Rudi Patterson's Visions in Colour

...Black Cultural Archives, Brixton


..."Rudi was a painter, potter, actor – born in Duckenfield Jamaica in 1933 and died in Notting Hill in 2013 – who for over four decades was a prodigious and successful artist. In life he had over 40 exhibitions (on four continents) and since his death there have been shows in Willesden, Hastings and most notably at Leighton House, Kensington and Orleans House Museum in Twickenham.  For decades he supported the idea and project of Black Cultural Archives, and in his last few weeks he recorded an interview about his early years in pre-war Jamaica. BCA holds his personal papers and is now proud to be exhibiting throughout the building many of his paintings and ceramic works – with a large proportion of sale proceeds going to BCA."