Fred Thomas 40"x30" Chemiz Madiok (Patchwork Shirt) 2016 Mixed Media on Canvas Painting #5CFT Artists/Magloire Rolande Gourgue typically painted scenes of

Gourgue typically painted scenes of rural Haitian life and vodou ceremonies

Haiti on January 17

and Lévèque to decorate the church

and voodoo symbolism in a personal style that combined surrealism and naive art

founders of the Cap-Haïtien school

Fred Thomas 40"x30" Chemiz Madiok (Patchwork Shirt) 2016 Mixed Media on Canvas Painting #5CFT Artists/Magloire Rolande Gourgue typically painted scenes ofFred Thomas painted this original 40"x 30" mixed media on canvas painting. This painting is an abstract patchwork shirt titled "Chemiz Madiok." The artist said: "Chemiz Madiok: In this painting, I try to evoke the similarity of the patchwork with the Haitian madiok. Madiok involves sewing small pieces of fabric (retay) by hand or using a sewing machine to create flannels, underwear, bed covers, dresses, shirts, tablecloths, etc. Peasants mainly wore