Heavy is the Drum
Title: Tambou Lou
Artist: Ghesilhomme
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 16 inches
Description:
Tambou Lou is a striking abstract interpretation of exhaustion, legacy, and the emotional weight that follows beauty, performance, or resistance. Inspired by the Haitian proverb "Apre bal, tanbou lou," Ghesilhomme translates this truth into form — where sinuous black lines twist across a layered body, bent inward under invisible pressure.
The warm, earthy reds and yellows evoke fire, movement, and ceremony, while the surrounding blues and deep tones reflect quiet and reckoning. In this composition, the drum is both literal and symbolic: a vessel of rhythm, a bearer of history, and a burden carried after celebration.
Through abstraction, Tambou Lou speaks of the cost of creation, the toll of labor, and the weight behind every beat. Ghesilhomme reminds us that even joy, when rooted in struggle, leaves an echo — one that lingers long after the music fades.
Title: Tambou Lou
Artist: Ghesilhomme
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 16 inches
Description:
Tambou Lou is a striking abstract interpretation of exhaustion, legacy, and the emotional weight that follows beauty, performance, or resistance. Inspired by the Haitian proverb "Apre bal, tanbou lou," Ghesilhomme translates this truth into form — where sinuous black lines twist across a layered body, bent inward under invisible pressure.
The warm, earthy reds and yellows evoke fire, movement, and ceremony, while the surrounding blues and deep tones reflect quiet and reckoning. In this composition, the drum is both literal and symbolic: a vessel of rhythm, a bearer of history, and a burden carried after celebration.
Through abstraction, Tambou Lou speaks of the cost of creation, the toll of labor, and the weight behind every beat. Ghesilhomme reminds us that even joy, when rooted in struggle, leaves an echo — one that lingers long after the music fades.
Title: Tambou Lou
Artist: Ghesilhomme
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 16 inches
Description:
Tambou Lou is a striking abstract interpretation of exhaustion, legacy, and the emotional weight that follows beauty, performance, or resistance. Inspired by the Haitian proverb "Apre bal, tanbou lou," Ghesilhomme translates this truth into form — where sinuous black lines twist across a layered body, bent inward under invisible pressure.
The warm, earthy reds and yellows evoke fire, movement, and ceremony, while the surrounding blues and deep tones reflect quiet and reckoning. In this composition, the drum is both literal and symbolic: a vessel of rhythm, a bearer of history, and a burden carried after celebration.
Through abstraction, Tambou Lou speaks of the cost of creation, the toll of labor, and the weight behind every beat. Ghesilhomme reminds us that even joy, when rooted in struggle, leaves an echo — one that lingers long after the music fades.