Alwyn St Omer, the artist and storyteller with very deep passion and lifelong desire to document
his island’s cultural heritage through his drawings and paintings. For him rediscovery and
preservation of all the treasures forming the formidable expanse loosely termed the Saint Lucian
Environment, History, Culture and Folklore would be his life’s achievement. Its art, myths,
writings and traditions.
Alwyn studied Art at the Edna Manley School for the Visual Arts in Jamaica and Video
Production and Audio Visuals at Portsmouth College in England. Alwyn is a master
draughtsman and colorist defining and refining images in a style that is uniquely his own. His
work is numerous including paintings in Acrylics and oil on canvas, Pen and ink illustrations and
wall murals. Of note are his Design of St Lucia’s National Independence Monument, the Semi
Dome Mural in the ceiling of the ancient River Doree Anglican Church in Choiseul, the Castries
City Council commissioned outdoor murals at Faux- a-Chaud on the outskirts of the city, his
Moon Dancer Series of abstract Paintings based on the lost Masquerade Tradition of St Lucia
and Soucoyan, a Graphic Novel on St Lucian Folktales. Alwyn is also a Toastmaster’s double Triple Crown Winner, and member of three Toastmasters Clubs. He has recently co-founded along with his wife Marcella, the newly Chartered, Platinum Artistic Toastmasters Club, the first and only Specialist Toastmasters Club for Artists and Creative’s in the entire Caribbean region.
He has been awarded Saint Lucia Medal of Honour, Gold for Eminent Service rendered in the
field of Art and Culture (2021) and a Catapult Caribbean Art Award (2020).