Soirée dans la forêt

People asleep on mats have a place beside the activity of a market. Dumerlus Jeune belongs to the Artibonite group of painters. Haiti’s produce trade connects rural growers with larger markets. Here, rest shares the scene with work. The gathering feels spacious enough to hold different paces of life, asking the eye to slow down as well as move on.

Tall trees with red and orange foliage rise over striped yellow and red awnings. Women sell among baskets, pots and cooking fires. A man in a straw hat walks at the left, and distant figures climb a path.