Marc Emile Placide
aka Milo believes that an artist identifies with and reflects his
surroundings. Milo’s art is a reflection on life. He says that his
paintings are trying to express that reflection by putting the emphasis
on his country, Haiti. He tells that through distinct drawings and the
palette of strong colors that are part of his country’s environment:
the blue and the red of flag, the orange of the sunset, the shades of
the sea, the hues of the mountains. Sometimes, he starts a new painting
by putting colors first. He focuses on mixing and balancing colors, and
all of a sudden, he feels the need to draw over the stunning colors. In
the end, he has the start of new creation. It’s another attempt to
reflect on life, something from his subconscious or a project he has
thought about for a while or that has been dormant within him. In
“Coiffeuse d’Ursule,” he returned to a figurative genre and, with some
thoughts concerning Haitian folkloric roots, portrayed one of the
Voodoo Lwa. Milo was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1945. He has a
degree in architecture and has studied art with Haitian masters Tiga
and Cedor. His work has been exhibited in Haiti, Cuba, French Guyana
and the USA.
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