Pierre Guilbert (P.G) 32"x33" Zaka Haitian Sequined and Beaded Voodoo Flag on Satin, 2017 #1MFN Artists/Laurenceau Jean-Leon where his paintings were a

where his paintings were a great hit

He received the first prize in drawing at the Junior Seminary of St-Martial's College in 1966

" says the art critic and author Gérald Alexis in his book " Peintres Haitiens"

he left the army and joined the band at the National Palace

It is an honor to be invited and to have an opportunity to express myself through my paintings and to express what happened twelve years ago

Pierre Guilbert (P.G) 32"x33" Zaka Haitian Sequined and Beaded Voodoo Flag on Satin, 2017 #1MFN Artists/Laurenceau Jean-Leon where his paintings were aThis is a Haitian vodoo flag individually sewn by hand in thousand of glimmering sequins and beads on satin. It is a 32"x33" flag that depicts the voodoo loa Zaka. Its shimmering and glistening beauty is not quite captured by the picture. A "drapo" Vodou is a handmade flag, typically embroidered and decorated with beads and sequins. Although flags may have been made in West Africa before the arrival of Europeans, the flags widely used there by 1600