Monumental

  • Walden No. 11

    Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: Inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s book Walden; or, Life in the Woods, the Walden series addresses the fundamental character of nature. Each piece renders in paint a dynamic arrangement of close-up images of blades of grass captured outside the artist’s home in Eastern Long Island. Taken during the COVID-19 pandemic,…

  • Walden No. 15

    Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: Inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s book Walden; or, Life in the Woods, the Walden series addresses the fundamental character of nature. Each piece renders in paint a dynamic arrangement of close-up images of blades of grass captured outside the artist’s home in Eastern Long Island. Taken during the COVID-19 pandemic,…

  • Walden No. 7

    Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: Inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s book Walden; or, Life in the Woods, the Walden series addresses the fundamental character of nature. Each piece renders in paint a dynamic arrangement of close-up images of blades of grass captured outside the artist’s home in Eastern Long Island. Taken during the COVID-19 pandemic,…

  • No air, no sun, no water

    Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: This monumental relief work, created from galvanized wire mesh, evolved over the course of a year through a labor-intensive process of cutting, shaping, and layering the material. Composed of hundreds of individually formed elements, the dense structure creates an organic landscape that simultaneously evokes lush vegetation, coral formations, and microscopic…

  • The New Renaissance

    Additional Artwork Images: Artwork Description: The New Renaissance is an oil on canvas painting that reflects my journey as a Filipino artist living far from home in search of knowledge, inspiration, and purpose through art. Set in the historic heart of Europe, it brings together the grandeur of the past and the possibilities of the…

  • Quick nap

    Artwork Description: A woman is lying on her bedspread, fully dressed, in a moment that could be a quick, refreshing 10-minute power nap or a tense pause during a difficult day. No matter the circumstances, as she starts to drift off, she is enveloped in a warm, comforting sense of sleep, where all troubles fade…