Clunie Damus was born in the capital city of Port-Au-Prince, in the Caribbean island of Haiti.   There, she was exposed and nurtured by a myriad of creative artists early in life, including her father Gabriel; a local sculptor in the West Indian island.

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A Self-taught artist, Clunie found solace to the brutal social injustice around her in dance, poetry and later painting. 

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After her father succumbed to cancer in early 1970, her mother, Marie, moved the family to Brooklyn, New York shortly thereafter.

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A student of the famous Painter FrankÉtienne School, she credited her old professor for fostering an atmosphere that allowed a sort of creative intellectualism to shape her awareness and later find her own niche in life.

 

Her style, a marriage of expressionism and modern surrealism is a subtle reflection of her interpretation of the social constructs around her and her commitment to the rights of women.  She once described her art as “Darkest light, and all the colors in between”.  

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In 1992, Clunie moved back to Haiti to help build support for local women organizations struggling to change local laws to include women rights through the new Women Ministry.  She later traveled to other countries in the region to help consolidate the women organizations platform in preparation for the "Fourth World Conference on Women,  Beijing 1995".

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Clunie moved her family to Boston, Mass and later settled in Columbus, Ohio where she raised her two daughters, Scarla and Gabriella.

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These days, the artist lives in Orlando, Florida with her husband David Bynum and spend most of her time in her studio, where she continues to create and share her spectacular art with ALL of us.