Radiant Eggplant Still Life by Haitian Artist Calixte Henry, 1980 figurative whistle And then this fabulous painterly

And then this fabulous painterly cobalt blue tempera paint job

and light crazing and little dark staining on the interior

I found a great fungus conk pyrographed with an owl a month or two ago by the same maker that signed this one

in a certain state of turmoil

Radiant Eggplant Still Life by Haitian Artist Calixte Henry, 1980 figurative whistle And then this fabulous painterlyI didn't know of Calixte Henri (1933 2010) when I found this painting and also didn't know that a big radiant dose of pink and purple could feel so right! but have since learned that he was a widely recognized and well collected Haitian painter, considered one of the "masters" of Haitian art and there is fair bit on him out there. And no great surprise this painting feels very fresh, very confident, and very resolved. Born in 1933 in Port au Prince,