Owner + Oreo!

I got to finish a 70x55cm pen and ink work! I think the last one I made was on September and I missed working on a scale that large. My housemate Gel brought her dog Oreo who kept me company for a bit!

My subject is a custom built jeep, usually called "owner's" here in the Philippines. This would fall on my Inanimates series. Enjoy!

in the making. my lamp was right next to me so the paper didn't seem that brown

Oreo!

I'm one of the 200!

The commute to SM North from Mandaluyong was relaxing. I've been indoors too long that a little fresh air (is there such a thing in Manila?) was needed. I dared not to take the MRT since the trains are packed at 5pm-6pm. Plus I love bus rides.

Other works of participating artists

At the End of the Day

At the end of the day. That was a line I learned several years ago when I was in the BPO industry. That line was used so many times by so many people that I ended up using it too.

Line Art

I'm a bit concerned today about my hand not being as steady as it used to be. Maybe too much coffee. I'll make more of these before I work on anything major. Enjoy viewing:)

to consider
23x30cm

on a day
23x30cm

Black and white...then I used some red. Then Orange... Then...

I just felt like painting flowers and it was relaxing. It was nice to use red. and orange. and... black. hehehe.

with good intentions
30x45

in everything i said
30x45

Pinoy Print Makers + Regalo Art Exhibit

I got to meet the folks behind the Pinoy Print Makers. They are wonderful people and their art is amazing. I first encountered their prints in Absence (art exhibit) at the Manila Contemporary. Printmaking wasn't much of an interest to me back then, most likely because of my lack of technical know how on the medium, but after the lecture I attended which was facilitated by Ambie Abiano with several artists who were demonstrating the process such as Benjamin Turado Cabrera (the cousin of BenCab) and Angelo Magno, it got my interest in trying out the intricate process of creating one.  I was invited by Ambie to visit their studio.

Saturday at the MET Museum: Etched by Acid x100 Lecture on Printmaking and Picasso

Picasso. I remember his name because in the Batman film by Tim Burton (starring Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, and Jack Nicholson) there was a scene was when the Joker had a victim and revealed his victim's "jokered" face to Batman and said "It's no Picasso, but I hope you like it!" After that phrase was said by Joker, my curiosity got me going to the school library to find out who this Picasso was (I was about 8 or 9 years old). I didn't appreciate his works back then since I was into comic book illustrators (I thought Picasso was a Jim Lee or Todd McFarlane of some sort). As i grew up and saw more of his art (from his early works and his different phases), I grew to like them, appreciate them, and, well, there is nothing but praise about his talent!


On December 10 I was invited by a friend of my uncle, Ms. Ambie Abaño, to attend her lecture on Printmaking and Picasso's prints. Ambie is an amazing artist who won several awards and teaches in UP. My uncle Bruno (a French man who I consider as an uncle since he's a good friend of my mom) met her in Paris while she was studying and he talked about me so that's how I got to meet Ambie and made the world a bit smaller!

The ground floor gallery had at least a hundred original prints (yes, I had a bit of Stendhal Syndrome then) by Picasso and there were moment's when I would stand facing his art and get lost with the simple and sophisticated pieces.

minotauro ciego guiado por una nina en la noche
(Minotuar led by young girl at night i think). My favorite piece in the exhibit. I had to search this on the web since picture taking wasn't allowed in the gallery