Rituals
Title: Rityel
Artist: Ghesilhomme
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 16 inches
Description:
In Rit Lavi, Ghesilhomme offers a still life steeped in symbolism and cultural resonance. Bottles of rum, candles, a kalbas (gourd), and a vibrantly tied red-and-blue scarf rest atop a warm, amber-toned surface. These are not just everyday objects — they are sacred elements, whispers of Vodou rituals and Haitian tradition.
With careful attention to light and shadow, the artist evokes intimacy, reverence, and memory. The objects stand like silent witnesses — of ceremonies past, of spirits called, and of prayers offered. The presence of rum and candles recalls offerings, while the radiant scarf — resembling the colors of Ezili Dantò or revolutionary banners — speaks to power, femininity, and nationhood.
Through this composition, Ghesilhomme honors the quiet strength of ancestral practices. Rit Lavi is both a visual invocation and a love letter to Haiti’s spiritual and cultural soul — where the sacred lives in the everyday.
Title: Rityel
Artist: Ghesilhomme
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 16 inches
Description:
In Rit Lavi, Ghesilhomme offers a still life steeped in symbolism and cultural resonance. Bottles of rum, candles, a kalbas (gourd), and a vibrantly tied red-and-blue scarf rest atop a warm, amber-toned surface. These are not just everyday objects — they are sacred elements, whispers of Vodou rituals and Haitian tradition.
With careful attention to light and shadow, the artist evokes intimacy, reverence, and memory. The objects stand like silent witnesses — of ceremonies past, of spirits called, and of prayers offered. The presence of rum and candles recalls offerings, while the radiant scarf — resembling the colors of Ezili Dantò or revolutionary banners — speaks to power, femininity, and nationhood.
Through this composition, Ghesilhomme honors the quiet strength of ancestral practices. Rit Lavi is both a visual invocation and a love letter to Haiti’s spiritual and cultural soul — where the sacred lives in the everyday.
Title: Rityel
Artist: Ghesilhomme
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 16 inches
Description:
In Rit Lavi, Ghesilhomme offers a still life steeped in symbolism and cultural resonance. Bottles of rum, candles, a kalbas (gourd), and a vibrantly tied red-and-blue scarf rest atop a warm, amber-toned surface. These are not just everyday objects — they are sacred elements, whispers of Vodou rituals and Haitian tradition.
With careful attention to light and shadow, the artist evokes intimacy, reverence, and memory. The objects stand like silent witnesses — of ceremonies past, of spirits called, and of prayers offered. The presence of rum and candles recalls offerings, while the radiant scarf — resembling the colors of Ezili Dantò or revolutionary banners — speaks to power, femininity, and nationhood.
Through this composition, Ghesilhomme honors the quiet strength of ancestral practices. Rit Lavi is both a visual invocation and a love letter to Haiti’s spiritual and cultural soul — where the sacred lives in the everyday.