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Henri Cayard was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He attended Les Freres de l'Instruction Chretienne: Le Petit Seminaire Saint Martial and Le Centre d'Etudes Secondaires for his primary and secondary education. After studying Economics and Management, he switched to a career as a photographer. He migrated to the USA in 1987 and lived there for 8 years. His superb portraits of women at his studio in the Design District - artistic neighborhood of Miami- propelled him to the limelight of Florida. He won several national and international prices and participated successfully at many exhibits. Henri is currently running with his brother Frantz the Photo/Studio/laboratory chain Monsieur-Henri.  

Henri Cayard is one of the best Haitian representatives in the field of photography in Haiti. he has attended some of the best schools of photography in the world, has worked under the guidance of some of the great masters of Photography such as Helmut Newton, Jeff Dumas, Uwe Ommer Ralph Gibson, Robert Farber and many others. He has won numerous international awards and has participated in many exhibitions. During the mid 1980's, by the public's will, he came to be known as Monsieur Henri, the name he is widely known under today.

Just as Colonel Paulin, Henri has earned his due rewards, ranking and name on the battlefield with the quality of his work, most notably, for his now famous women portraits. But after a long career that spans over 35 years, he wanted to innovate and even reach beyond the scope of his style and technique. 

The advancement in modern day technology has allowed him to realize one of his oldest dreams, to be able to merge the art of photography with the art of painting, two art forms that share a common territory. Eventually, the computer era came to be and Henri Cayard quickly realized that he could combine and integrate its functions with the way photography had been done in the past.

A bright idea came to mind. He decided to lightly modify his creations by morphing them from photos to impressionistic paintings, reminders of the work of Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet or Edouard Manet.

As a professional model, Clara has always been a proud ambassador of her country of origin, Haiti. In 2010, Clara held the title of Miss Haiti international where her platform focused on showing the beauty of Haiti and its rich history and culture. She earned a bachelor's degree in fashion design and marketing and an MBA in project management. Throughout her professional career, Clara has organized and participated in several public events.

Clara is passionate about Modeling/fashion. She started modeling in Canada at the age of 5 and stopped until the age of 15 where she took some classes to sharpen her talent and also boost her confidence and acting skills. Clara is a motivational speaker and also a co-founder of ÉCLAT Haïti, inc., a non-profit organization aiming to empower rural Haiti. 

Ricky's Wall has partnered with Clara to bring you exotic modeling snippets on Canvas. These artworks are currently in process and will be revealed as soon as they are ready. Our intent is to have them framed for better exposure and displayed at private exhibition or galleries. These pieces will be HIGH premium quality and thus will go for a minimum of $1500.

                                                               Stay tuned for their release dates! 

                                         In the meantime, you can follow her on Instagram: @msclarap

 Anne is of French and African descent. Since a young age, she has been attached to color. Her early years between Africa and Europe, and later time in Cuba gifted her with a unique perspective about life and the world we live in. At the age of 8, Anne and her siblings arrived to Cuba. Without knowing the language, they were sent to schools in La Isla de la Juventud, commonly known in Cuba as “becas”; where kids were completely isolated and cut from the world. During the time spent “becados”, they were only able to spend time with their mother for short periods of time. If lucky enough, they were able to see their mother once a week. However on some occasions, they were able to see their mother once out of the month. 

 Anne absorbed the language, the culture, and the new way of life. Her love for art first came through music. She became a great dancer and participated in local dancing competitions. In fact, dancing and music are a big part of who she is. 

Years past, she graduated with a degree in mathematics. As a young professional, she started teaching at “escuelas al campo” roughly translated as schools in the countryside and eventually landed a position as a teacher in city of Havana. Because of her educational background, her citizenship, and the ability to speak another language (French), she was later hired by the French Embassy to work for the French School.

 This was a golden period in her life. From mathematics, she transitioned into teaching Spanish and eventually was offered a position in to teach kindergarten. While working in kindergarten she was sent by the school to different countries such as Venezuela, Haiti, France, Dominican Republic, and Costa Rica to develop new skills and acquire new knowledge for teaching.

In 2004, Anne decided to take her family to Paris to avoid her son, Said, to be enlisted in military school. She wanted to spare him the vicissitudes of military school in Cuba. Once in France, Said started “le lycée” and adapted to the new way of life. Anne also further her artistic education and took painting classes at a local art “atelier”. In 2007, she and her husband decided to go live to the United States of America where her husband's family resided. 

While in the United States, Anne had to re-validate her degree and pass various certifications to become a French, Spanish, and Math teacher. Eventually, she was hired as a Foreign Language teacher by Academy of Art and Minds in Miami.

In 2018, her art work started being showcased at different local galleries such as the Milander Center for Arts and Entertainment. This is where she met Ricky who was deeply fascinated by her abstract paintings and they recently signed a mutual agreement to have some of her products listed under Ricky's Wall. 

