Anil Avery Bridglal

Anil Avery Bridglal is an autodidact artist from Trinidad and Tobago who has always had a love for art and creative projects. However, life took him down a different professional part into the corporate world. Once he eventually embraced his real passion, he started to paint and sketch as outlets to deal with the stress of a demanding career. He started working in oils, and now mostly works with acrylics, watercolours, charcoal and digital art.

“I view my artistic process with each piece as intuitive, painting what I feel when I look at the subject, applying different colours and tones to the piece to capture the vibrancy and soul of the subject. This style of painting I have termed “Caribbean Psychedelics” as it brings non-traditional and vibrant colour tones to the subject to shift the viewer’s perception of the image”.

He sees Trinidad and Tobago as a melting pot of many ethnicities and cultures arising from India, Africa, Portugal and China among other nations.

He declares “Indentures, slaves and settlers from these far nations brough their food, music, dance, clothing, flora and fauna to this magnificent isles of Trinidad and Tobago; blended with the indigenous people. The locals coined this melting of cultures as “callaloo”, rich ingredients that stirred together over 100 years. The melting of ethnicities and cultures is now the heart, soul and bloodline of the people of Trinidad and Tobago. It is this melting pot from which I draw my inspiration and that influences my style of art today”

Anil has exhibited in Rotunda Gallery, Arnim’s Art Galleria, Studio Joli, ThinkArtWorkTT and the Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago. In 2022 he was featured in the Global Geographies Artist Spotlight and in Moko Magazine December 2023 edition. Colour Me Caribbean was his debut solo art show in October 2023 at Arnim’s Art Galleria.