Not only did Garrick have to say with his art what Marley was saying with his music, but he also had to portray what Marley's own visual interpretation of his art. Thus, at times, his album cover art was criticized and changed by both Marley and Chris Blackwell, the president of Island records. An image of a lion facing east was placed in the area of Ethiopia. This was my symbolic impression of the title Rastaman Vibration . Everyone in the group liked the painting, but I later found out that Bob had a problem with it.
Art can and is approached from the artist's standpoint.
As stated in the quote above and concerning what has been stated in this paper already, both Reggae album cover-artists and Jamaican artist alike, expressed visually to people what was to be said in words. Art is a means of visual knowledge and implies a consciousness of reality. Analyzing symbols in artwork helps the viewer to interpret the given painting. In America during the 1920's and 1930's, Garvey initiated a large sense of African pride. And one of the elders saith unto me, weep not.