Outstanding Guyanese painter and sculptor Donald Locke passed away at his home in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, following an extended period of illness. He was 80-years-old.
Born in Stewartville, West Coast Demarara Locke was first introduced to art at a Working People’s Art Class taught by E.R. Burrowes, which he attended in order to pass an exam needed to qualify as a teacher. He is quoted as saying “I became an artist, all in my head of course, and my life was changed forever.”
After being awarded a British Council Scholarship in 1954,
