PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST
Yachting US|February 2023
St. Martin's Roland Richardson captures the island's beauty in his plein-air paintings.
KRISTIN BAIRD RATTINI
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST

ONE GLIMPSE OF Roland Richardson's plein-air paintings, and it's clear why he's known as the "father of Caribbean impressionism." Just as Claude Monet memorialized haystacks and water lilies, the St. Martin native captures his home island's fiery flamboyants (the national tree) and the soothing, surrounding turquoise seas.

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