This is the cover image from “Freedom Soup” - a picture book about the making and symbolism behind Soup Joumou - a dish that Haitians make on New Years Day to celebrate the end of slavery and start of Freedom. ( published 2019 by Candlewick Press, written by Tami Charles).

2 sizes available 13”x19" -or 8.5” x 11” (paper size). Original created with markers, pencil, gouache and photoshop . Digital Art Limited Edition of 25 ( each size). Signed and numbered on the front. Prints are made with on an Epson SureColor 400 with Epson inks, and Canson Edition Etching RAG paper - all archival and fade-resistant materials.

More on Freedom Soup :

Every year, Haitians all over the world ring in the new year by eating a special soup, a tradition dating back to the Haitian Revolution. This year, Ti Gran is teaching Belle how to make the soup — Freedom Soup — just like she was taught when she was a little girl. Together, they dance and clap as they prepare the holiday feast, and Ti Gran tells Belle about the history of the soup, the history of Belle’s family, and the history of Haiti, where Belle’s family is from. In this celebration of cultural traditions passed from one generation to the next, Jacqueline Alcántara’s lush illustrations bring to life both Belle’s story and the story of the Haitian Revolution. Tami Charles’s lyrical text, as accessible as it is sensory, makes for a tale that readers will enjoy to the last drop.

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