A native of Nicaragua, Walter Castillo moved to Belize as a young aspiring artist and settled in the Stann Creek District in Southern Belize. A self-taught artist, Castillo also learned to appreciate the rich cultural heritage of the Garifuna, Creole and Mayan people of Belize. Castillo's gloriously colorful paintings are full of movement and joy.

Castillo's paintings have been exhibited in England, the United States, Mexico, Nicaragua and Honduras; they adorn the walls of many of Belize's nicest hotels.

Walter Castillo and his wife, Lindsey, are the proprietors of Belizean Arts, a unique art gallery located in Fido's Courtyard, a small plaza overlooking the sea in the center of San Pedro Town. The gallery features a wide variety of arts and crafts available for sale, many created by Walter and Lindsey, who is also a talented artist as well as the gallery's manager. Visitors can purchase unusual paper mache sculptures, handmade jewelry, handicrafts made from colorful Guatemalan fabrics, and original paintings by Walter Castillo and other talented Belizean artists, as well as handpainted, washable T-shirts featuring colorful beach and street scenes, animals, fish and birds. Handpainted wooden chairs and brightly colored fish made from coconut leaves are new and popular additions to the gallery.

Mail order catalogue items

11 by 15 inch lithograph (unframed)

$25 US, plus $9.50 US packaging/shipping charge

"Lunar Vibrations"

11 by 15 inch lithograph (unframed)

$25 US plus $9.50 US packaging/shipping charge

"Jammin'"

20 by 24 inch serigraph (unframed)

Limited Edition print (225), signed by Walter Castillo

$150 US plus $20 US packing/shipping charge

Also available by mail

Coconut leaf fish, colorfully painted and varnished

approximately 25 inches long, suitable for

tabletops, curio cabinets or wall hanging

$27.50 US, plus $15 US packaging/shipping charges

The above items can be ordered by phone (501) 26-3019 or by fax (501) 26-3347 using American Express, Visa or Mastercard. A signed authorization to charge the credit card, signed by the cardholder, must be faxed or mailed. Authorizations should include name (as it appears on the card), card number and expiration date, as well as the ship-to address. Mail can be sent to: Belizean Arts, San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye, Belize.

A catalog will be available by mail beginning April of 1996, for a $3 US charge to be applied to the first purchase.

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