Sisson Blanchard ( 1926-1981) 24"x72" Six Owls & Five Owlets c1970 Oil on Board Unframed Painting#1LA Category/Haitian Artists in the Diaspora/Myrtil adapting it to local conditions

adapting it to local conditions through vivid color palettes

with fields spreading towards a distant horizon

and spiritual renewal

and a broad smile that he offered everyone

a pot rests over an open flame

Sisson Blanchard ( 1926-1981) 24"x72" Six Owls & Five Owlets c1970 Oil on Board Unframed Painting#1LA Category/Haitian Artists in the Diaspora/Myrtil adapting it to local conditionsThis large scale oil on board by Sisson Blanchard presents a striking family of owls: six blue, densely dotted adults perched shoulder to shoulder along a green branch, their round eyes fixed outward against a deep black background, with five smaller owlets gathered beneath them among clusters of dark seed pods. Vivid red flowers and rust toned autumn leaves weave through the composition, filling the spaces between the birds and softening the black