Artist Phillip Moore, ‘the man who designed the monument’

Phillip Jr. showing the other side of the ‘barrel’ with the painting portrays the busy streets and other buildings close to the World Trade Center with a big bird flying overhead

Renowned artist Phillip Moore now spends most of his days in bed at his Lancaster, Corentyne home, where he is surrounded by his creations.

Although Moore has called it a day, he is still known by the community as the “the man who designed the monument,” a testament to the enduring link between the artist and his most famous creation, the 1763 monument. The monument, which still towers over the Square of the Revolution in the country’s capital,