Kendal Hanna (1936-2024) was a painter and sculptor known as one of The Bahamas’ first abstract expressionists. His works have been inspired by and compared to international artists and fellow abstractionists such as William de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Hans Hoffman, Joan Miró and Mark Rothko.
The majority of his initial works in his career were black and white paintings but he worked more extensively in colour after being treated for schizophrenia in his late twenties. He describes his work as his “subconscious mind expressing itself on the canvas.”
His work is present in several private collections both locally and internationally and also in the National Collection of The Bahamas.