Bernard Stanley Hoyes

RAG Drawings
The Art Of Bernard Stanley Hoyes

Dancing for the Lord

Sanctified Joy
The cultural/racial mix found in the Caribbean may be
called a hybrid culture. The small nations of this area of
the world have created a powerful cultural influence,
spreading to the remote areas of the globe. From their
African based rituals to the Hispanic rhythms, a
confluence has occurred in the global crossroads of the
Caribbean. African and Hispanic cultures met and merged
in the Caribbean over 500 years ago and their roots have
not been eradicated. From these rich and diversified
cultures a new culture arose. The blending enhanced the
vibrant vitality each brought. The very identifiable traits
of these cultural societies are reflected in the Caribbean
arts. There is an ethical and religious basis for African art
that is still evidenced in the Caribbean, where African art
very often depicts ritual contexts dealing with the moral
and spiritual concerns of the human condition. Hoyes’
Caribbean art addresses the same issues.
 Bernard Stanley Hoyes

“I have been a creator of art, symbols of ancestral echoes since a child in Jamaica...
The images I convey symbolize a culmination of these ancestral echoes brought to
classical form. They are contemporary, eternal in spirit and stand as praise to our
existence --past, present and future.”
 In the 80's Bernard
Stanley Hoyes
began creating
works that recall
his African
Caribbean roots,
specifically the
rituals and
ceremonies of the
Baptism Under a Crescent Moon
18" x 24“ Revival Cults.
 Bernard Stanley Hoyes began painting at an early age, selling his works to tourist to
supplement his family’s income. At the age of fifteen, he migrated to New York city. He
later received a Ford Foundation Scholarship sponsored by the Art Student League. He
then studied at the California College of Art and Crafts in Oakland and, receiving a
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting and Design. As a child, Hoyes was nicknamed
“Spirit Sight” by his religious aunt. Upon viewing any of his work, it is easy to see why. A
native of Jamaica, spirituality is the dominant theme throughout much of the artist’s
oeuvre. Hoyes’ pieces are not only magnificently colorful, but full of magic, inspired by a
rich ancestral legacy.

Thanks and Praises

18" x 24"
Original oil painted in Los Angeles Studio, 1989, in the collection of Natalie Cole, CA
 Force Shields
Original Art work by Bernard
Hoyes

Peace Offering
18" x 24"
Painted at Port Henderson studio, Jamaica, 1983. Signed
and numbered limited edition lithograph 999. Original
oil in the collection of the Artist
In the Presence of a Tranquil God
$25,500.00(us)
55" x 55"
Oil on Canvas
 Romeo Downer

Dancing Ladies Women of Color

 Other Caribbean Artists and Their Work

alpha & omega

Corinne Wakeland

Vivian Moreira Komando 2001©

 Date: 1990, Location: First A.M.E. Church, La Salle Ave. (between 23rd and 24th streets), Los Angeles
Media:Notes, Nova Color acrylic, 120' x 6'-10‘; Hoyes was assisted by local high school students
Description
The mural is dedicated to the contributions made by African-Americans and Latinos to building the United States. The left
side is dominated by images from black history, including an African playing a traditional horn, Duke Ellington, dancer Bill
"Boyangles" Robinson, singer and political activist Paul Robeson, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, and opera singer
Marian Anderson. On the mural's right side prominent Mexicans, such as revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, artist Frida Kahlo,
and peasant leader Benito Juarez, are depicted. The two sides come together in the middle in a harmonious blending of
cultures. The church is located at the vortex of several different cultures.
Vivian Moreira Komando 2001©
 Dieudonné Rouanez

Voodoo

Vivian Moreira Komando 2001©

 THE RAG SERIES

Unique Contemporary Graphics by

Bernard Stanley Hoyes. Rag
impressions reflect ancestral
connections to contemporary life.
Done in a spontaneous technique. A
rag laden with ink is cast on paper as a
fisherman would cast his net in the sea.
When lifted a print remains suggesting
and delineating forms, mass and
movement. Details added by the artist
free the images into compositions with
vitality and power.
 Birthin' Rag in Vogue
18" x 24"
23" x 35"
Lean On Me Rags
Loves Fabric
Wounded Warrior II

One Percent Rag

Voodoo Banshee Spirit Of Eternal Repose
Wind And Weave Sounds
Rag Tracks
A Whole Civilization In My Pas
Trickster
Dying Bull
Matriarchal Lineage
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 Thrown RAG Drawing Assignment
• Ware Old Clothes, and Shoes!
• Ware Plastic Gloves!
• Soak a piece of cheesecloth in Indian Ink.
• Pull the cheesecloth open and toss it onto your prepared surface.
• Think about composition. Throw again if needed.
• Carefully examine the resulting form. Look for the dancing FIGURE.
(You may choose to use multiple figures)
• Based on the resulting form, position a model to mimic the needed
pose.
• Photograph your model as a full pose and also get close up shots of
hands, face and feet.
• On your prepared surface draw in the face, hands and feet.
• Choose pastel, oil pastel or oil paint.
• Complete your artwork. Remember to keep the form(s) flowing and
abstract while rendering details of the face, hands and feet. Add
other elements as desired.
Assignment by Dr. Debra Fitzsimmons
 Hoyes Directed Questions
Name & Idea Media Size

List your References:

Reading
Visual
Artist
State your focus Element(s) Focus Principle(s) Rhythm & Movement
1. Were you happy with your selection of thumbnail compositions? Explain.
2. Idea: Tell what this piece is about?
3. Explain how your subject matter, media/mark and composition support the idea?
4. What worked best.? What could you do different next time?
5. What compositional formats did you use for each piece? Tell about the effect for each.

