A new start
After many years of mostly focusing on my health and Sickle Cell Anemia. I now have a chance to live out my dreams and work on my art full-time. I have just signed to a new gallery that will represent and sell my work, so all I have to focus on is painting and creating whatever moves me.

It has been a long road and I still have a lot of hard work ahead of me. I'm setting up this page for all the people who have supported me and pushed me to continue to cultivate my talents. I hope you enjoy my new work while surfing this site.

My work
I work mostly in oil pastels, mixed media, and acrylics. I enjoy oil pastels due to the fact that I get to blend the colors with my fingertips, I love the feel of being closer to my work and becoming part of what I create. I even find myself using my fingers while painting with acrylics on canvas now. I hope not to lose that connection with my art, even when it’s sold to a client. I want it to always express who I really am.

My Style?
In most of my work I use bright vivid colors, being Haitian plays a large role in this... but is that my style? I'm not sure, I'm still growing, learning and aging along with my craft. I am an artist and that is my what makes me me feel the most alive. My favorite artists are Jean-Michel Basquiat, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Lois Mailou Jones, Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin, Renoir and many others. Most of all, I have a very long list of Haitian artists, Caribbean artists, and African American artists that inspire me.

I'm hoping to move to a quiet place where I can find peace to be able to create new things and learn new things. My style always changes, so I really can't explain my work... I'm getting older but there is so much more I want to see and experience in life, so I guess all it boils down to is what my work is my life's journey.

Hertz Nazaire
thanks for visiting :)