Vagabond Artist Images of Haiti–Carrot Lady
In the “Haitians Using their Heads” series, I rendered this lady in an orange dress carrying her load of orange carrots in a large bag up a steep hill in the Delmas areas.
Vagabond Artist Images of Haiti–Heavy Hatter
There was no shortage of interesting headgear in Haiti. The variety helped to give the wearers distinct personas and character. As I traveled around the capital and the country, I started looking for interesting “hatters.”
Vagabond Artist Images of Haiti–Local Bar
After the earthquake devastated much of Port-au-Prince in JAN 2010, Haitians took to using old shipping containers as their “stores” and places of business, serving as barber shops, mini-marts, repair shops, and bars. While waiting for a Chief of Police along the Rue Soleil area, I had time to render this quick water color sketch (2012).
Vagabond Artist Images of Haiti–Water Guy
“Water Guy” was a quick on-site watercolor completed while I waited from my Haitian driver to attend a school/church function for his daughter. As I sat back in the SUV and watched the world pass back the gates of the church compound, the sketch evolved into a scene of various “vendors” trying to sell their wares without actually entering the inner area.
Vagabond Artist Images of Haiti–Luggage Lady
People in Haiti seemed to carry “everything” on their heads, from bags to beds and tables.
“Luggage Lady” was a quick watercolor sketch of a woman observed on the streets of Delmas.
This sketch is part of a work-up for a series to be entitled “Haitians Using their Heads.”
Vagabond Artist Images of Haiti–Boy on a Bus
“Boy on a Bus” (watercolor, 2012) was made from a sketch done while driving around the Delmas area of Port-au-Prince. Buses were relatively rare compared to the thousands of “tap taps” that clogged the streets.
Vagabond Artist Images of Haiti–Voudou Guy
In the 1889 “Iron Market” was an entire section devoted to the ancient African-oriented voudou arts. While the artist did not buy a doll with which to torment detractors, he did record this 4-foot tall “voudou guy” via sketches and a later painting.
Vagabond Artist Images of Haiti–Lost Boy (2013)
Wearing a T-shirt that said “My name is Trouble,” the artist encountered this lost boy during a routine visit to a small Haitian National Police Station in the poorer section of Port-au-Prince. The lad said he wandered off with a friend from Petion-Ville and was turned over the police when he could not find his way home. Our group bought him the cold water bags he is holding, along with a “carry-out” meal of chicken and rice that we also afforded his temporary care-takers.
Vagabond Artist Images of Haiti–Market Lady
“Market Lady” (2013) (Acrylic) was a quick study sketch and later painting of a middle aged woman-vendor in a streetside or sidewalk vegetable market in the downtown area of Port-au-Prince. Her face seemed to impart a life of challenges, determination, and resignation all combined.
Vagabond Artist Images of Haiti–TapTap Guys
“TapTap Guys” (2013) (Acrylic)–A “taptap” in Haiti is a pickup truck that serves as a taxi or mini-bus. It got its name from the fact that when passengers want to get off, they “tap” the side of the truck twice as a signal to the drive to stop. In this observation, along back roads, some of the passengers were hanging off the side of the truck, dancing in the air, and chatting.
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