Creole Art

Creole Art was established in September 2000 by Bill and Heather King.

As many of you know, we closed our retail business in Surfers Paradise in 2004 because of Bills illness. Haiti, its people, art, history and culture was Bills passion but sadly he passed away in December 2005 after a long battle with cancer. Some of our family, friends and clients have sponsored a Haitian child in Bills memory through World Vision.

Creole Art currently exports to clients in England, Japan, Singapore, Israel, New Zealand and Dubai as well as Australian clients in every state.

Creole Art stock is the work of 60 different artists in Port Au Prince and provincial Haiti. Most canvasses are framed in gold with a white slip, however not all are framed so there is the option to buy a canvas only or have a canvas framed with a floating frame to suit today′s decor at a lesser cost. Enquiries welcome. Prices quoted include wholesale framing cost to supply you with a less expensive product.

Creole Art offers a full money back guarantee of authenticity with each original painting.

Eminent American movie director Jonathan Demme who presided over such big screen successes as "Silence of the Lambs", "Philadelphia", "Married to the Mob" and "Beloved" is an avid fan of Haitian Art.

Demme began collecting in 1987 when he bought two works "for a couple of hundred dollars each" from a Manhattan Haitian Gallery.

He has continued to build a vast collection over ensuing years and now has more than 400 pieces making him one of the larger collectors in the United States.

Jonathon Demme told New York Times art writer Judith Dobrzynski "My eyes are so grateful when I turn to this art". As an accomplished artist himself Demme speaks of "the moods that permeate off the images and the combination of colours that send signals to your mind".

Mr Demme expressed the hope that through his efforts and similar efforts of others the beauty of the art can give people a different view of Haiti. He was quoted as saying "I want to show a positive face of a country and a people I love so much and that gets such chronic bad press".

As Demme puts it "each (Haitian) artist, in his own unique way tells you a bit more about his country".