PaintByWord
What’s the first thing you think of when looking at this painting? (in ONE or TWO words)
Congrats to Patrick Hawkins for winning the last PBW: ‘Magma’. I’ll be making an illustration based on his word which I’ll exhibit in my solo show, and he’ll be getting an art print of it.
Next PBW goes up [...]
What’s the first thing you think of when looking at this painting? (in ONE or TWO words)
Congrats to Joshua A. Haynes for winning the last PBW: ‘Contort’. I’ll be making an illustration based on his word which I’ll exhibit in my solo show, and he’ll be getting an art print of it.
Next PBW goes [...]
What’s the first thing you think of when looking at this painting? (in ONE or TWO words)
Congrats to Mary Peralta for winning the last PBW: ‘Fetus’. I’ll be making an illustration based on her word which I’ll exhibit in my solo show, and she’ll be getting an art print of it.
Next PBW goes up [...]
What’s the first thing you think of when looking at this painting? (in ONE or TWO words)
Congrats to Alayna Lim for winning the last PBW: ‘Knight (Checkmate)’. I’ll be making an illustration based on her word which I’ll exhibit in my solo show, and she’ll be getting an art print of it.
Next PBW goes [...]
Break Even
Acrylic on wood
A privately commisioned gift for a very talented friend of mine. Hands in my artwork tend to symbolize creativity and taking matters into your own hands. In this case, my friend took a heart-breaking situation and literally used her creative talents to turn things around and empower herself. The fist is [...]
My piece for the ‘Tabi Tabi Po’ Show currently showing at the 1AM Gallery in San Francisco until December 13th.
Mooneater (Bakunawa)
11.5″x36″
Acrylic on wood
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The Bakunawa is a sea serpent from Filipino Folklore. Below is the text from a children’s book:
The Dragon and the Seven Moons
Long ago, there were seven moons
that waxed and waned together.
The people [...]
4″x6″
Acrylic, ink, colored pencil
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Dictionary.com says:
1. the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
She hangs around the branches like a sloth: slow-moving, heavy, and indifferent. She is too tired to work her way up the tree, and doesn’t care much about the world [...]
4″x6″
Acrylic and ink on paper
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Kinesthesia is the sense or sensation of movement, body position, or the movement of muscles, tendons and joints. Coming across this word immediately trigged a vivid memory from when I was nine years old: half bored and half curious, I wondered what it would feel like to feel nothing at [...]
4″x6″
Acrylic and graphite on paper
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J t’aime = “I love you” in French. Thanks for the word, Santi. I decided to go with muter tones this time around– I was getting a little sick from all the superbright rainbow colors and explosions (kind of like the bad feeling you get when you’ve eaten too much [...]
4″x6″
Acrylic, ink, colored pencil
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Ingenue. The beautiful, naive, leading lady–a character that is often repeated in films, theatre, and literature. Wikipedia describes her as gentle, sweet, virginal, and often challenged by another female character–the femme fatale.
This is the fastest illustration I’ve completed by far. 30 minutes. I wish all of them were so easy.
I didn’t [...]
