Daddy's Home
Errol McKinson
Oil on Panel 12x12
Upon Daddy's arrival from a long days work these kids are delighted to see their parent. They have been hungry all day which was typical for kids in Trench Town. The providers worked really hard to save the many who just can't afford to survive the clouds of poverty. I painted this scene as I reflects on some of those memories as I grew up in Kinston 12 for a short time.
Trench Town (also Trenchtown) is a neighborhood located in the parish of St. Andrew which shares municipality with Kingston, the capital and largest city of Jamaica. In the 1960s Trench Town was known as the Hollywood of Jamaica. Today Trench Town is the location of the Trench Town Culture Yard Museum, a National Heritage Site presenting the unique history and contribution of Trench Town to Jamaica.
Trench Town is the birthplace of rocksteady and reggae music, as well as the home of reggae and Rastafari ambassador Bob Marley. The neighborhood gets its name from its previous designation as Trench Pen, 400 acres (162 hectares) of land once used for livestock by Daniel Power Trench, an Irish immigrant of the 18th century (descendants of the Earls of Clancarty).
The Trench family abandoned the land in the late 19th century. It is a common misconception[citation needed] that the name comes from the large open storm-water drain that runs through the neighbourhood in the middle of Collie Smith Drive. Trench Town is home to the communities of Wilton Gardens [Rema], Federal Gardens, Arnett Gardens (Jungle), Havana, Buckers and others. Trench Town today is also the home of two of Jamaica's top Premier League football club teams, Arnett Gardens and Boys' Town. Stay tuned for more from the series.
Cheers,
Errol