T&T loses international artist Wilcox Morris
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More than painting pretty colours or placing a random design on canvas, Tobago-born artist Wilcox Morris intended to make a statement, to express his philosophy, and to “provoke some thought that one should not be complacent at any point in life you may be,” he once said.
After a lifetime of evoking emotion through his paintbrush and guiding others to explore their inner creativity, the 72-year-old T&T native passed away quietly on July 11 in Clover, South Carolina. He was in the company of his family and in the primary care of his beloved wife, Diane Phillips-Morris. Born September 10, 1948, Wilcox was the fourth of ten children of Myrtle Bascombe Morris and the late Victor Morris. As a boy, he was mesmerised by colourful religious art books around the house. At the age of 9, while attending elemen
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