Fred Thomas 40"x30" Chemiz Madiok (Patchwork Shirt) 2016 Mixed Media on Canvas Painting #5CFT Artists/Legagneur Jean-Claude Bilingual (English - French) Remembrance

Bilingual (English - French) Remembrance / Re-mémoire documents the experiences of individuals who have been directly impacted by the 2010 earthquake

and the Kingdom of Henri Christophe

Albott Bonhomme painted this original unstretched 24"x20" contemporary painting of a tropical paradise of some happy birds in lush vegetation

When he appears (mounting someone at an invoking ceremony)

in Cap-Haitien

Fred Thomas 40"x30" Chemiz Madiok (Patchwork Shirt) 2016 Mixed Media on Canvas Painting #5CFT Artists/Legagneur Jean-Claude Bilingual (English - French) RemembranceFred Thomas painted this original 40"x 30" mixed media on canvas painting. This painting is an abstract patchwork shirt titled "Chemiz Madiok." The artist said: "Chemiz Madiok: In this painting, I try to evoke the similarity of the patchwork with the Haitian madiok. Madiok involves sewing small pieces of fabric (retay) by hand or using a sewing machine to create flannels, underwear, bed covers, dresses, shirts, tablecloths, etc. Peasants mainly wore