“Her paintings are open dialogues only restricted by the size of a canvas.”

 “Anne transposes her lively memories of early childhood into colorful masterpieces.” 

"Like in Life… not everything is beautiful, but everything makes sense".

"When words won’t tell what’s inside, let the colors you choose and the shapes you form be the language you speak."

Born and raised in Cuba, Alexis Larrinaga had shown an innate affection towards the Arts. Colors, textures, styles and methods, be it Plastic Arts, Sketching, Cartooning, Graphic Arts and Design, Leather and Wood Work, as well as Acrylic and Oil Paintings, he explores all the different ways in which he can express his unique perspective of the world. 

As a child, he manufactured mini sculptures and Knick knack memorabilia utilizing clay and wood to sell to tourists along the Havana shores, as well as in Arts and Crafts fairs, thus helping his parents monetarily with surprising results for a teenager. In a weekend, he used to earn three times what his parents would earn a month in their professional careers in Teaching and Electrical engineering.

In Luyano, his neighborhood in Havana, he was the designated cartoonist for all the kids indulging into their requests for cartoons and comics. This then became an apparent skill that he developed which would later serve a great purpose in his adult years.

At age 19, Alexis and his family migrated to the Dominican Republic, where he worked as a freelance cartoonist for several publications and company events. Alexis obtained his associates in Arts, Crafts and Plastic Arts at the Instituto Politécnico Pablo de la Torrente Brau, in Havana, Cuba. He also performed side jobs in retail and photography to pay for school and ultimately attained his Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising and Marketing at APEC University in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

In his admiration of the greats, Alexis also studied under Candido Bidó, a famous Dominican artist whose work has been exhibited worldwide, also known for his colorful portrayal of the mysterious folkloric black-eyed dolls. He worked alongside Bidó on a few murals and projects for the Dominican Air Force during his time at the Candido Bidó School in Santo Domingo.

He worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for “Plan Internacional” a non-for profit organization dedicated to the protection and safe guarding of children, as well as for many publications like “Cañabrava”, “Universitas,” “Revista 110,” “Mini Generacion,” among other print publications in the Dominican Republic. He had addressed many subjects like sports, politics and the state of affairs while touching on the many controversial subjects of the times.

He has utilized his artistic skills to perform in many Freelance Work Projects as a Mural Painter, Creative Illustrator, Cartoonist, Graphic Designer and Web Designer, for companies like CNT (Compañía Nacional de Television) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 2000 to 2008, while moonlighting as a Supervisor of Security at the Estadio Quisqueya during the Winter Baseball Season.


In 2010, he decided it was time to expand his horizons and finally reached the great “La Yuma,” a name many Cubans use to address the United States. He successfully arrived in Brownsville, Texas and made his way up to the Tri-state area in New York and New Jersey, where most of his family resides, thus embarking upon a new adventure and Chapter in his life. He started a new life in Orange, NJ then quickly moved to the Atlantic City Area in South Jersey. There, he started working as a Food Runner for the Resorts Casino and then worked his way up to Intermediate Cook, thus initiating his newfound medium for his artistic expression in food and Culinary arts.

He continued his artistic pursuit expressing his love for vibrant colors and artistic expression inspired by the Ocean. He adopted different mediums through which he would experiment with acrylics, oils, clay, gesso, pastels on canvas, bottles, fabrics and burning his images and ideas onto wood, ceramics and many other surfaces.

The feminine and mother nature have both always been a source of great inspiration to Alexis. Being the focus of many of his works, the feminine body and deities serve as a focal point and muse in many of his works of art. “I like to use the image of a woman in many of my paintings, because women are a symbol of creation, life and hope. Creation, because within her, is where all life begins. We all come from a woman, this is my way of paying homage to that.”

Alexis has always used his artistic expression as a way of exerting into the Universe, his spirituality, beliefs, wants and desires. As in many artists, there is always somewhat of a spiritual element in his work, and his desire for a child became a common theme very quickly, as he etched the pregnant mother and child in the womb using many mediums and diverse surfaces.

As if stricken by Miami’s splendor and Magic, he and his wife were finally blessed with the conception of his first-born son just months after arrival in Florida, further inspiring his endeavor to represent life, love and innocence in his artwork.

Alexis is very excited to have found a platform like Ricky’s Wall where he can display his work, as he finalizes his depiction and current fascination with the expression of the essence of Life.

It has been 1 year already since we dared to enter the Arts & Crafts marketplace. Today, we are making a difference and we are well positioned to maintain our efforts & continue to strive in 2017 thanks to our loyal customers & fans. 

