Community

Traffic 16x20 $450

The Maine community of artists is small. We share styles and techniques, we support each other by going to gallery and event openings, and we inspire each other's work. My recent painting, Traffic, was inspired by the work of the Haitian Masters - a group comprised of a similar community of painters, sculptors, and visual artists in Haiti.

Most of today's news on Haiti is focused on the country's vast poverty and instability. While those conditions do exist, Haiti is also a country of immense culture, spirituality, and natural wonders. It has been proven time and again that wherever struggle exists the soul of the artist will emerge. Indeed, artists in Haiti have emerged and while sometimes incorporating social commentary, the shapes and richness of color used by artists such as Montas Antoine and Henri-Robert Bresil speak to a Haiti that is much more than what we see on the news.

My new piece, Traffic, was inspired by the same shapes and textures that these and other artists of Haiti employ in their work.  For more information on the Haitian masters, please visit

the Galerie Macondo website. Galerie Macondo is based in

Pittsburgh and their website has an incredible breath of artists

as well as stories, music, and information on Haiti 

http://www.artshaitian.com/