190. Laundry Day
c1999 (24x20)

  Born in Jacmel, Didier Civil began painting in his teens. He now has some connection with the Baudin (Roman Catholic) mission in the Artibonite.
   This painting is exquisite in its detail. My wife, however, objects to it on the grounds that the child is drinking from a rhum bottle. I prefer to believe that the booze was drained long ago and the bottle refilled with milk — fresh, whole, and pasteurized.

182. Washing_
c1999 (26x15)

Nothing known: just liked it.
  The scene is evocative of what one sees in streams all over Haïti. My guess — based on his technique — is that the artist comes from the south, perhaps Jacmel.
   Recent works are on exhibit and for sale at www.martellyart.net.

177. Woman with Carrots
c1999 (30x15)

   Dambreville is a poet, novelist, short story writer, and journalist — and sometime accountant and radio station manager — who began painting in his mid–30s. He is also the son–in–law of the late, great Petion Savain. He is, finally, an expatriate: he has made his home, for several years, in South Florida.
   Dambreville is among the finest of all Haitian realists.

49. Revolutionary Generals
c1979 (18x24)

Nothing known: just liked it.
   Deetjen is clearly from the northern school — and this work was bought at a small Cap-Haitien gallery. He was almost certainly a student of  Philomé Obin. The attention to detail in this painting, as well as its subject, would have pleased the old master, who may well have seen the work and would surely have commended it if he did. Philomé would not have objected to the distorted perspective: the too quickly narrowing of the hall, front to back.