected her focus on the two things she loved most Art and Children, she began working at the St Georges Anglican School with young children teaching motor skills through the practice of art. In 2003 she began volunteering at the National gallery of the Cayman Islands as an outreach art instructor, under the tutorship of Mr. Tony Crosbie and Mrs. Leslie Bigliman, the former director of the National Gallery. In 2004 Ms McCoy was approached by the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands to fill the position of Education and Outreach Facilitator. After twelve months in this position Ms McCoy relocated to Cornwall in the United Kingdom. Her last series entitled "The Black Hat Series" comprised over 40 paintings and has now been sold to private collectors and institutions. Her work continues to appeal to serious collectors and corporate buyers.
Location: Cornwall
Website: http://www.arteccentrix.5u.com
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