Bermuda Oils

Diana Watlington's oil paintings feature lush foliage, colorful homes, and vivid symbolism from her island homeland of Bermuda. This work includes vast canvases of light-patterned greenery and visual explorations of shape and shadow within architectural motifs.

The Bird Trap

Year: 1984; Location: Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 18 x 22 in.; Inventory Number: BD094_1; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for Sale.

Palms at the End of a Lane

Year: 1991; Location: St. George's, Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 12 x 20 in.; Inventory Number: BD091e; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Old Pink Walls, So Warm

Year: 1991; Location: St. George's, Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 12 x 20 in.; Inventory Number: BD091c; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Banana Trees in the Alley

Year: 1991; Location: St. George's, Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 16 x 28 in.; Inventory Number: BD093; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Large Yellow Porch, Old Yellow Wall

Year: 1991; Location: St. George's, Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 12 x 20 in.; Inventory Number: BD091d; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Little Green Gate with Oleander

Year: 1991; Location: St. George's, Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 12 x 20 in.; Inventory Number: BD091a; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Natural Wall, Manmade Wall

Year: 1991; Location: St. George's, Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 20 x 12 in.; Inventory Number: BD091b; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Looking Through the Old Gate

Year: 1991; Location: Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 17.5 x 29.5 in.; Inventory Number: BD094; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Botanical Garden

Year: 1991; Location: Bermuda Botanical Gardens; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 37 x 47 in.; Inventory Number: BD177; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Icarus

Year: Unknown; Location: Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 33.5 x 56 in.; Inventory Number: BD178; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Study From Beside the Spring Garden

Year: 1983; Location: Bermuda; Medium: Oil on board; Dimensions: 20 x 18 in. (framed, cedar); Inventory Number: BD078; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Untitled

Year: Unknown; Location: Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 8 x 12 in.; Inventory Number: BD085; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Untitled

Year: 1983; Location: Bermuda; Medium: Oil on board; Dimensions: 11 x 14 in.; Inventory Number: BD078; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Gombeys Dance Through the Fragrant Garden

Year: 1988(?); Location: Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 20 x 18 in. (framed); Inventory Number: BD176; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Soncy Melody

Year: 1988(?); Location: Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 26 x 29 in. (framed); Inventory Number: BD186; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Gombey in the Jungle

Year: 1991; Location: Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 16 x 28 in.; Inventory Number: BD179; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Gombeys with Kiskadees, or Dance at Twilight

Year: 1989; Location: Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 23 x 50 in. (framed); Inventory Number: BD188; Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

The Captain's Cape

Year: 1988; Location: Bermuda; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 36 x 22 in. (framed); Inventory Number: BD180; Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Untitled

Year: 1992; Location: Bermuda?; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 20 x 12 in.; Inventory Number: BD092a; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Untitled

Year: 1992; Location: Bermuda?; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 22 x 12 in.; Inventory Number: BD092c; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Untitled

Year: 1992; Location: Bermuda?; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 21 x 12 in.; Inventory Number: BD092b; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Untitled

Year: 1992; Location: Bermuda?; Medium: Oil on canvas; Dimensions: 23 x 12 in.; Inventory Number: BD092d; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Untitled

Year: 1990s; Location: Bermuda?; Medium: Pastel on paper; Dimensions: 23 x 12 in.; Inventory Number: BD113; Ownership: Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

Untitled

Year: 1997; Location: Bermuda; Medium: Oil on unstretched canvas; Dimensions: 10 x 12.5 in.; Inventory Number: BD089; Diana Watlington Estate. Not for sale.

I am searching, through my painting, for my lifeline, my roots. My work in oil has turned to Bermuda in a symbolic way. I want to create a myth-like setting like Georgia O'Keeffe did in New Mexico. Bermuda...has also strong roots in American Indian culture and African culture. I have been studying both, trying to reconstruct a system of symbolic representation that for me is Bermuda.

-- Diana Watlington