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Despite its natural beauty, Grenada has experienced turbulent politcal upheavals in the past. Since the coming of Europeans, the Indians who lived there was forced into war to defend their island. It took the Europeans many years before they finally eliminated the Caribs and Arawaks from Grenada.

PORTRAITS GALLERY 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40 / 41 / 42 / 43 / 44 / 45 / 46 / 47 / 48 General Hudson Austin (Pen on paper ... 14x11) 1988. A key figure in the defunct PRG Government of Grenada from 1979 to 1983. General Hudson Austin became known as the person who made the infamous announcement over the airwaves of Radio Free Grenada subjecting Grenada to a 24-hour, shoot-to-kill curfew in October 1983 just prior to a US-Led military invasion of the island. General Austin is now serving a life-sentence for his role in the 1983-killing of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and others. (Available in original and print US$205.00)

French and British colonialists fought for ownership until the British conquered and won in the end. The travails of the island did not end there. Thousands of Africans were shipped to work on tobacco, sugarcane and coffee plantations for European merchants. The island prospered, but very little of the wealth stayed in Grenada. The island went through dozens of social and political unrest since and during slavery up until 1983 when thousands of US-military troops intervened to squash a military junta that assassinated several ministers in the ruling government at the time. These days Grenada is enjoying stability and with the tourism industry booming and nutmeg price at a comfortable rate, there's no reason why the Spice Isle of the West cannot even be spicier than ever.

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