Title: La Detente
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 16 × 20 inches
Artist: Jean Batiste Guesilhom
Description:
La Detente captures the quiet confidence and introspection of Haitian masculinity. The figure—defined by his tilted hat, dark collar, and curling smoke—emerges from a vibrant field of colors that oscillate between fire and shadow. Ghesilhomme’s masterful brushwork and textured palette evoke both mystery and resilience, suggesting a man shaped by experience yet untouched in his calm.
A fusion of abstraction and realism, this piece exemplifies Ghesilhomme’s gift for balancing restraint with emotion, where every hue tells a story and every silence holds weight.
Title: La Detente
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 16 × 20 inches
Artist: Jean Batiste Guesilhom
Description:
La Detente captures the quiet confidence and introspection of Haitian masculinity. The figure—defined by his tilted hat, dark collar, and curling smoke—emerges from a vibrant field of colors that oscillate between fire and shadow. Ghesilhomme’s masterful brushwork and textured palette evoke both mystery and resilience, suggesting a man shaped by experience yet untouched in his calm.
A fusion of abstraction and realism, this piece exemplifies Ghesilhomme’s gift for balancing restraint with emotion, where every hue tells a story and every silence holds weight.
