Body Art Tattoo Expo

i will be illustrating for cruz creations and da underground tattoo at cow palace this coming weekend. this will be a drawing marathon for me. 12 hours a day for 3 days i'll be with my pencil and drawing pad. i'll be doing on the spot tattoo designs from 20 bucks up. check it out... http://www.bodyartexpo.com/MAIN.PHP

cruz creations website: http://www.cruzcreationstattoo.com/

OVERMAPPED

i'm excited to be part of this. first time i'll be exhibiting with mr. carlos villa plus ofcourse a group of other talented artists. i'll be showing 2 huge pieces, banner style. come over if you have time.



A Cartography of Filipino American Visual Arts Curated by Rico Reyes

April 5th - 25th, 2007
Reception April 5th, 5:30 - 7:30pm

The artists presented are Filipino, Filipino American, American Filipino, scholars of Philippine Studies or Pinoyphiles, marking the growth and development of the Filipino visual arts community; Overmapped is a pause, to look, and take stock of what is happening with young artists, established artists and their career trajectories, with hobbyists who find themselves deep in serious artmaking, along with many others.

These artists represent the various points on the arc of Filipino, American visual art, points defined by both artists and the academia and institutions. They address gender and sexuality, race, ethnicity, or otherness, material and formalism, conceptual and avant-garde, established and emerging. There are many points on the arc, one artist may occupy many points simultaneously, or a point might be occupied by more than one artist.

The artists are Melba Abela, Terry Acebo-Davis, Matias Aguilar, Yason Banal, Genara Banzon, The Barrionics, Eliza Barrios, Elaine Benisano, Leo Bersamina, Emily Caisip, Danilo Cuevas, Ariel Erestingcol, Robert Gutierrez, England Hidalgo, Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza, Allyn Nobles, Marcius Noceda, Johanna Poethig, Carlo Ricafort, Angela Silva, Alberto Vajrubukka, Charles Valoroso, Carlos Villa, Mel Vera Cruz, & Jenifer Wofford.

Say Hello To My Little Friend

here is a drawing i did of al pacino as scarface. i used photoshop and my wacom pen. i am planning on drawing celebrities for my portfolio and i started with this.

Birds and Our Apple Tree

we have an apple tree in our backyard. I've always been fascinated taking photos of this apple tree. i think it's because of the contrast between the blue sky ang the brown-green branches plus the rotten apples. i like rotten stuff because i can relate. maybe because i'm getting old. even when i paint, i don't really bother to correct mistakes because that's the way it should be. sometimes when we think that we made errors... there will come a time that everything will weave together. that's always the case for me. making mistakes is natural.

i was lucky to have birds posing during those moments.

Arroyo Park

No it's not gloria's. it's a park about 2 blocks from my house here in union city. millette and i took miro for play 2 days ago. it was very cold that morning but i was able to draw this scene with a little help from our son miro. i cannot finish this piece without him trying some colors out. that doodle on the lower right was his. he was just trying to live up to his name i guess :-)