local artist paints Post-Earthquake Landscape

I was talking to my dad about getting in touch with the kids again and he said that that would probably not be possible because some of the kids were put into foster homes or brought to other places in Haiti. But he told me good news as well...

In the mail the other day we got a magazine/book that was issued from Haiti. The title says Bon Mouvel. Below this it says "Volume 1 Issue 1 Fall 2010." This made me think that this was not the only volume that we were going to get. As I was skimming through it I saw pictures of some of the girls that i helped and also pictures of doctors who visited Haiti. 

While going through this magazine one picture caught my eye. It was a painting of the Post Earthquake landscape. It was painted by a local artist in Haiti named Cesar Iline. The caption under the photo said:

"When the earth stopped shaking on January 12, local artist Cesar Eline grabbed his brushes and paint. In short order and with profound artistic perception, Eline captured the multitude of the events and emotions that tumbled across the Haitan landscape. Eline, 26, lives in the village of the Trois Ravine, a community dedicated to the long-term care of over 150 displaced children. With his usual gracious generosity, Eline donated this extraordinary painting to he CRUDEN foundation."

This painting is very colorful and depicts the ground cracked and not put together. It also shows people crying and one woman dead or hurt. Two other people around her are trying to help her, but can not seem to reach her because of the cracks in the ground. In the background, there are a bunch of houses stacked up on the ground, as if they had collapsed. Telephone poles are ruined and the weather is really dark. In the top right corner of the photo, there is a hand reaching up to the sky and clouds. It shows only the hand and it looks as if the hand is touching the sky. I don't understand why this hand was depicted in the picture. Another part of the photo that i noticed, but did not see at first glance, was a kid in the background crying in running around. Right by that was another kid who had follow into a crack in the ground. 

This painting captures many emotions and in my opinion is an amazing and very artistic.