Title:Neg Mawon
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince, 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: Neg Mawon is a powerful visual homage to Haiti’s most enduring symbol of resistance and liberation. Set against the rolling green hills of the Haitian countryside, Ghesilhomme portrays the iconic maroon figure — kneeling, barefoot, and sounding the conch shell — a call to rise, a cry for freedom.In this evocative rendering, Ghesilhomme doesn’t simply recreate a historical image — he breathes life into it. Neg Mawon becomes more than a symbol; it is a living memory, a timeless embodiment of the Haitian spirit: defiant, rooted, and eternally free.
Title:Neg Mawon
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince, 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: Neg Mawon is a powerful visual homage to Haiti’s most enduring symbol of resistance and liberation. Set against the rolling green hills of the Haitian countryside, Ghesilhomme portrays the iconic maroon figure — kneeling, barefoot, and sounding the conch shell — a call to rise, a cry for freedom.In this evocative rendering, Ghesilhomme doesn’t simply recreate a historical image — he breathes life into it. Neg Mawon becomes more than a symbol; it is a living memory, a timeless embodiment of the Haitian spirit: defiant, rooted, and eternally free.
