The Wayne and Myrene Cox Collection is comprised of over 50 artworks created by a selection of Jamaican Intuitive Artists. The works were donated from the private collection of Wayne Cox and his wife Myrene, an American couple who lived between St. Mary, Jamaica and Florida, USA. They became enamoured with the work of Jamaican self-taught artists, in particular the ones who have been named as “Intuitives”, and spent approximately 30 years collecting and documenting their works. The artworks included in the collection reflect demonstrate an impressive variety of paintings and sculptural forms that were inspired by spiritual insight, journeys and introspection, some developed for religious or ritualistic practice.

While there are some key Jamaican Intuitives already represented in the NGJ permanent collection, the Wayne and Myrene Cox donation focused on many of those who had not yet been represented. These include artists such as Errol McKenzie, Sylvester Stephens, Vincent Atherton and his son Errol Lloyd Atherton (also called “Powah”). The donation also included an archive of audio-visual documentation produced by Wayne Cox, which features interviews with several of these artists, further increasing the knowledge based necessary for assessing the practice of Jamaican Intuitives Artists.