MAXAN JEAN LOUIS Folk Art Oil Painting – Framed 25″ x 34″. Maxan Jean Louis is a. Self-taught painter born in Jérémie, Haiti, on March 17, 1966. His known artist cousins, Henri and Eric Jean Louis, encouraged him to paint in 1992. He quickly developed his naïve style inspired by the Voodoo culture and the political history of Haiti. Wear and loss to frames, surface residue.