Pierre Guilbert (P.G) 32"x33" Zaka Haitian Sequined and Beaded Voodoo Flag on Satin, 2017 #1MFN Artists/Laurenceau Jean-Leon He received the first prize

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

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

This Palace has totally collapsed during the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti On January 12

It is wood on granite "Simplicity"

where his paintings were a great hit

Pierre Guilbert (P.G) 32"x33" Zaka Haitian Sequined and Beaded Voodoo Flag on Satin, 2017 #1MFN Artists/Laurenceau Jean-Leon He received the first prizeThis 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