I am originally from the Philippines and went to art college at Otis Parsons in Los Angeles and Parsons in Paris where I finished with a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration/Graphic Design. I currently live and work in Edinburgh where I completed the Figurative course at Leith School of Art in 2017. I am currently working on an exploration of the Baroque period with particular attention to colour palette and tenebrism while listening to the music of Indochine.
My work includes figure studies, portraits and still life paintings worked in oil or watercolour. I also do commissioned dog portraits in oil. My work has a slow meditative quality with passages of restless brushwork with dramatic use of colour and light. I currently exhibit with the Nak.Ed.Art collective – a group of artists from the Saturday Life Drawing sessions at Leith School of Art.
CV
WORK
Director, Gifcaf Limited, Edinburgh
(2011 – 2016)
Director, Macaroni Limited, Edinburgh
(2003 – 2015)
Freelance graphic design, Manila
(1998 – 2002)
In-house Art Director for Advertising, Bench, Manila
(1993 – 1998)
EDUCATION
Centre for Open Learning, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh
Various (Sept 2017 -March 2018)
Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
Figurative course with Alan McGowan (August 2016 – June 2017)
Parsons in Paris, Paris
(September 1987 – June 1989)
Graduated BFA Communication Design/Illustration
Otis Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles
(September 1985 – June 1987)
EXHIBITIONS
Quartet, The Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
November 2017
Co-figuration, Plockton Village Hall
May 2018
With the Nak.Ed.Art Collective
November 2018, St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh
June 2019, Edinburgh Ski Rooms, Edinburgh
