What you're seeing is the work of 3 artists:
1. The original photo was taken by Steve Miller, the professional photographer (and friend!) who has been to Pestel a couple of times with me. If you have the Haiti calendar you know very well how God has blessed the work of his hands.
2. The 2nd is a painting of Steve's photo, done by a local artist who typically fetches thousands for his paintings. He was obviously drawn to Steve's photo.
3. The third: the frames for the photos were made by the man holding the pictures. You can see that he is similarly proud of his work.
Sister Jo is also in one of the photos, and she has also been gifted with incredible artistic talents. I had the joy of watching her do some work with ceramics when I visited the Sisters of St. Francis in Sylvania, OH. She also has started up arts therapy classes in Pestel to help some of the kids who moved back to Pestel after having lived through the earthquake. [sidenote: so far it appears that about 1/3 of families in Pestel took in, on average, 4 people after the earthquake who returned to the area from PAP]
Enjoy!
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