Drawing of Connie Mark

A pencil drawing of Connie Mark.

At the age of 19, in 1943, she was recruited in Jamaica into the ATS where she served for 10 years, working as a medical secretary in the British military hospital. Throughout her life, she was associated with countless charitable, community and educational initiatives, including the Mary Seacole Memorial Association, of which she was a founder member and president.

Gordon de la Mothe was given an OBE in 2015, primarily for services to art on the Commonwealth island of Grenada, West Indies, his birthplace. He established the teaching of art in Grenada, teaching GCSE and A Level art. The courses he began and taught resulted in many successful young people establishing careers in the West Indies, America and Great Britain. He created a teaching sessions which were eventually published into the seminal book 'Reconstructing the Black Image'.

BCA Catalogue Reference: MOTHE/3