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document.write("<p>Daniel Duval likes to depict the simple life of rural Haiti in his works.  It gives him delighted satisfaction to cut the design of a farmer pushing his cart full of chickens with his lips pursed into a whistle.  In another recent piece, a small boy rides on the back of his father’s bicycle, coming home from market with a fat, delicious pineapple in his small arms.   Clearly, his countrymen are his inspiration.</p><p>When asked what he likes most about his work, Daniel responds, “When I have a design in my head and I can cut it into the metal, that’s what I enjoy. I like to imagine people at an exhibition, seeing my pieces on display.  My biggest dream is to go to the United States and exhibit my sculptures there.”</p><p>It is critical for his work to get exposure beyond the environs of Croix- des-Bouquet and to sell it on the global market.  According to Daniel, there had previously been tourists who would come and buy, but they have been non-existent since the 2010 earthquake.  He laments, “My family survived the earthquake okay, but now we suffer because no one comes to Haiti.  The tourists left and they did not come back. Things have not improved very much since then. Life is quite hard.”</p><p>At least it is not without its pleasures.  He talks animatedly about his work and his hopes for the future.  His biggest smiles, though, are reserved for his three children.  “I don’t just want to live to work.  I like to have fun with my children on the weekends.  We go to the beach.  That is always a good time.” </p>");
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