Title: Kaskad Beni
Date: 2025
From: Haiti
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 16 × 20 inches
Artist: Jean Batiste Guesilhom(Born 1971, Jérémie, Haiti)
Born and Raised in Jérémie in the Grand’Anse region, Jean Batiste Ghesilhomme began drawing at age 11 and later trained at La Grotte des Arts Plastiques in Port-au-Prince. After refining his craft in Santo Domingo, DR, he joined a collective of Haitian artists and became a founding member of FAPADECH.Since 2006, he has participated in Artisanat en Fête and exhibited annually at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti, as well as with the Canadian Embassy and at CARIFESTA 2016. Today, his paintings—marked by patience, precision, and quiet strength—are collected in Haiti, the U.S., Canada, and France.
Description:
Ben Divin is a meditation on renewal, solitude, and communion with nature. The painting captures a woman immersed in the sacred stillness of a waterfall’s pool—her back to the viewer, her body bathed in light and reflection. The surrounding cliffs cascade in shades of emerald and gold, while the falling water becomes both veil and voice.The scene evokes a ritual of cleansing and return, where the boundaries between body and landscape dissolve. The woman is not merely a subject but a conduit—an emblem of harmony between humanity and the natural world.Through soft textures and luminous tones, the artist invites us into a moment of reverence. Benediksyon Dlo reminds us that water, like spirit, restores what the world wears down, offering both refuge and rebirth.
Title: Kaskad Beni
Date: 2025
From: Haiti
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 16 × 20 inches
Artist: Jean Batiste Guesilhom(Born 1971, Jérémie, Haiti)
Born and Raised in Jérémie in the Grand’Anse region, Jean Batiste Ghesilhomme began drawing at age 11 and later trained at La Grotte des Arts Plastiques in Port-au-Prince. After refining his craft in Santo Domingo, DR, he joined a collective of Haitian artists and became a founding member of FAPADECH.Since 2006, he has participated in Artisanat en Fête and exhibited annually at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti, as well as with the Canadian Embassy and at CARIFESTA 2016. Today, his paintings—marked by patience, precision, and quiet strength—are collected in Haiti, the U.S., Canada, and France.
Description:
Ben Divin is a meditation on renewal, solitude, and communion with nature. The painting captures a woman immersed in the sacred stillness of a waterfall’s pool—her back to the viewer, her body bathed in light and reflection. The surrounding cliffs cascade in shades of emerald and gold, while the falling water becomes both veil and voice.The scene evokes a ritual of cleansing and return, where the boundaries between body and landscape dissolve. The woman is not merely a subject but a conduit—an emblem of harmony between humanity and the natural world.Through soft textures and luminous tones, the artist invites us into a moment of reverence. Benediksyon Dlo reminds us that water, like spirit, restores what the world wears down, offering both refuge and rebirth.
