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Friday, October 10, 2008

Haitian Art

jungle animals painting for the boys' room

click on this photo to see the detail ...
women carrying baskets on their heads at water's edge

field workers (painting for Pedro's office)

this is the biggest painting - I love the bright colors
it is framed exactly like #2 above (double frame & mat)

I knew there was one thing I was interested in purchasing while we were in Haiti if at all possible, and that was a painting. As it turned out, our adoption coordinator also needed a few small paintings so she took me to the man she purchases from and I ended up not with one, but four! Numbers 1 & 4 above are large paintings and numbers 2 & 3 are small. For all four I paid the unbelievable price of $40US dollars (unframed.) I was so happy! It feels right to have these reminders of our boys' heritage as part of the makeup of our home.

3 comments:

alejandra said...

stephanie q casualidad, dos minutos antes q me dejases el mensaje en mi blog yo leia el tuyo...
si, el ibesr no esta firmando expedientes, el de mi hermana esta varado alli.
si, mariana volvio hace un par de dias, pero como este esfin de semana largo aqui, el lunes es feriado, se fue a la costa c su novio. escribile al grupo en todo caso, cuando vuelva pienso q se pondra al dia c los mails!
saludos
y tus hijos estan divinos!!!!!!!!! no tengo mucho tiempo para leer blogs pero cada tanto me actualizo.

Rebekah said...

What amazing pictures! I'm still trying to decide how to incorporate Steven's heritage into his bedroom. I found the perfect carved African monkeys playing peek-a-boo (his all-time favorite game!) at the African Heritage Festival in Detroit. . .but our budget currently has no room for extras :( I'm hoping they're back next year and that I can figure out some way to get them!

Anonymous said...

Stephanie- My husband bought a very similar painting to #1 for our daughter's room. It looks wonderful and brings some of her heritage to Indiana for her. Angie