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:
Pen ak Zaboka (Bread and Avocado) is a warm tribute to the essence of Haitian mornings — simple, familiar, and full of quiet dignity. The enamel coffee pot and cup, rendered in soft blue hues, evoke the rhythm of daily life, while the fresh avocado and bread symbolize sustenance and community.
Ghesilhom’s composition honors the beauty in the ordinary — the shared meal, the first light of dawn, the stillness before the day begins. Through meticulous detail and a serene palette, Pen ak Zaboka becomes more than a still life; it is a meditation on gratitude, routine, and the enduring poetry of everyday existence.
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:
Pen ak Zaboka (Bread and Avocado) is a warm tribute to the essence of Haitian mornings — simple, familiar, and full of quiet dignity. The enamel coffee pot and cup, rendered in soft blue hues, evoke the rhythm of daily life, while the fresh avocado and bread symbolize sustenance and community.
Ghesilhom’s composition honors the beauty in the ordinary — the shared meal, the first light of dawn, the stillness before the day begins. Through meticulous detail and a serene palette, Pen ak Zaboka becomes more than a still life; it is a meditation on gratitude, routine, and the enduring poetry of everyday existence.
