Jacques-Enguerrand Gourgue (1930-1996) 36"x28" Seats At The Ceremony (Vodou Scene) 1960-1970 Oil on Board Painting #10-SM 24"X36" Wilson Bigaud (1931–2010)

Wilson Bigaud (1931–2010)

5" x 13" oil on canvas depicting dancers turning like flames in an endless whirlpool by the sound of the music

Miami Herald

that version of my land and its beautifully unique people that truly exists just in my memory

Sisson Blanchard was born in Trouin

Jacques-Enguerrand Gourgue (1930-1996) 36"x28" Seats At The Ceremony (Vodou Scene) 1960-1970 Oil on Board Painting #10-SM 24"X36" Wilson Bigaud (1931–2010)Seats at the Ceremony by J. E. Gourgue is a powerful Haitian Vodou composition centered around a sacred tree surrounded by empty ceremonial chairs, ritual vessels, offerings, and symbolic objects. Executed in Gourgues distinctive surrealist style, the painting evokes the spiritual atmosphere of a Vodou gathering suspended between the visible and invisible worlds. The dramatic opening within the tree trunk glows with fiery red and orange tones,