Our Sails Are Raised
Vwal Nou Leve" – Our Sails Are Raised
Title: Vwal Nou Leve (Our Sails Are Raised)
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 16 inches x 20 inches
Artist: Louis Saurel is a celebrated Haitian painter known for his impressionistic landscapes and masterful use of the palette knife technique. A native of Pétion-Ville, Saurel has spent decades documenting the quiet majesty of Haiti’s countryside and coastal life. His work exudes a deep reverence for nature and everyday resilience, often blending vivid realism with lyrical composition. Saurel also serves as a coordinator and mentor for fellow Haitian artists through his role with District Haiti.
Description:
In Vwal Nou Leve, Saurel paints a poetic procession of sailboats stretched across calm waters, their masts tall and sails full — a visual hymn to labor, perseverance, and belonging. With hues of jade, ochre, and twilight blue, the sky glows like a quiet promise, and the sea reflects the dignity of those who work it. The lead boat, heavy with harvest, drifts in silent determination, while the others follow like echoes of collective purpose.
This piece is both tranquil and triumphant, reminding us that progress often begins not with noise, but with the silent raising of a sail — with direction, effort, and belief in the wind to come.
Vwal Nou Leve" – Our Sails Are Raised
Title: Vwal Nou Leve (Our Sails Are Raised)
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 16 inches x 20 inches
Artist: Louis Saurel is a celebrated Haitian painter known for his impressionistic landscapes and masterful use of the palette knife technique. A native of Pétion-Ville, Saurel has spent decades documenting the quiet majesty of Haiti’s countryside and coastal life. His work exudes a deep reverence for nature and everyday resilience, often blending vivid realism with lyrical composition. Saurel also serves as a coordinator and mentor for fellow Haitian artists through his role with District Haiti.
Description:
In Vwal Nou Leve, Saurel paints a poetic procession of sailboats stretched across calm waters, their masts tall and sails full — a visual hymn to labor, perseverance, and belonging. With hues of jade, ochre, and twilight blue, the sky glows like a quiet promise, and the sea reflects the dignity of those who work it. The lead boat, heavy with harvest, drifts in silent determination, while the others follow like echoes of collective purpose.
This piece is both tranquil and triumphant, reminding us that progress often begins not with noise, but with the silent raising of a sail — with direction, effort, and belief in the wind to come.
Vwal Nou Leve" – Our Sails Are Raised
Title: Vwal Nou Leve (Our Sails Are Raised)
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 16 inches x 20 inches
Artist: Louis Saurel is a celebrated Haitian painter known for his impressionistic landscapes and masterful use of the palette knife technique. A native of Pétion-Ville, Saurel has spent decades documenting the quiet majesty of Haiti’s countryside and coastal life. His work exudes a deep reverence for nature and everyday resilience, often blending vivid realism with lyrical composition. Saurel also serves as a coordinator and mentor for fellow Haitian artists through his role with District Haiti.
Description:
In Vwal Nou Leve, Saurel paints a poetic procession of sailboats stretched across calm waters, their masts tall and sails full — a visual hymn to labor, perseverance, and belonging. With hues of jade, ochre, and twilight blue, the sky glows like a quiet promise, and the sea reflects the dignity of those who work it. The lead boat, heavy with harvest, drifts in silent determination, while the others follow like echoes of collective purpose.
This piece is both tranquil and triumphant, reminding us that progress often begins not with noise, but with the silent raising of a sail — with direction, effort, and belief in the wind to come.