Ti Jan Will Change
His Cows
Ti Jan Pral Change
Bèf Li Yo

Paulna Louisjuste

Lilavois, Haiti

2011

ARTIST STATEMENT

I chose to do this subject because in the neighborhood where I lived there were a lot of cows. There was a man named Little Jean in the neighborhood who had many. The way he used to treat them was like his own children. And they understood him when he spoke to them. I saw a drawing in a calendar that reminded me of this man and his cows. That is where I got my inspiration. I was always looking at the cows so I could paint them well, then I copied the design for my quilt. This quilt is much larger than most of my other quilts and it took a very long time to complete and required more reflection.

Mwen te chwazi fè sijè sa a paske nan katye kote m te rete a te gen anpil bèf. Te gen yon mesye ki te rele Ti Jean nan katye a ki te gen anpil. Fason li te konn trete yo te tankou pwòp pitit li yo. Epi yo te konprann li lè li te pale ak yo. Mwen te wè yon desen nan yon kalandriye ki fè m sonje nonm sa a ak bèf li yo. Se la mwen te jwenn enspirasyon mwen. Mwen te toujou gade bèf yo pou mwen te kapab fè yo byen. Lè sa a, mwen kopye desen an pou tablo mwen an. Tablo sa a pi gwo pase pifò lòt tablo mwen yo e li te pran yon tan trè long pou konplete epi li te mande plis refleksyon.

MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

appliquéd and pieced cottons with embroidery

moso koton koud ansanm, aplike alamen, ak brode