Leila Locke
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Leila Elizabeth Locke was a Guyanese artist. Born in England, she lived in Georgetown, Guyana, from 1958 until her death, taking out Guyanese citizenship in the early 1970s.
Photograph of Leila Elizabeth Locke 1936–1992, taken by Donald Locke c. 1977
Main Street Georgetown by Leila Locke c. 1968
Public Road, Kitty, Georgetown, by Leila Locke c. 1973
Timehri painting by Leila Locke 1973
Castellani House, Guyana
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Castellani House is a large nineteenth-century building in Georgetown, Guyana. It is on the corner of Vlissengen Road and Homestretch Avenue. It was designed and constructed by the Maltese architect,
Leila Locke
…approach strangers and ask to paint their backyards. She recorded the varying activities and sights of local life. Elfrieda Bissember (later Director of Castellani House, Guyana, Guyana's National Art Gallery) wrote of her paintings: "It is a record of a contemplative moment, complete in its details of unassuming but essential…
Castellani House in 2023