Old Spirit
These two painted portraits were in the UN art collection since 1996 and were recently identified with the artist, Richard Barbot (b1961). The painting’s wistful appearance puts you in a dream scape of reflection and imagination. His masterful images transport you to a place to play with color and shape and then see Haiti’s presence unfold.
The painting, Old Spirit, is an old house, that has stored an entire past, a history showing a passage of time and a woman’s face with serenity and compassion we can feel. An old house is often filled with precious memories and like this house, her peaceful smile brings us comfort and assures us of a nurturing mother.
The artist, Richard Bardot, was born in Haiti, attended Universite du Quebec a Montreal for his Bachelor of Fine Arts, teaches at ?cole Nationale des Arts, and currently lives in Montreal, Canada.
The portraits hang in the Conference Building, second-floor, General Assembly President’s office reception area, of the United Nations headquarters in New York. Clarity is need for Haiti presentations of the artworks to United Nations.