This week, Saturday Life takes a look at the five top Jamaican artists idolised by Rushane Edwards, 18.

5. Cecil Baugh

Baugh

I see Mr Baugh as a great potter; I think he set the foundation for the likes of Mallica Reynolds. According to sources, he brought a new level of technical accomplishment and artistic inventiveness to Jamaican ceramics, and, as an art student, I can be appreciative of that.

I admire and respect his contribution to Caribbean art and what he stood for in regards to his artistic taste. To me, his work shows immense strength and simplicity. One of the greats to have emerged out of Jamaica.

4. Christopher Gonzalez

Gonzalez

Another impressionist, he sculpted the first form of the Bob Marley statue that was in front of the National Stadium, which was eventually changed because of people's misperception of his work. I like that he gives his own personal flair to his work. He expresses his feelings in his work as a talented sculptor.

I guess he sculpted what he saw, combined with the feeling he got when he saw it. I believe this helped him to sculpt such a masterpiece as the statue that he had done in front the National Stadium. Him have mi ratings long time!

3. Edna Manley

Manley

She was a very brilliant and insightful sculptor. A lot of persons may recognise her name from the art college - Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts.

She is a very respectable female artist, in my eyes, and she definitely deserves some praises for her tremendous work and contribution to our Jamaican culture. As the mother of Jamaican art, she is undoubtedly one of my most admired Jamaican artists.

2. Barrington Watson

Watson

As you know, dem man deh is the master painter in Jamaica, Barrington Watson, the impressionist. I love the way his paintings overflow with emotions. I especially like his work 'Pan Africanist', he portrays a variety of black world leaders. To me, Barrington Watson's paintings are a mixture of realism and impressions.

1. Mallica 'Kapo' Reynolds

Kapo

Kapo, mi boss! He was the first one to do pottery without the potter's wheel. He is also an intuitive artist, self-taught, no formal training. I see him as being very skilled at what he did. He had natural talent.

For a person to be able to create a pot, one that is proportional and balanced, for that matter, without a potter's wheel, is a task and a half. I have to see him as a very skilled artist! Kapo has my full rating, that's why he is at the top of my list!

- Laranzo Dacres