You know you’ve been stuck doing the wrong things when you don’t get to spend time with yourself anymore.
I wrote someone just tonight: things have been too noisy in my head.
I’ve been away far too long.
Time to go home, Jo. Time to create again.
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I’ve been planning a proper New York trip in years, and today, one week til I get there, I feel disengaged. Is this the calm before the storm? What happens when I get to NYC, the art capital of the world? Will I meet my creative mentor? Is that what this trip is about?
Proceeds of the following works will be donated to rebuild efforts for #YolandaPH survivors. Please let me know at montalut@gmail.com if you’re interested to buy!
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When Supertyphoon Yolanda hit last November 8, 2013, I was stunned. Along with the rest of the Philippines (and the world), I went through disbelief, helplessness, anger, grief and the nagging cry for hope amidst the despair.
The first two drawings are based on images I kept seeing online and on TV: the streets of Tacloban following the storm. They were drawn in the spirit of rebuilding not just physical lives (sale proceeds will go to actual rebuilding efforts), but also to offer a hand of healing. To borrow from the core vision of YolandaPH Good News, an informal support group I put up online:
There is good news in #YolandaPH, we have to believe that it is out there. Let’s rebound on each other for support and a generous dose of the indomitable Pinoy spirit.
Prices are suggested below, but please feel free to add a little more if so prompted.
*Proceeds will go to #RebuildPH initiatives of the Tao Kalahi Foundation, doing relief work in Northern Palawan (the Tao founders are personal friends and I can vouch for their work 100%. Regular updates are posted on their facebook page), and Gawad Kalinga Typhoon Yolanda Operation: Walang Iwanan (GK has become a byword in my circle of friends, thanks to Mark Lawrence Cruz who is a dedicated GK worker and leader. I think GK is one of the best examples of effective, far-reaching and lasting developmental efforts in the country today).
Yolanda I 21.5 x 14.5″ China ink and dermatograph on bristol board Ink resist technique
Price: P3,000
November 19, 2013
100% of sale proceeds pledged for #RebuildPH
Yolanda II 21.5 x 14.5″ China ink and dermatograph on bristol board Ink resist technique Price: P3,000
November 19, 2013
100% of sale proceeds pledged for #RebuildPH
Here are old artworks that I’m also selling for Yolanda:
Every cry is an unknotting. 18 x 12 inches Acrylic on paper 2010 Price: 5,000
El Nido 18 x 12 inches Acrylic on paper 2010 Price: 5,000
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Below are works by my classmates, Axie and Ariel:
Axie Cajili is 17 years old and a freshman at UP Fine Arts. She is pledging one of her sculptures, which I think is a great work, for YolandaPH rebuild efforts.
Untitled 23 x 26 x 21 cm Plaster sculpture Artist: Axie Cajili Price: P5,000
This is an autobiographical piece. Work in progress. Artist intends to paint it.
100% of sale proceeds pledged for #RebuildPH
This next piece is by another classmate, Ariel Napile, who is a social realist painter.
Kaisipan 30″x20″ Oil on Canvas 2012 Artist: Ariel Napile Please contact montalut@gmail.com for pricing
Ipinapakita ang dalawang bahagi maaring tunggalian o ugnayan ng dalawang magkaibang kaisipan.
Mountain and sea.
Oil pastel on board.
20×30 inches.
December 17, 2013
#drawing #painting #beach #elnido
As a finale to the Adopt-a-Master series for drawing class (I chose to make tributes to Van Gogh), we were asked to do an open composition in the same size, this time in our own style. Teacher gave us this peg: “Years from now, when I search your name online, this work should come out.” Surprisingly this took more effort than an adaptation, and there was tremendous pressure –self-inflicted yes, but junormous just the same– to reduce my vision to a single work. As with all plates though, it was the deadline that gave the push to proceed with the work, and here I had it…a landscape piece of the mountains and seas of El Nido, Palawan, where I spent some of my most adventurous travels a few years ago.
