Fred Thomas 60"x40" Korn Lanbi (Conch) 2018 Mixed Media on Canvas Painting #12CFT 23"x29" Executed in the artist's unmistakable

Executed in the artist's unmistakable expressive style

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50" x22" oil on canvas depicting homeless boys who are just looking at life going on and the background of their future in fuzzy images

Vital's paintings belong to the Jacmel school of Haitian naive art

Jean-Claude left Haiti to study Art at the Student League of New York and the Brooklyn Museum until 1974

Fred Thomas 60"x40" Korn Lanbi (Conch) 2018 Mixed Media on Canvas Painting #12CFT 23"x29" Executed in the artist's unmistakableFred Thomas's description of the painting: "The Conch Shell, Korn lanai, depicts the beauty, historical significance, and supposed aphrodisiac values of the shell. It is a musical instrument used in the past by the revolted slaves, ng mawon, for long distance communication. Conch, Lanbi, is also valued as seafood. Furthermore, I use laces as collages to suggest the mollusk's purported aphrodisiac properties. Combining all those shapes, pastel colors,