The mural

20ft. in 8 hrs.! I hereby "hire" these boys for all future mural commissions!

Mural I made in the poorest of the poor schools (very very dirty- those are footprints on the wall! Hoping it will get painted white around the mural, like we started.) No projector, no ladder. This was created the old fashioned way- free handed a shape and found the tallest guys around!

The three little pigs would be proud

Houses in Haiti on our food distribution walk.

"The little hurricane came along and said, 'Let me in, or I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll BLOW your house down!"



Straw (palm fronds)
This one had a fire going in it- cooking up dinner!



Wood

Brick (Limestone- the house we helped build for Zouel)

Fun Fact: Houses in Haiti get to be up to 300 sq ft! That's half my art studio or about the size of my living room... yup.

Hallelujah

By Wendjor (one of my students & mural helpers from this & last year known for his truthful capturing of the Haitian experience. Check out the community, the poverty, & the "Haitian Dream"- to work, eat & love.)

"I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah"
-Leonard Cohen

Some pictures from Haiti

Here are some very random pictures from my Haiti trip. More to come elsewhere!


Me holding a baby goat that wandered in to check out us making a mural!


Me with Jislyn & Jislen at a sugar cane factory on one of our food distribution walks.


I was asked, as the visiting artist, to name this baby. His mother was mental insane and some of the men had taken advantage of that and got her pregnant. This baby was on the way to the orphanage. I named him "Dieu Bon" or "God is Good". Wanted him to have a good start. A few days later his aunt decided to take him in. God IS good!


On a food distribution walk with the twins, Jislen & Jislyn who inspired the nutrition center- these kids were found by the Mompremiers eating ashes out of the fire. Look how big & strong they're getting! =)


Me holding a weak, malnurioushed munchkin during VBS games. Her 5 year old sister was responsible to take care of her and change her. We got her some shoes that fit.


Soccer or "Football" is a big deal in Haiti. While we were there the US played Haiti in "football" and we tied! So we had a special game on the Mompremiers field the next day. Wilnot, Jislen, Me, Evens (& random kid behind me). Wilnot & Evens were friends from last year.