It's Cactus Metal Art Haiti
Handcrafted Haitian Folk Art, Picking Coconuts Under Palm Tree, Island Life 17"x34"
These wonderful sculptures are handmade from 55 gallon oil drums in Haiti. The steel drums vary from brown to grey to black. As such, colors will vary on each, unique piece. Thank you for supporting our artists. Each purchase makes a difference in the quality of their lives.
Artist- Louiceus Antelus
Even a brief look at the work of Louiceus Antelus demonstrates that his imagination knows no boundaries. Always reaching, always exploring, he has an acute eye for the possible. And while some designs are quite elaborate, others are elegant in their simplicity. He knows when more is more, but perhaps more importantly from a composition standpoint, he knows when enough is enough.
He’s had good training. Beginning as an unpaid apprentice with
master sculptor, Gabriel Bien Aime at the age of 15, he moved on to work with
the Balan brothers, Jonas and Julio. At that point, he started to assume more
and more difficult tasks, rose to each occasion, and came to be paid
accordingly. The earthquake of January 2010 was cataclysmic for Louiceus, as it
was for most of his countrymen. He and his family survived, but he lost much of
his work and most of his Haitian customers, many of whom did not pull through
the disaster. Of those that did, all but a scant few left Haiti for good. Still
Louiceus retains his joie de vivre. In his words, “I love God, my work, little
children, football, my country, and I love you all.”