Prefete Duffaut (Haitian, 1923-2012) 30"x24" Vodou Ceremony With Veve 1980 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1MC Artists/Latortue Marie Claude figures gather around a mortar

figures gather around a mortar and pestle

and a tranquil body of water stretching across the horizon

Dodard depicts angular subjects which he fits into a space without perspective"</em><span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span>says art critic Gerald Alexis in his book "Peintres Haitiens"<span data-mce-fragment="1"> </span><a href="https://www

"The Republic & The Kingdom" is an original painting

is a 16"x 12" oil painting depicting a vodou scene in Haiti

Prefete Duffaut (Haitian, 1923-2012) 30"x24" Vodou Ceremony With Veve 1980 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1MC Artists/Latortue Marie Claude figures gather around a mortarThis striking oil painting by Haitian master Prfte Duffaut depicts a Haitian Vodou ceremony centered around a sacred fire surrounded by ritual veve symbols. A towering symbolic figure rises above the flames while ceremonial objects, bottles, drums, and offerings are arranged within the ritual space. Groups of figures gathered along surrounding terraces appear to witness the ceremony, creating a layered and dramatic narrative that reflects the