Do you ever include your personal experiences in your works? I do sometimes. I cant recall which ones but I know Ive done a series of works that are biographical in nature. Your paintings had some air of adultery in them Well, the problem with paintings is people tend to overanalyze them. Is there a...

The works of Marcel Antonio belong to an expressive and non-literary tradition of storytelling. He began his career in 1983 while still a sophomore at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts. He was talented and his art had a sense of magical realism, brimming with quirky contemporary...

Vic Salta is a legendary art collector in the seventies who opened Artistree gallery in Shangri la Plaza to make first-rate works of art available to learned collectors. He chose not to deal with ordinary pieces and decided instead to carry paintings by the Old and Modern Masters in Philippine art whose...

One of the most respected and most experienced among gallery owners in the Philippines, Evita Sarenas has earned the reputation for launching the careers of many young and promising artists in the Philippines. She started specializing in the works of the Modern Masters in the early eighties and was the...

Italian-born beauty Silvanna Ancelloti-Diaz has spent the last thirty-two years in the Philippines promoting and exhibiting the works of the countrys blue-chip and contemporary artists. After settling in Manila following a long stay in New York, she tried her hands on organizing exhibitions for Miladay...

The most respected and most experienced among gallery owners in the Philippines, Evita Sarenas has earned the reputation for launching the careers of many young and promising artists in the Philippines. She started specializing in the works of the Modern Masters in the early eighties and was the recognized...

I love my job because it challenges my person, says artist and art restorer, June Dalisay. Its a relationship between myself and the object infront of me. I have always wanted to become a doctor but we could not afford it back then so to me my job challenges my skills in handling tools. It gives me so...

Have you heard of the Guinness World Records? The Philippines had been included in the Guinness Book of Records as the Biggest Pair of Shoes the city of Marikina ever had been made out of leather and these shoes have been exhibited around the country for people to see. This year, the OTSAA (On The Spot...

There is something beguiling about painting new and spectacular flora. They infiltrate our reception of images and they carry particular poignancy. The sweetness of a nightingale and the tranquility of white orchids create an airy ambience displaying a shared sensibility: tender, delicate, sensual, graceful,...

Last Feburary 4, 2006, the Immaculate Conception Academy (ICA) celebrated its seventieth anniversary with the theme, "Excellence and Service Towards a Transformed Society." The ICA Alumnae Association in partnership with the Parent Auxiliary of Batch 2005, are pleased to present a limited edition of...

I just realized that I have been teaching for almost eight years now. In the beginning, I thought it would be easy as I promise myself that I would only be teaching for five years. I was wrong, I never thought I would stay this long. The hardest thing for me to do was letting go of my students. Before...

Landscape artists invariably have a love of their environment and this is clearly seen in the works of young artist, Adler Llagas. The rolling hills and mountains of Rizal and Laguna figure largely in his works. The yellow rice fields and the mountains are his favorite subjects as his childhood memories...