Bourmond Byron 31.5"x24" The Web Between Worlds c1970 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1ER Sizes/47"x18" 5" black & white series

5" black & white series drawing of the portrait of a mature man & his shadow made with ink and pencil

Michel exhibited in both Haiti and the United States

sharply contrasting colors to speak out frankly

Gabriel Lévêque captures the essence of Haitian rural life with quiet reverence

then in Port-au-Prince at the Lycée Pétion

Bourmond Byron 31.5"x24" The Web Between Worlds c1970 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1ER Sizes/47"x18" 5" black & white seriesA dreamlike garden unfolds in this original oil on canvas by Haitian master Bourmond Byron (Jacmel, 1920 2004), measuring 31. 5 x 24 in and unframed. Overhead, a radiant spider's web hangs like a portal between realms, a lone spider descending its thread toward a still, glowing lagoon. Below, a fisherman rests beneath fruit laden trees, caught in a quiet moment suspended between the earthly and the otherworldly. Byron's signature greenish blue palette