Maxan Jean Louis 40"x30" Abstract Acrylic on Canvas Painting #5JN-HA

Maxan Jean Louis, a self-taught Haitian naive vodou painter, signed this original 40"x30" abstract acrylic painting on canvas. It is in good condition, signed in the  left corner, and sold unframed.   Maxan Jean Louis is a self-taught painter born in Jérémie, Haiti, on March 17, 1966. His known artist cousins, Henri and Eric Jean Louis, encouraged him to paint in 1992. He quickly developed his naive style inspired by the Voodoo culture and the political history of Haiti. Maxan sometimes adopts two distinct approaches: his lack of perspective human silhouettes, the repetition of ornamental motifs, and the colors recalling the Saint Soleil style Maxan opposes on the occasion of social events in an almost childish surrealist style. He expresses himself freely via his paintings. Maxan's work is part of the permanent German Charlotte Zander Museum collection in Bönnigheim. He has participated in various collective exhibitions, such as in France at the Musée d'Aquitaine in Bordeaux for the "