Artist LeRoy Clarke has died, reportedly at 6 am on Tuesday.
Clarke was born in Belmont in November 1938 and most recently lived in Cascade. He was 83 at the time of his death.
Clarke was best known for his visual art, which spanned from TT to the New York City art scene, and was acknowledged as one of TT’s greatest creative talents. His work was first shown in 1972 in New York’ Studio Museum in Harlem. That series of paintings was called Fragments Of A Spiritual. Other exhibitions and collections included Douens (1973-1976), Honouring LeRoy Clarke on His 80th Birthday and in Memory of his Mother Ellen Clarke (2018), and The Eye Hayti… Cries…Everywhere in April 2021.
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