Port Antonio has got a facelift with the painting of a mural spearheaded by Member of Parliament for Portland Eastern Ann-Marie Vaz, which welcomes people to the Portland parish capital and gives an artistic history of it, at its West Palm Avenue location.
The mural, which is located on the wall of the famous CC Bakery “Home of Holey Bulla” has images of the ocean, surfing, bananas, pineapple, coco, ackee, breadfruit, coconut, papaya, rafting, and heroine Nanny.
Ann-Marie Vaz told the Jamaica Observer: “This is a dream coming true, as I wanted a welcome sign for Port Antonio from I was the caretaker in 2018 and this wall was bare, and I kept saying 'I want to fix it up... the faded Welcome to Portland writing'.
Thank you CC Bakery 'Home of Holey Bulla' for seeing the vision,” Vaz added.
In his response, Portland fine arts artist Bell stated: “I feel good that we were asked to do this mural and as Portland artists we are happy that we have put a historic view of Portland right here,” he said as he put finishing touches to the marlin.