Written Written Analysis fully
Analysis addresses the choices of
media and compositional
aspects in the development of
concept.
ELWC Applies excellent English
Language writing conventions.
Written Analysis addresses Written Analysis somewhat Written Analysis in unclear on NO CREDIT
the choices of media and addresses the choices of media and the choices of media and /or Missing Assignment or
compositional aspects in the /or compositional aspects in the compositional aspects in the Incomplete and/or
development of concept. development of concept development of concept. Shows Inadequate application.
Adheres to English Language Has multiple minor errors in English Has major errors in English NO CREDIT
writing conventions. May Language writing conventions. Language writing conventions. Missing Assignment or
have a minor error. Incomplete and/or
Shows Inadequate application.
 Bernard Standley Hoyes Rubric Name
Topic/Concept EXEMPLARY PROFICIENT COMPETENT EMERGING NEEDS MORE PRACTICE &
ACHIEVEMENT for CREDIT
Inquiry: Essential Question(s) EQ Strongly relates to the topic EQ clearly relate to the topic and EQ relate to the topic and some EQ need closer relevance to the REWRITE
1. and allow for multiple open- allow for multiple open-ended may allow for multiple open- topic. EQ to relate to the
ended responses. responses. ended responses. Topic/Concept. Allow for multiple
And/or open-ended responses.
EQ need to allow for multiple
2. open-ended responses.
.

3. Abundant Investigation* through Ample investigation* through Adequate investigation* EXPAND

multiple methods extensively multiple methods fully addresses Would benefit from more/ Additional investigation is Inadequate investigation, or
Inquiry Actions* may include but is not addresses EQ. expanded methods to better needed to address EQ range of investigation, or does
limited to: Printed and online literature and EQ. address EQ not adequately address EQ.
image investigations, photo-sketches,
sketches, scaled images, thumbnails,
collaborations, critiques, discussions,
practice, experiments, field trips,
interviews, etc.
Insightful analysis. Strong analysis. Adequate analysis. Basic or off-target analysis. RETHINK
Analysis: Of data Discoveries fully address the Discoveries competently address Discoveries adequately address Discoveries do not adequately Simplistic analysis. Limited
Essential Question(s). the Essential Question(s) the Essential Question(s). address the Essential discoveries.
Question(s)

MEDIA/TECHNIQUE Indicates studied practice, fully
Rag Paintings skillful craftsmanship and
CRAFTSMANSHIP successful purpose in application
of technique.
COMPOSITIONAL
ASPECTS Compositional choices support
and activate the concept.
Artwork shows a high level of
ARTIST VOICE IN invention, unique application, unique
VISUALIZATION interpretation, and/or transformation
in visualization of self-identified BIG
IDEA
The level of invention, interpretation &
May be notable for its causal of the
transformation in the visualization of a
WOW FACTOR in the viewing
self-identified BIG IDEA through
audience.
media.
Respond after your artwork is completed:
What worked well?
Indicates strong practice, good
skill in craftsmanship and
purposeful application of
technique.
Compositional choices support
the concept.
Artwork shows a proficient level of
invention, unique application, unique
interpretation, and/or transformation
in visualization of self-identified BIG
IDEA.
Indicates adequate practice,
mixed application in
craftsmanship and purposeful
application of technique.
Compositional choices may not
fully support the concept.
Artwork shows an competent level of
invention, application, interpretation,
and/or transformation in visualization:
Although some aspects are original,
other aspects could benefit from
more transformation in visualization
of self-identified BIG IDEA.
Requires more practice to
improve craftsmanship.
Purpose in technique and
compositional choices do not
clearly support the concept.
Artwork shows emerging attempts at
invention, application, interpretation,
in visualization but transformation
from source material, cliché,
simplistic solutions, common
solutions is not successful in
visualization of self-identified BIG
IDEA.
REDO FOR IMPROVEMENT
Missing, or incomplete, and/or shows
Shows Inadequate
and/or unsuccessful
craftsmanship/and/or
unclear purpose in techniques and/or
Compositional choices have little
relationship to intended concept.
RETHINK & REDO
Artwork shows a little or no invention.
Cliché, fully or mostly copied,
simplistic solution, common solution,
lacks transformation, plagiarized,
and/or mostly derivative. Does not
represent self-identified BIG IDEA.

Ideas for next artwork.