Shining Still

Winners of the 2008 Maningning Miclat Art Competition

Arts, poetry, songs and dance reigned at the awards night of the 2008 Maningning Miclat Art Competition held at the Art Plaza of the Shangri-la Plaza Mall on September 24.

The 2nd prize went to the painting, Yes, I’m Alive by Sherwin Callejo of Technological University of the Philippines. Rudolf Serrano, also of Earist, won the 3rd prize for his Bloomingly Red Night. The latter was also declared Art Circle Gallery favorite.
The competition, sponsored by the Maningning Miclat Art Foundation, in cooperation with the Art Circle Gallery and Shangri-la Plaza, attracted more than 80 entries from 20 universities, colleges and schools from Luzon and the Visayas. The board of judges short-listed 38 paintings for exhibit/sale at Shangri-La Plaza Mall from September 19 to 30.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was also held on the awards night to officially open the art exhibit.

Art exhibit

Pics from the 2008 GSIS Art Competition

(image: "Yes Im Alive!" and pic on right side from left: Richard, Ben, Sherwin Callejo on his back painting "Yes Im Alive!", and Julian)

Sumali kami dito kaya lang di pinalad kasi. Ok lang experience na rin saka may pagkain naman eh. Di mo rin talaga aasahan kung sino mananalo. Sabagay first time ko ditong sumali. Better try next time!

After ng exhibit naretrieve ko yung painting ko at naibenta ko ka si Jun ng BDO kaya oks lang bawi lang yung pagod ko at gastos!

The Struggles of an Artist - ANG MAIPAPAYO KO LANG

Hay buhay artist..... para sa mga artist ang sumikat sa kanilang larangan ang kanilang pinakaaasam... siyempre pa para mangyari yan kailangan mong gumawa ng pangalan sa sarili mo at hindi ka dapat tamad. Minsan talaga yan ang sakit naming mga artist eh,.. yang katam. Kaya ayaw namin sa mga karpintero eh.

Pero seryoso dapat magmasipag eh. Magpipinta lang sila pag nasa mood. Hay eh madalas mahirap mong ma-tiyempuhan yun eh.. kasi andyan ang stress pagod sa school o trabaho, at marami pang iba. Kapos din minsan sa budget pambili ng oil paints na mamahalin saka brush. Kaya minsan nagtatyaga na lng sa Maries at chinese brush na madaling malagas.



Pag me art competition aktibo ka dapat dyan. Patusin mo lahat kahit pambata para me pera ka - un eh kung mananalo ka. Hiraman sa gamit katulad ng pintura at brush. Kapal ng mukha nila no hehe yan ang kalagayan ng mga sumasali na walang dalang gamit....



Anyway



Pag talagang kulang sa pera pambili ng gamit dyan dapat pumasok ang pagiging resourceful mo. Patungan mo ung mga painting mo na panget! hehe pero di ko yan inaadvice ah, pag alang-ala ka talaga yun lang. Mangutang ka pero sigurado mo na babayaran mo yon. Sabihin mo gagawa ka ng piyesa at pag nagawa yon sabihin mong tataas ang presyo non sa hinaharap, mga after 50 years pa!



Sa style mo siyempre ok lang ang manggaya. kasi wala namang artist na original lahat may pinaggayahan kaya lang nag-root out lng sila sa sila nakapag establish ng kani-kanilang style.



Minsan maging sipsip ka sa mga art gallery na kilala mo. matututlungan ka rin nila balang araw. baka i-show ka nila di ba at ilapit sa mga buyer.



Siyempre pag may buyer ka na wag kang maging gahaman sa pera na itataas mo kaagad ang price ng painting mo kahit di ka pa sikat. Ung quality ng painting mo at painting materials dapat tumataas. yan ang hinahanap ng mga art critics eh. Applied yan ah kahit sa mga sculptors.
Maging aware sa mga nangyayari sa art scene dito sa Pinas at sa world lalu na.

D naman masama mangarap pre... Basta masipag ka at maangas! Tapangan mo lang yan!

(image: "Strengthened" by sherwin callejo oil and acrylic on canvas 32 x 46 inches 2007)

Painting from Strokes and Colors

Details

An award winning surreal abstract artist Sherwin callejo is now perfecting his style of painting with the concept entitled DETAILS which focuses on the idea of using slashing strokes of adjacent and intersecting lines with the incorporation
of an enormous amount of hue in his works. A cum laude graduate of Technological University of the Philippines last 2008, he continues on elaborating his styles and themes on his studio in Taguig. Although influenced by the styles of Basquiat and Bacon, he manages to root out with these masters and establishing his own style and name in the field of visual art
in the Philippines. (images: Regeneration and Juxtaposition oil on canvas)