It’s a cold and rainy day outside Patrick Eugene’s studio in Atlanta, but as you walk in, you immediately feel the warmth of his art.

Eugene started painting at 27. He’s self-taught and doesn’t use photos for reference.

“Every piece that I paint has a flower or plant somewhere in the piece, and that’s an ode to my mother and grandmother. I grew up being my mother’s assistant with gardening,” he said.

Eugene is Haitian-American. He tries to honor his heritage through his work. Now, elements of that Caribbean culture are gracing the handbags of one of the most iconic French fashion houses.

The Atlanta artist was handpicked by Dior to reinterpret the brand’s Lady Dior handbag for the 10th anniversary edition of its Dior Lady Art Project.

“Instantly, I felt this was something way larger than myself. So rather than translating a work directly onto the bag, I honored Haiti. I titled the series the Pearl of the Antilles,” he said.

Haiti earned the nickname during the French colonial era because of the immense wealth made from its coffee and sugar production. It was considered France’s richest colony in the 18th century.

From 1791 to 1804, Haitians revolted against the French, resisting the European country’s colonial exploitation.

“It’s a phrase that they didn’t get to necessarily benefit from. It’s a beautiful phrase; it sounds rich, it sounds elegant, and that’s what the people of Haiti are. So, I wanted to reclaim that for them,” Eugene said.

Each of his bags is designed to reflect Haiti’s hilly landscape, adorned with a pearl, and brought to life through his signature color palette. Eugene created digital mockups, wrote an essay about why the opportunity was important to him, and sent it to the Dior team.

“They received it beautifully and flew out to my studio here in Atlanta with suitcases of materials,” he recalled. “We sat down for hours clipping various materials on the bag, what would work, what wouldn’t work.”

Instead of picking one design, Dior chose all three. The bags just premiered at Art Basel Paris and will be showcased at Art Basel fairs around the world.

“This opens up an opportunity to have conversations about the work, but also the narrative about Haiti, which lives through my paintings always, but I found this as a vessel and a way to get this out globally in another way,” Eugene said.

Haitian culture wasn’t always part of Eugene’s work. For years, he focused on abstract pieces, but a trip to Haiti after the catastrophic earthquake in 2010 shifted his focus.

“It changed everything for me, and I went every year after that, and there was something about the people, the resilience of the people, the history of the island that really spoke to me,” he said.

Eugene believes that when you tap into who you are, that’s when doors open.

“I think there’s something genuine about not giving too much of a care about what the outside world feels immediately, and so when I dive into it, it’s spiritual, it’s me and my space,” he said.

You can see more of Eugene’s work on his Instagram page.

A passenger discovered a loaded gun magazine with a mysterious inscription aboard a Frontier Airlines plane at a Georgia airport, sparking a multi-agency probe, according to authorities.

The traveler aboard the Airbus A320 aircraft at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport found a loaded magazine containing ten hollow-point rounds near seat 7A, around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, the Atlanta Police Department said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Frontier Airlines flight was at the gate for a return flight to Cincinnati when the magazine marked with the initials “K H” was found, cops said.

Officers coordinated with the TSA, DOA, Frontier Airlines, the Department of Homeland Security, and Atlanta Police K-9 units after the concerning magazine was reported, authorities added.

The aircraft was deplaned and thoroughly searched. TSA also re-screened all passengers aboard, according to police.

No additional items of concern were found, and the flight departed safely by 7:56 p.m., cops said.

The FBI has been notified of the incident.

Frontier Airlines told Fox5 that the loaded magazine belonged to a law enforcement officer who had flown on the same aircraft before the flight out of Atlanta.

 “A subsequent investigation confirmed that the ammunition belonged to a law enforcement officer who was on an earlier flight on the same aircraft,” the airline told the outlet in a statement.

“The ammunition and magazine were taken into the custody of the Atlanta Police Department, and the property owner was referred to Atlanta P.D. to retrieve his items.”

An Atlanta police source, however, told the outlet that investigators have not yet confirmed that claim.

Frontier Airlines did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

“I’ve heard of a lot of delays, canceled flights, but I’ve never heard of this before. This is brand new,” traveler Terry Foster told the outlet.