Hawaiian artist Claudette McDermott, who works primarily in encaustic, or hot wax, painting, is the featured artist on the Pleasanton Art League (PAL) Wall at the Firehouse Arts Center’s Harrington
claudette is another recent victim of the gangs. she was hit by a stray bullet and lost her leg. i don t know how i ll manage , she says. i can t run and walk the way i used to. she worries she will never marry now. gang warfare often erupts here in broad daylight. why not? gunmen are in league with corrupt politicians and have some police on the payroll. that s according to human rights campaigners who say the gangs of port au prince have no limits. there are many here with stories that are harrowing to tell and to hear. like this man.
has just been patched up at a trauma hospital run by doctors without borders. he saw gunmen holding up two cars in front of his. when he tried to get away, he got a bullet in the arm. have you ever thought that the violence is so bad here that you would like to leave haiti? 10,000 times, he tells me. i can t even call my mum to tell her what happened to me because she s getting older. in the end, the way things are, it s better to leave if you can. claudette is another recent victim of the gangs. she was hit by a stray bullet and lost her leg. i don t know how i ll
if you can. claudette is another recent victim of the gangs. she was hit by a stray bullet and lost her leg. i don t know how i ll manage , she says. i can t run and walk the way i used to. she worries she will never marry now. gang warfare often erupts here in broad daylight. why not? gunmen are in league with corrupt politicians and have some police on the payroll. that s according to human rights campaigners who say the gangs of port au prince have no limits. there are many here with stories that are harrowing
claudette is another recent victim of the gangs. she was hit by a stray bullet and lost her leg. i don t know how i ll manage , she says. i can t run and walk the way i used to. she worries she will never marry now. gang warfare often erupts here in broad daylight. why not? gunmen are in league with corrupt politicians and have some police on the payroll. that s according to human rights campaigners who say the gangs of port au prince have no limits. there are many here with stories that are harrowing to tell and to hear. like this man.