DIRECTOR-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Mr. Joseph Harmon was on Monday presented with a framed portrait of himself by a student of the fledgling Compton Babb School of Art for his sterling contributions to Guyana’s development.
The presentation was held at Mr. Harmon’s law firm on lower Hadfield Street, Werk-en-Rust.

Delivering the portrait was the artist herself, Ms. Shani Bellamy, who spoke to the Guyana Chronicle about the inspiration behind the piece of artwork.

She recalled spending many nights thinking long and hard about the many contributions Mr. Harmon would have made to the nation.

Ms. Bellamy, who has been in the field five years now, says that she plans doing the portraits of other government officials who would have also made sterling and significant contributions to nation building.

In response to the kind gesture, Mr. Harmon told the gathering that it is sometimes what’s in the artist’s mind that comes out on the canvas.

That said, he thanked the young artist for choosing him to launch her project, and said he is happy that the work he does is an inspiration to young people to aspire to do even greater things.