Female narratives on canvas
A blossoming of lush creativity is now on display at ARTablado in Robinsons Antipolo, where the works of six female artists are in the spotlight. “Her Art, Her Story: Celebrating Women’s Narratives” explores themes of identity, resilience and the pursuit of dreams as conjured by Aed Solis, Dolores Van Duijvenbode, Elizabeth Esguerra Castillo, Mary Joy Ann Cruz Tuaño, Maxi Cajayon Tungol and Yam Tamayo. All six are members of the ARTipolo Group.
Pol Mesina, head of ARTipolo, chose the six artists for the ARTablado exhibit because of their distinct styles and their surprising use of color.
Solis started out by combining social realism with pastels but has evolved to realism using acrylics.
A classically trained artist in charcoal portraiture, Van Duijvenbode describes her art style as “intuitive” and based on strongly-felt emotions.
Aside from being a visual artist, Castillo is an author, journalist and poet. The intuitive artist has participated in local and international exhibits where her abstract, expressionist and surrealist style has been on display.
Tuaño describes her style of creating as a “progressive artistic experiment” and likens the act of painting to cooking a meal.
Tamayo is a practicing lawyer and a self-taught artist. She describes her abstract works as “out of the box” because she wants the end result to feel random and unplanned—like “a colorful mess …”
Tungol is another self-taught artist who bravely works with mixed media. She is known for combining different paints such as oil, acrylic, gouache and raw, powdered pigments with lace, gems, sand and charcoal.
Tamayo put it best when she said, “If the eyes are the window to the soul, I would say a painting is a reflection of one’s innermost being. It is never impersonal. It is you, but in bits and pieces, in curves and lines, in drips and spots.”
“We continue to partner with ARTablado because it provides us artists with a platform to showcase our works and to reach a wider audience,” Mesina said, adding that its location inside Robinsons Antipolo makes it accessible to both art enthusiasts and mallgoers alike.
“Her Art, Her Story: Celebrating Women’s Narratives” runs until Aug. 31 at ARTablado in Robinsons Antipolo.
