P.O.Box 1441, Grand Anse
Grenada, West Indies
Tel: (001473) 444 4717
Fax: (001473) 443 0825
Tobago
An original sunset at Blue Haven Hotel is easily worth 1300 Dollars
Actually, all you need to do is copy them. After all, sunsets in Tobago are like magnificent paintings. Johann Jascha, an academic painter from Austria, turns them into works of art. For a few weeks each year he sets up his studio at the Blue Haven Hotel. To connoisseurs the results of his work are easily worth 1,000 Euro (about 1300 US-Dollars).
By Bernhard Grdseloff
By Bernhard Grdseloff
Sunset at Blue Haven Hotel: copied...
...by Johann Jascha (left, with hotel owner Karl Pilstl)
It’s many years ago that Jascha fist came to Tobago. Blue Haven owner Karl Pilstl asked him to develop an artistic concept for the hotel prior to its opening. Meanwhile the artist’s works decorate the restaurant, bar, reception and rooms. Yet the painter returns each year – to paint his impressions in acrylics at a villa not far from the main house.
"My pictures are characterized by strong colours and wide horizons; their style is abstract and European, their rhythm is Caribbean", says Jascha. "Just as great tradition blends with modern architecture at the Blue Haven Hotel.
"My pictures are characterized by strong colours and wide horizons; their style is abstract and European, their rhythm is Caribbean", says Jascha. "Just as great tradition blends with modern architecture at the Blue Haven Hotel.