Pierre Guilbert (P.G) 32"x33" Zaka Haitian Sequined and Beaded Voodoo Flag on Satin, 2017 #1MFN Artists/Laurenceau Jean-Leon A family presents an offering

A family presents an offering beside a red cow

" says the art critic and author Gérald Alexis in his book " Peintres Haitiens"

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

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

Pierre Guilbert (P.G) 32"x33" Zaka Haitian Sequined and Beaded Voodoo Flag on Satin, 2017 #1MFN Artists/Laurenceau Jean-Leon A family presents an offeringThis 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