DESAP

TODAY IS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE DISAPPEARED
STOP ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES NOW!
JUSTICE FOR ALL VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES!
*the illustration was for the short story
Kabilang sa mga Nawawala by Ricky Lee

he(ART) for children

Last month I was invited to join a group show organized by ECPAT Philippines, the show was an art auction and the profits raised from the event will be directed to the programs that support the children and young people that reside in the ECPAT Home. The ECPAT Home is a temporary shelter for up to 30 child survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. They provide basic needs, educational assistance, legal assistance, case-management and psycho-social support by qualified social workers. The event was held last night and here are some photos of the event.

These are the artworks that I donated for the event.

 

Intro to Dream

16x16 in

Digital media on canvas
 

Dreamscape
16x16 in
Digital media on canvas



Wired for Struggle
16x16 in
Digital media on canvas

End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT Philippines) is a Filipino organization that aims to cease the commercial sexual exploitation of children. ECPAT do extensive advocacy work to influence legislation and policy and provide direct care to survivors of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking.

Since its establishment, ECPAT Philippines has been a leading child protection organisation. ECPAT Philippines is part of a global network of individuals and organisations that aim to cease the commercial sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism and strengthen child protection.

More information about the work of ECPAT Philippines can be seen via the website www.ecpatphilippines.com.

The event was held at The Bar (formerly Penguin) @ 1951 Adriatico Street Malate with performances by Flippin Soul Stompers, Talahib and J-Hoon Balbuena.

PS: A little update, Alice Jalland, the organizer of the event just told me that all of my artworks were sold! And my artwork Dreamscape is going to Iceland. Ayus!:) Thanks again to Alice and ECPAT Philippines for inviting me to this event.

Broken Spaces

Practice, practice.

Rediscovery of the Self

Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up: if not, I'll stay down here till I'm somebody else.- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Last month I was invited by my good friend Carlo Reyes of Vinyl on Vinyl gallery to a group show for the advance release of the book Power of Balance by Clint Mendoza. We were asked to interpret his book about life balance and this is what I came up with:

Rediscovery of the Self
18X24 in
Graphite and Digital media on Canvas

I'm a little hesitant to use paint because I haven't used it for so long
and most of my work is done in Photoshop, so I decided to just draw the line art
and main visual on paper, scan it and tweak it on Photoshop,
added some colors and then print it on canvas.

These are the work-in-progress:

I also did an updated version that sadly didn't make it to the printer on time, but here it is,

and the colored version.

The show was entitled Volition & Stability and it opened last night,

here is the event poster and pictures of the entries.