Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
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:
Voyaj Douvan Jou (Voyage at Dusk) is a meditation on passage, light, and the quiet companionship of the sea. Two small sailboats glide across golden waters, their shadows etched against the radiant trail of the setting sun. The horizon glows with fire — deep reds and amber — as day exhales into night.The figures aboard the boats remain silhouettes, anonymous yet intimate, reminding us that every journey is both collective and solitary. With luminous brushwork and a palette that shifts from warmth to mystery, Ghesilhomme captures the eternal rhythm of life on water — where endings dissolve into beginnings, and the voyage itself becomes the destination.
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
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:
Voyaj Douvan Jou (Voyage at Dusk) is a meditation on passage, light, and the quiet companionship of the sea. Two small sailboats glide across golden waters, their shadows etched against the radiant trail of the setting sun. The horizon glows with fire — deep reds and amber — as day exhales into night.The figures aboard the boats remain silhouettes, anonymous yet intimate, reminding us that every journey is both collective and solitary. With luminous brushwork and a palette that shifts from warmth to mystery, Ghesilhomme captures the eternal rhythm of life on water — where endings dissolve into beginnings, and the voyage itself becomes the destination.
