Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

52 PAUL CASTILLO (1925 –1998) D uring the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s especially, Paul Castillo was an important figure in the sporting and parang world in T&T. He had a competition in cricket called the Castillo League and in parang organised many shows, keeping alive the music of parang at Christmas. He received the Hummingbird Medal Silver in 1998. MICHEL JEAN CAZABON (1813 –1888) I t is for his paintings about things Trinidadian that he is well known. He has had showings of his paintings throughout the West Indies and in Europe. Through his works, Cazabon opened a window on life in nineteenth century Trinidad. He thought of himself as a ‘landscape painter’. In 1851 and 1857 two books of his paintings of Trinidad landscapes were produced in Paris. Adrian Camps-Campins later continued on with works of Art that seek to preserve our history. CARLISLE CHANG (1921- 2001) C arlisle Chang was born in San Juan and educated at Tranquillity Government School, Washington School of Art, New York Institute of Photography, LCC Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England and the Instituto Statale d’Arte for Ceramics, Faenza, Italy. He was encouraged by his mother and his older sister Beryl in his