MY ARTWORKS: March 2008

Saturday, March 15, 2008

"QUARENTA" University of The East Alumnni 1968-2008, Group Exhibit, Cultural Center of The Philippines March 6 08

(From left) Ian Madrigal, Del Garcia & daughter Mitch

Group shots of UE Fine Arts Alumnae

Del Garcia with Remy Boquiren & friends

(From left) Anne, Mitch, Red M. Del & wife Becky & friends .

Del Garcia (Left) with Edgar Arilla,President of U.E Alumni Assciciation

Del Garcia (Right) with female guests in the Opening night

Del with wife Becky

HONEST EXPRESSIONS
texts by : Nick Tayag

Del Garcia About more than a year ago started concentrating on visual painting which his actually his first love. Graduate of Fine Arts Major in Advertising arts at the University of the East School of Music and Arts in 1970. He pursued that carreer to work in a medium size advertising agency for many years and became art editor at the Corporate Communications Office of San Miguel Corporation (they also gave a well appreciated support in this exhibit ) ; transferred again for a short period in another agency and later became a free lance art director up to year 2005 ,after which he started to concentrate on painting which is his first love. Although not touching the brush for so long, the style is in his mind but now started executing it.

The theme is basic: Nature- favourite subjects are tress and brooks. He started painting trees as a small child using poster colors and always challenged to do them giving them as small gifts for friends. The style is more on realistic impressions a little influence from the French impressionists who revolutionized the so called realists on that period . In addition to that, the love for nature and its elements is reinforced by the consciousness of concerned citizens to preserve the environment

Del believes that a painting to capture the reality of the subject need not be so polished (although he did some polished and not so polished ones for the experience), but has highly respect to all artist who does that method. Only for him it is safe art compared to singing without ‘belting’ or soaring to high notes. Impressions are bold brave strokes, daring, who’s spontaneity has good results, achieving realism and more manifestations of feelings. Oil, acrylic specially watercolour has mind of its own these mediums has good abilities they are good vehicles only it’s up to the driver how to handle it. Another analogy is a signature of a person, signature is spontaneous projecting the character of a person one’s fine tuned no longer, his signature,no longer an Honest Expression.

Take the case of the so called ‘plein painters’ painters who execute paintings on the spot- Del admire the beauty of spontaneity because they have to catch up with the moving time, existing daylights and soon realizing the good results that the paintings has movements. Although Del take pictures of landscape from camera he tries to to do it in spontaneity, tries to put himself on the time he’s taking those subjects.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

"QUARENTA" University of The East Alumnni 1968-2008, Group Exhibit, Cultural Center of The Philippines March 6 08

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