Adam Leontus, Haitian Artist
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His voodoo flags were his early paintings, mainly because they are not complex. Adam was secretive about his relationship with voodoo. Leontus’s paintings are distinctive from their elegance. Unfortunately he died in 1986. Adam may be gone, but most of his works are still celebrated in the country. Some of his work was lost during the 2010 earthquake.
His deep colors and immense use of elegance helped him in doing a painting called “tree.” It is oiled on Masonite. The eye catching frame is handmade. In it is a tree which is healthy with a grey background. Most of his paintings have birds and fruits in them and are full of vivid colors.
In a painting Adam Leontus did in the 1980s, he brings out mother-natures endowment of fruits so well that the viewer can’t get the image off his mind. He displays them when they are in a woven basket. They include grapes, pineapples, watermelon and other Haitian fruits.
