An Old Student Visits After A Passage Of 15 Years

General Percy Barba of the Philippine National Police, formerly Provincial Director in Northern Luzon before he retired, dropped by this morning. He'd joined me on major Spirit Quests in the past. He is an excellent scanner.

Before he left I gave him two things to remember me by: a talismanic necklace and my acrylic painting Ancient Bones, which was exhibited at the Cultural Center of the Philippines during Tatlong Tabing: Tatlong Dula Ni Tony Perez.

2015: Four of The Seven Philippine Winds: Cabunghan, Salatan, Habagat, Amihan

Four of The Seven Philippine Winds: Cabunghan, Salatan, Habagat, Amihan

Oil on Canvas

24 feet x 6 feet

January 10 - February 25, 2015

These four paintings were made to hang in the front office of Grande Island Resort. They depict four of the seven Philippine winds: Cabunghan (the east wind), Salatan (the west wind), Habagat (the southwest wind), and Amihan (the northeast wind). The paintings also represent four of the towns that surround Grande Island: Zambales, Olongapo, Pampanga, and Bataan; and the times of day (sunrise, high noon, sunset, and moonrise).  The story of Filipino civilization is suggested in these paintings: the life of the indigenous peoples, the settling of the Muslims, an angel heralding the arrival of the Spanish, and the introduction of finery following colonization by Spain.

The paintings use the motif of fans and wind instruments symbolizing the four different winds.

[The seven Philippine winds are Amihan, from the northeast, Timog, from the south, Habagat, from the southwest, Canaway, from the northwest, Cabunghan from the east, Dumagsa, from the southeast, and Salatan, from the west.]

Extreme Left Panel: Cabunghan, Zambales
January 10 - February 22, 2015

Left Panel: Salatan, Olongapo
January 10 - February 22, 2015

Right Panel: Habagat, Pampanga
January 10 - February 24, 2015

Extreme Right Panel: Amihan, Bataan
January 10 - February 25, 2015