Ras Ibrak— By Orantes Moore—– PORT MARIA, St Mary: OVER THE last five decades, muralist and painter Howard ‘Ras Ibrak’ McDonald has honed his skills to become one of Jamaica’s most prolific Rastafarian artists. Ibrak, 62, currently has paintings on display at exhibitions in Ottawa, Canada, Kingston, and Harmony Hall Art Gallery in Tower Isles, St Mary, close to his fabulous studio in Oracabessa. As he prepares for the launch of his first one-man show next year, Ibrak recalls how his passion and abilities advanced after he began attending art classes as a young child. He told Rural Xpress: “I discovered my talent when I was about eight years of age after someone told me about practice sessions at the Institute of Jamaica in Kingston. “They had a junior section where children could learn and practise, and I went there every Saturday for about three … Read entire article »