THE WORD "HAITI" AND VIVIDLY FLAMBOYANT PAINTINGS ARE PRACTICALLY SYNONYMOUS IN SOME PEOPLE'S MINDS...THE APPEARANCE OF COLORFUL, OFTEN PRIMITIVE OR "NAIF" AND ALWAYS INTRIGUING HAITIAN PAINTINGS HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS ONE OF THE GREATEST ARTISTIC PHENOMENA OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE ARTIST OF THE ART WORK I AM PLACING UP FOR AUCTION IS A YOUNG HAITIAN WHO CREATES AWE-INSPIRING WORKS, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. HE INTENDS TO SHOW THE WORLD  OF HISBEAUTIFUL HAITI, DESPITE ITS CHALLENGED ECONOMY. AS WIDLER GERMAIN WAS INITIALLY SPONSORED BY A CHRISTIAN RELIEF GROUP OUT OF FINDLAY, OHIO, I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF EXPERIENCING SOME OF MR. GERMAIN'S WORKS "UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL." THIS PARTICULAR OIL ILLUSTRATES HIS MOST PROFOUND LOVE OF THE HAITIAN TROPICAL BEAUTY IN ALL OF ITS GLORY. A VERY LARGE PAINTING, MEASURING 36 X 25, OIL ON CANVAS AND WOOD BLOCKED, IT IS SIGNED AND ONE OF HIS ORIGINAL "EARLY" PIECES. BECAUSE I AM LIQUIDATING AN OLD AND GRAND ESTATE AT THE PRESENT TIME, I WAS SHOCKED TO FIND THIS WORK HIDDEN DEEP IN THE RECESSES OF THE ATTIC. IN FINE, FINE CONDITION, THE ORIGINAL PRICE IS STILL ATTACHED TO THE WORK. GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR; LOOK UP THIS ARTIST, AND OWN ONE OF HIS EARLIER WORKS, SOMETHING TO BECOME MUCH, MUCH MORE! PLEASE LOOK TO MY PICTURES.