Self-taught artist Albott Bonhomme was born in 1963 in Port-de-Paix, Haiti. He became a professional artist in 1990 and painted birds in a lush oasis setting. His work is exhibited worldwide and is well appreciated by many collectors internationally, mainly in the US and Japan. His "Tropical forest scenes evoke the environmental problems confronting Haiti." (Peintres Haitiens by Gerald Alexis, Editions Cercle d'Art, 2000).