Drawing of Ernest Marke

A pastel drawing of Ernest Marke by Gordon de la Mothe. Ernest Marke came to Britain in 1917 as a stowaway from Sierra Leone. He published his experiences in his autobiography "In Troubled Waters".

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