Petrine Archer [.com]

Albert Huie claims he was born to be an artist, painting from as far back as he can remember. His mother and grandmother who raised him worried about his strange reserved personality and the fact that he spent so much time observing nature or questioning his station in life. Brought up in a strong matriarchal and conservative setting that emphasized discipline and religion, Huie was not encouraged to ponder on the fact that his father, then living in Cuba, had named him Alphonso after the then Cuban president, in fact his grandmother insisted that he be called by his third name – Albert - after Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. Despite Huie’s earliest scratches on the pantry wall at home, it was not until his teens, that he would find and environment that would stimulate his social awareness and creative abilities.