Lloyd Van Pitterson was born in Jamaica, West Indies. After working in the rum industry for twenty two years, dabbling on weekends as a “Sunday Painter,” he finally devoted himself to art full-time in 1965. Van Pitterson studied many different mediums and techniques, such as sculpting, impressionism, water color before taking up printmaking in the U.S. His style is flexible, and ranges from sunny post-impressionist studies of balconies or interiors opening to color filled seascapes, to market scenes bustling with tropical activity, to landscapes and bold non-objective collages. All of his works share a bold approach to composition and sensitivity to color. Van Pitterson has had 33 one-man shows in Jamaica, Trinidad, West Germany, Canada, and the United States, and continues to take part in group showing around the globe.