1. "The old house." 2. "The old school."

Images painted by Leyton FRANKLIN.

1. "The old-house."

The image was painted after i returned from Barbados. It represents the way houses/homes were built in the olden days. These homes were built on rocks, one bed-room and a sitting-room. The kitchen was built away from the house. Around the home the family planted banana/plantain trees and other green leaf vegetables. The roof of the home was painted red and in most cases the outer wooden walls was not painted. The walls indoor had news paper pasted on them. The modern homes are higher and larger like houses built in Guyana.

2. "The old school."

Most schools in Guyana/British Guiana (as i moved around with my family because of my father's who was a government officer) that were in areas that had a small population (in the country) were not built very high. They were built a few inches from the ground like my depiction above (from memory). In most cases under the British system the school building (school-house) was either painted white or left unpainted. Another factor was the school was always built on its own parcel of land that had a fence and gate. In fact my first 'school-building' was half the size of my visual expression and built about one foot away from the ground. It was an open concept divided into four different classes and was not painted.
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