Originally from the Philippines, I went to Otis Parsons in Los Angeles and Parsons in Paris where I finished with a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration/Graphic Design in 1989. In 2017 I completed the Figurative course at Leith School of Art in Edinburgh where I currently live and work.
The majority of my work are floral paintings though I sometimes accept portrait commissions. I work in oil and sometimes in watercolour. My paintings have a slow, meditative quality with passages of restless brushwork with dramatic use of colour and light. Using the floral structure I combine tenebrism with a colour palette inspired by religious paintings of the Baroque period to capture pathos and evoke an emotional response.
I have exhibited in several group exhibitions in Edinburgh, the most recent a show of floral artwork – Florescence- in August 2021.
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
August 2021, Florescence, The Life Room, Edinburgh
November 2018, With the Nak.Ed.Art Collective, St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh
June 2019, With the Nak.Ed.Art Collective, Edinburgh Ski Rooms, Edinburgh
November 2017, Quartet, The Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
Regina McAndrew Art 