Trinidad-born, To­ba­go-based se­nior artist Mar­tin Su­perville is cel­e­brat­ing his 30th an­niver­sary in vi­su­al arts with an ex­hi­bi­tion which opened on Thurs­day.

Ti­tled The Art in Co­da, as a col­lab­o­ra­tion with To­ba­go Fash­ion Co­da 7 at Mag­dale­na Grand Golf and Beach Re­sort in To­ba­go, Su­perville’s col­lec­tion of work com­pris­es pieces he has done over the years and new work com­plet­ed just in time for this ex­hi­bi­tion.

The ex­hib­it will run un­til April 21 from 10 am to 5 pm.

A San­ta Cruz na­tive, Su­perville has had an im­pres­sive ca­reer, with his work dis­played at well-known spaces such as the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, the Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port, First Cit­i­zens bank, and the cor­po­rate box­es at the Queen’s Park Oval.

In a news­pa­per in­ter­view, he de­scribed an artist’s work as a self­less ca­reer.

“For you to cre­ate, you must have a sense of peace with­in your­self. You can­not be a cre­ator in war. It’s very dif­fi­cult for cre­atives to ex­cel in an en­vi­ron­ment that is noisy,” he said.

In ad­di­tion to the ex­hi­bi­tion, Su­perville will al­so host a silent art auc­tion dur­ing To­ba­go Fash­ion Co­da 7.

“Art and fash­ion go to­geth­er,” said Su­perville. “It’s about bring­ing ideas to life, whether on can­vas or with cloth.”

“We are hap­py for the sup­port Mar­tin has pro­vid­ed us with this event,” said Don Grant, ex­ec­u­tive di­rec­tor of DG Events.

“As a se­nior artist, his works em­body all that is beau­ty and cap­ture the essence of our peo­ple. We want to high­light many per­spec­tives of cre­ativ­i­ty com­ing out of this beau­ti­ful is­land.”

To­ba­go Fash­ion Co­da 7 is a pre­mier event which will take place on April 18 at Ma­g­a­le­na Grand.

For fur­ther in­for­ma­tion on “Art in Co­da,” vis­it https://to­bago­fash­ion­co­da.com/.