Ricky's Wall is all about uniqueness. What you see on our portal is hand-made, handpainted or customized. The pieces you find on our gallery cannot be found anywhere else. The quality of our items is also improving batches after batches and this is how we are able to build loyalty. Some of our paintings have now reached Mid-Premium level with a minimum introductory price of $1500 and those are primarily reserved for Private Presentation. We have introduced other product lines to bring you diversity & build relationships with other vendors to continue the fight on affordability. NaxesJewels is doing extremely well.

Here is the year in Review based on 2016 Compass Benchmark Report:

We wish we could share more data with you. The Market feels our presence and some competitors are discounting their products at 65%. This means a win to you as a customer. It's clear that this is a tough market to be in because some of these metrics are considered super low if they were being evaluated for a different market. Our current opportunity is to increase our returning visitors to about 30%. Our page load will be a challenge because we are already preparing another launch for an exciting product line. With only $350 spent on marketing in 2016 & to be able to keep our fans happy, we have every reason to mark 2016 as a success. 

Thank you for your support 

Walgens Celeus was born in Cap Haitian, Haiti on February 7th, 1988. Drawing was his favorite past-time during childhood. Academically, he was very competitive and wanted to be the top of his class during each semester session. In fact, he achieved the highest grade for his school at the National Exam for 6th graders & this is when his journey as a painter has begun. To recognize his academic achievement, he had received a set of painting tools from the F.I.C. (Congregation of Christian Brothers). 

So, at the age of 12 he started painting at the AJAPCA workshop: a Cap Haitian Cooperative for young painters. In 2002, he then joined the group called NEP (an atelier of art focusing on natural landscape). 3 years later, he won the interscholastic drawing contest. In 2006, he attended a workshop on Art History that focused on color composition.

Over the years, he became comfortable enough and started teaching at the NEP studio from 2007 until 2009. Thereupon, to improve his business & negotiation skills, he attended another cultural seminar on Small & Mid Business Management certified by the Ministry of Culture & Communication. Today, He is part of the movement called KYEYATIS: an Art Academy designed to promote Haiti's cuisine, music & paintings.

Walgens is in another league. His approach to painting is a bit different since he has mastered a fairly new painting style: Razor Blade Technique. His pieces are unique and defined by a silhouette of colors that strengthen his competitive advantage. His innovative touch, style, texture and technique add value and shape the Haitian Art industry. 

His love for the nature and his educational background inspire him to depict the everyday life & the Haitian landscape. He has already produced for the well known Haitian Rapper Christopher Laroche "Freedom". Below, you will see an abstract portrait he had created depicting the rapper:

Walgens has already sold more than 600 paintings. Over the years, he has built a loyal fan base in Europe. We have already published 2 of his paintings & today he has partnered with us to release his upcoming collection.

Ricky's Wall wanted to share with its audience an event that took place at the White House on June 2016 focusing on the impact of the Caribbean Culture on America and revealing the challenges & opportunities in the Caribbean Market. 
The guests, a panel of Caribbean Musicians, were: Machel Montano & Etienne Charles from Trinidad, Emeline Michel from Haiti & Ryan Leslie from USA.

Enjoy!!!

It has been 8 months already & we would like to share some details with our fan base. The last 4 months have been a bit challenging simply due to forecasted low seasonality in the art market during Summer seasons. Thanks to your support, we have managed to keep it very entertaining.

• We entered the Entry Premium market with 9 paintings from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Barbados & Cuba. These Premium paintings are usually listed for about $1200-$1500 minimum on the market. Ricky's Wall supply chain has allowed us to minimize cost and published those pieces for about half the market price.
• We are now able to frame our paintings based on customer's request. Delivery for our framed pieces is only available in South Florida (Dade, Broward & Palm Beach counties). 
• We continue to WOW our art lovers by exceeding their expectations. We recently sold our most expensive piece and we did capture part of the journey for you.

• Our Newsletter Subscribers had the privilege to make offers on our pieces on 6/18 & 6/19. Ricky was live on the chatroom to seal some of the deals.
• We have replaced the old live chat with a more intuitive & modern interface chat.
• We have also customized our checkout so that Amazon customers can make purchases with their Amazon Account "Amazon Payments".
• We have executed our First Giveaway Contest through Fishbowl Prize and the outcome has been excellent. We had over 800 participants who now became subscribers of our Newsletter. Here is the review that Mary Lynn, the winner, submitted to us:

• We have doubled the amount of our followers on Facebook and we have also announced our first Facebook Prize Giveaway. 
• We are working everyday to improve our SEO performance and once we are satisfied with the results, we will start launching our first Paid Campaigns.

Below is a sample of our customers Feedback (Part 2):

Hang tight!!! New paintings are on the way & very soon we will publish a new collection created by: Walgens Celeus. Support us by following us on Instagram or Facebook, sharing our content and signing up for our Newsletter.