Title: Rasin (Roots)
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 16 x 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:
In Rasin, Guesilhom takes us deep into the rural heart of Haiti — where life unfolds slowly, surrounded by trees that whisper history and homes that hold generations. The painting offers more than a landscape; it is a tribute to heritage, memory, and belonging.Thatched-roof cottages line a narrow path, children and elders move through the day, and the distant mountain rises like an ancestral guardian. Every detail, from the hanging curtains to the soft sky, echoes the quiet strength of a people rooted in land and legacy. Rasin reminds us that our deepest strength lies not in movement, but in connection — to place, to family, to the rhythms that shaped us.
Title: Rasin (Roots)
Date: 2025
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 16 x 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:
In Rasin, Guesilhom takes us deep into the rural heart of Haiti — where life unfolds slowly, surrounded by trees that whisper history and homes that hold generations. The painting offers more than a landscape; it is a tribute to heritage, memory, and belonging.Thatched-roof cottages line a narrow path, children and elders move through the day, and the distant mountain rises like an ancestral guardian. Every detail, from the hanging curtains to the soft sky, echoes the quiet strength of a people rooted in land and legacy. Rasin reminds us that our deepest strength lies not in movement, but in connection — to place, to family, to the rhythms that shaped us.
