Although many Caribbean artists have assimilated in their adopted city or country, few have shed their knowledge of past history and experiences. Keith Morrison's focus in these paintings is absolutely a provocative surrealistic rendering of death, sex, ritual magic and religion. Afro-Christian and African traditional symbols, icons, motifs and masks are the essential elements in his compositions. In his "Baptism of Sister Ruth," he renders a satiric performance of a religious act happening in a huge whirlpool, in what seems to be a gigantic basin, sitting on a green foliage. Water flowing from a huge shower faucet falls on the preacher's head and fills up the basin. "Rags and Ol' Iron" is a remarkable and pictorial narration of a mule cart filled with boxes of objects that conjures up fascinating mysteries.

He renders with out prejudice, "Flagellation," depicting a ritual magic dance with human and amorphous creatures. This painting suggests a shamanic performance in which the artist brings to play folklore and mythology. Horses with painted nails and women's shoes on their hooves, seem to be undergoing a metamorphic transformation in a ritual dance with nude men and women. Morrison approaches nudity in this painting as a natural concept. Morality as conceived in religion could not be separated from aesthetics, and he expresses this clearly, certainly a departure from the traditional concept of sublimity.

With an exaggerated approach, he narrates his fantasy of Udano's death in "A Wreath to Udano" - an epic. A dismembered skeleton blows a horn over Udano's coffin, which is surrounded by a huge wreath and a landscape hedged with crosses. A loudly costumed figure prostrate in ceremony, while a mounted beast grins ecstatically. The artist's continuum of thematic expressions provides a strong stimulus to ones imagination. He demonstrates in "Spirituals" his enthusiasm with religious subjects, rendering each episode with dramatic effect.

Profanity is strongly suggested in "Spirituals." A woman, perhaps tired from a spiritual performance falls asleep on what appears to be a gigantic religious book that lays open on a huge, round pillow. She has a white bird carrying a foliage tied to her big toe and surrounded by traditional African sacred carvings. Money is strewn all around her, and an obviously male sheep is ironically stepping into a picture that stands on the pillow above her head. Is she dreaming, or Is this a deliberate attempt by the artist to stimulate his viewers imagination?

"Chariot" is a religious episode, rendered in a very masterly fashion. In this painting, syncretized religious Ideas provide the theme for another narration of the celebration of death.

Keith Morrison's patriotic enthusiasm is devotedly expressed in this unique visual experience. He mingles ideas from the rich sources of his experiences in a spiritual obsession, enriching the world of art with his sufficiently admirable and awakening compositions.