The painting, titled 'Portrait of Edna Manley', by artist Albert Huie, leans against the railings at a press conference at the National Gallery of Jamaica.

Through the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, the US Embassy is spending just under J$2 million on the restoration of five famed paintings. The paintings, damaged by hurricanes and human error, will be sent to a lab in Denver, Colorado, where they will be restored. Photographer Kyle MacPherson gives us a look at the paintings, which were displayed at the National Gallery in Kingston last week.

The painting, titled 'The Departure of the Queen', by artist Michael Lester, leans against the railings at the National Gallery of Jamaica.

Dr David Boxer, chief curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica, points out cracks in the surface of one of five famed and damaged paintings that will be restored by the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation.