Title Marabou
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 12 × 16 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:
Marabou is a portrait of quiet strength and radiant dignity. Against a soft gradient of gold and green, a woman’s profile emerges—her face serene, her head wrapped in white, her earrings cascading in graceful circles like echoes of resilience.
With masterful restraint, Guesilhom Jean Batiste turns simplicity into power. The contrast between her deep complexion and the luminous fabric creates a striking harmony, evoking both purity and presence. Every detail—the layered texture of the headscarf, the glint of metallic hoops—speaks to pride and endurance carried with elegance.
In Fanm Djanm, Jean Batiste honors the spirit of Haitian womanhood—rooted, unbreakable, and luminous from within. It is not merely a portrait, but a hymn to identity and inner grace.
Title Marabou
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 12 × 16 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:
Marabou is a portrait of quiet strength and radiant dignity. Against a soft gradient of gold and green, a woman’s profile emerges—her face serene, her head wrapped in white, her earrings cascading in graceful circles like echoes of resilience.
With masterful restraint, Guesilhom Jean Batiste turns simplicity into power. The contrast between her deep complexion and the luminous fabric creates a striking harmony, evoking both purity and presence. Every detail—the layered texture of the headscarf, the glint of metallic hoops—speaks to pride and endurance carried with elegance.
In Fanm Djanm, Jean Batiste honors the spirit of Haitian womanhood—rooted, unbreakable, and luminous from within. It is not merely a portrait, but a hymn to identity and inner grace.
