Title : Whispers in Red
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 × 16 inches
Artist:Jean Batiste Ghesil’homme (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:
Whispers in Red is a study of quiet allure and restrained power. The figure, painted in soft grayscale, turns away from the viewer — an invitation into mystery rather than revelation. Every curve is rendered with tender precision, balancing vulnerability with strength.Against the subdued tones, the crimson drape becomes the painting’s voice: bold, passionate, and unyielding. It suggests desire, secrecy, and the silent stories bodies carry. Through the interplay of stillness and fire, Ghesilhomme transforms absence into presence, and silence into an unspoken whisper that lingers long after the gaze departs.
Title : Whispers in Red
Date: 2025
From: Port-au-Prince
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20 × 16 inches
Artist:Jean Batiste Ghesil’homme (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:
Whispers in Red is a study of quiet allure and restrained power. The figure, painted in soft grayscale, turns away from the viewer — an invitation into mystery rather than revelation. Every curve is rendered with tender precision, balancing vulnerability with strength.Against the subdued tones, the crimson drape becomes the painting’s voice: bold, passionate, and unyielding. It suggests desire, secrecy, and the silent stories bodies carry. Through the interplay of stillness and fire, Ghesilhomme transforms absence into presence, and silence into an unspoken whisper that lingers long after the gaze departs.
