MakiSining Joins Philippine Art Awards

Several members of MakiSining: The Makiling Art Group, an art organization founded in Los Baños, Laguna last July 2011; joined the prestigious biennial Philippine Art Awards.  Members travelled to Taguig last 6 Aug 2011 to submit their artworks. Check them out below.  




Marvin Oloris (left) and Doel Mercado registering their artworks





Marvin Oloris' "KUNG BAKIT KASI PALIKURAN ANG TINAWAG SA PALIKURAN, 4 ft by 5 ft. Oil on canvas. Funny, fantastic and different concept. Excellent skill and execution. Guess who's the model?

Doel Mercado's MERCADO, DOEL, Mixed Media on canvas, 4ft by 6 ft. His autobiography in code. The box in the frame is his casket. Again, a style not found in any artworks i've seen. Very unique. Doel is a GSIS Art Competition Juror's Choice awardee last 2009.

Emil Rivas (left with sunglasses) and Turing Cruz (white shirt and holding green envelope) registering their artworks.

 

Emil Rivas' MY BREAD AND BUTTER, Oil on canvas. Don't know the size probably between 3x4 and 2x3 ft. Great concept of an artist's livelihood. Highly skilled impressionist/realism execution. Pork Adobo anyone? 




Turing Cruz's EXODUS, Oil on canvas, roughly 3 ft by 4 ft. An excellent abstract interpretation of a biblical event. Can you see Moses?

Nilo Delos Santos (seated with checkered shirt) and Dante Palmes (right) registering their work.

Dante Palmes' AMEN. Acrylic on canvas, 4 ft by 5 ft. Fantastic technique and execution using acrylic. Good concept also. Dante is a 2-time finalist and a one-time Juror's choice awardee, all in his first year to compete,  at the GSIS art competition. This picture do no justice to the artwork. You need to see the painting up close to really see Dante's mastery of his craft. 

Nilo Delos Santos' CREATION, acrylic on canvas, roughly 2ft by 3 ft. Colorful abstract rendition of another biblical event (or not). Pink doesn't scare Nilo. Real men wear pink hehe.

My painting - NAINIP NA SI BANTAY SA TAGAL NG HININTAY, Acrylic on canvas, 3 ft by 4 ft. This is a fun play on the progress of communication. Today messages are sent within milliseconds via SMS and thru emails much to chagrin of our beloved guard dogs. When I see a postman, sometimes I think that they are a dying breed - an endangered species.  See if you can find four letter envelopes, a mailbox, postman's bag, clock, picket fence, and a motorcycle in the painting. There are other items there also.

Another MakiSining member, Ritche Yee, a grand prize winner at the recently concluded GSIS art competition, submitted his artwork in Mindanao. I don't have a pic of his artwork. Sorry.

More on MakiSining - The art group will hold its activities and operate around 6 localities lying at the foothills of Mt. Makiling namely, Alaminos, Calamba City, Calauan, Bay, Los Baños, and Sto. Tomas, Batangas.  Its members are composed of decorated, student, veteran, professional and amateur visual artists and photographers.  The group hopes to promote art awareness and appreciation in the places mentioned.

In the future, MakiSining hopes to equal other prime art hot spots in the Philippines such as Angono, Rizal and Baguio.

ART WORK RETRIBUTION

MakiSining's Dante Alarcon's painting for the GSIS competition proudly displayed with the GSIS finalists and top paintings in the main hallway of the GSIS Museum. Thanks to the GSIS and Art Association of the Philippines for this.