“Lift up your head to the rising sun, Bahamaland…”
Inspired by the opening line of the Bahamas national anthem, this light-filled painting captures the quiet strength of a sea turtle rising through crystalline waters. Sunlight fractures across her back as she moves upward, powerful and unhurried. Beneath her, the reef hums with layered color—blues, aquas, and golds shaped by current and memory.
But there’s more here than meets the eye. Meaning drifts just beneath the surface, if you know where to look.
Bahamaland is both a portrait and a hymn—a tribute to the sacred, living waters of a place I’ve come to call home.
Bahamas National Anthem
Lift up your head to the rising sun, Bahamaland;
March on to glory, your bright banners waving high.
See how the world marks the manner of your bearing!
Pledge to excel through love and unity.
Pressing onward, march together to a common loftier goal;
Steady sunward, though the weather hide the wide and treacherous shoal.
Lift up your head to the rising sun, Bahamaland;
'Til the road you've trod lead unto your God,
March on, Bahamaland!
