SINCE 1974

For more than 3 decades, Ti-Tra has been the general handyman at the legendary Galerie Issa in Port-au-Prince. He has been the man who built the stretchers and tacked on the canvas on which the gallery artists painted . Ti-Tra swept the leaves and opened the big iron gates when clients came to call. And he was the one who packed the paintings so expertly; he has a PhD in art packing. Since the death of Issa in February 2005, the gallery has been in transition and is not functioning fully, so that Ti tra gets a larger portion of his income these days from the sale of the wonderful paintings that he has been creating for years. He specializes in one subject, this charming leopard, which he paints in different sizes. At the moment we have only one but more are on the way.

The paintings are inexpensive and delightful and Ti-Tra can certainly use the income right now.
Ti-Tra, which means "little trash", is a nickname given to him by his mother when he was a kid.