Lesly Cetout

(1972-)
Born in Plain du Nord, Haiti

Lesly Cetout was born in 1972 to a poor family in Plain du Nord, south of Cap Haitian. When Lesly's father died, his mother moved the family of six children to Petion-Ville. Until her health failed a few years ago, Macula worked as a hotel maid. In 2002, when Lesly was unemployed and struggling to support his mother and four of his five sisters, he was hired as special needs teacher at Wings of Hope Home for Physically and Mentally Challenged Children in Fermathe. His passion, however, is art, and a year later when his paintings began to sell in the United States as well as in Haiti, he left that job and is now a full-time artist.

Lesly now lives and paints in Canada

For a review of his work, his goals and his life in Haiti as a struggling artist, please read this informative, well-written article about life today in Haiti by Theresa Smolen

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