{"id":4742,"date":"2020-06-29T15:03:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T19:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/?p=4742"},"modified":"2022-02-21T10:19:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:19:03","slug":"woolly-hewitt-world-famous-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbados.org\/blog\/woolly-hewitt-world-famous-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Woolly Hewitt World Famous Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Woolly Hewitt, featured in the book Rogues in Paradise,<\/strong><\/em><\/a> credits his “world-famous artist” stature to Simon Cowell who holidays often in Barbados. Woolly was a fan of Simon and followed the show “The X Factor”. He created a portrait of Simon and gave it to him on the beach, in the presence of British reporters. It was promptly published in the British tabloids and soon went viral, putting him all over the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Woolly gifts his portrait to Simon in 2012. @Daily Mail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Woolly was always an artist. He got sidetracked by studying Accounting at the University of the West Indies (UWI). That bored him to bits and he asked God to guide him to become wealthy and famous. His fame came early on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even before he captured the international media with his meeting with Simon, Woolly had his paintings of popular figures hanging in famous places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the best marketing practices of the day, Woolly gifted portraits to influential personalities, including President Barack Obama of the United States. Other portraits hang in Government House and the US Embassy but, of course, it was the Simon gift that launched him into international stardom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has been featured in the international magazines People, Hello and OK!, to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured in New York Gallery 128<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following his debut with Simon, Woolly’s work was displayed in New York’s Gallery onetwentyeight<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Woolly Hewitt and Eric Ginsburg Portraits @ gallery onetwentyeight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here is what one visitor to Gallery 128 had to say about Woolly Hewitt’s art:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“While visiting Gallery 128<\/a> on Manhattan\u2019s Lower East Side last week, I was charmed by a series of portraits forged by the self-taught Caribbean artist, Carl \u201cWoolly\u201d Hewitt. Fashioned with wool, they exude a distinctly earthy charm and raw beauty. Based in Barbados, the artist had always loved to draw, but it was only several years ago that he began creating portraits with wool. Mr. Hewitt refers to himself as \u201cthe king of wool\u201d or \u201cthe wool man,\u201d claiming to be \u201cthe only wool artist in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Woolly Working on The Beach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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➡️http:\/\/woolly.lifestylesoftheartisan.com Barbados world famous artist Woolly Hewitt, who paints with wool, credits Simon Cowell for his international acclaim – see the full story of this local artist who has been displayed in New Your Art gallery 128 and featured in many blogs and magazine like Hello, People, OK at http:\/\/woolly.lifestylesoftheartisan.com #simoncowel #folkart #barbadosfolkart #woollyhewit #barbadosart #barbadosartists #woolartist #woollyart Sent from my iPhone<\/a><\/p>

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