He is now the owner of a framed, original page from The Spirit Questors Komiks titled "Patawad, Enrique".
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Jovi Miroy Visits
Sunday, November 13, 2016. Philosophy professor, stage director, and writer Jovi Miroy visited this morning. We had sisig at M.'s cafe.
He is now the owner of a framed, original page from The Spirit Questors Komiks titled "Patawad, Enrique".
He is now the owner of a framed, original page from The Spirit Questors Komiks titled "Patawad, Enrique".
Sunday, October 30, 2016
An Old Encounter Remembered Anew
http://www.quezon.ph/2005/10/29/paranormal-and-historical/
This photo courtesy of William Manuel Ronquillo:
This photo courtesy of William Manuel Ronquillo:
Interview on _Mars_
October 18, 2016, after a TV interview on _Mars_, hosted by Suzi Abrera and Camille Pratts. Guests with me were Mayton Eugenio and TJ Trinidad. On the extreme right is Agnes S. Caballa, a friend, a writer, a former co-worker, and now a consultant to the show.
The show airs Tuesday, November 1, at 7:10 PM on GMA News TV.
Photo courtesy of _Mars_.
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Denia Claret Visits
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Denia Claret, her son Jayjay, and her granddaughter Lumina visit. Haven't seen Denia in a long, long time. I gave her a framed page from The Spirit Questors Komiks.
Denia Claret, her son Jayjay, and her granddaughter Lumina visit. Haven't seen Denia in a long, long time. I gave her a framed page from The Spirit Questors Komiks.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
The _Cubao By Moonlight Triptych_ (A.K.A. _The Red Cap Trilogy_)
The triptych temporarily hanging in our studio lounge.
_The Midnight Lecture_
_The Seance_
_The Dream_
Monday, June 13, 2016
Sunday, May 29, 2016
The Seance
Tony Perez
Oil on cradled canvas
36" x 36"
May 17 - June 1, 2016
Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are dead. A young member of the Spirit Questors conducts a seance to ask them for messages but he accesses, instead, an old mage who is conducting the same seance. The mage either has also passed away or is alive but in a different location, hence the two candles.
The spirit of Luzon is moving on to the light, taking with her a young girl from the lowlands. The spirit of Mindanao attempts to reach out to the boy but he can neither see nor hear her. The female spirit of the Visayas, on the other hand, prevents the male spirit of the Visayas from communicating with the boy. On the right, the nude man is Naked Truth unwilling to speak to anyone at this time.
Alternatively, there are only four spirits: Luzon moving on with the little girl, and the female in pink (Visayas) preventing the male (Mindanao) from communicating with the boy. The female on the extreme left, therefore, is the alter ego of the boy, while the nude man on the right is the alter ego of the mage.
Again alternatively, we can see the scene as being from the point of view of the mage, who is conducting a seance while seeing himself as he was in the past (the boy).
Oil on cradled canvas
36" x 36"
May 17 - June 1, 2016
Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao are dead. A young member of the Spirit Questors conducts a seance to ask them for messages but he accesses, instead, an old mage who is conducting the same seance. The mage either has also passed away or is alive but in a different location, hence the two candles.
The spirit of Luzon is moving on to the light, taking with her a young girl from the lowlands. The spirit of Mindanao attempts to reach out to the boy but he can neither see nor hear her. The female spirit of the Visayas, on the other hand, prevents the male spirit of the Visayas from communicating with the boy. On the right, the nude man is Naked Truth unwilling to speak to anyone at this time.
Alternatively, there are only four spirits: Luzon moving on with the little girl, and the female in pink (Visayas) preventing the male (Mindanao) from communicating with the boy. The female on the extreme left, therefore, is the alter ego of the boy, while the nude man on the right is the alter ego of the mage.
Again alternatively, we can see the scene as being from the point of view of the mage, who is conducting a seance while seeing himself as he was in the past (the boy).
Friday, May 13, 2016
Monday, April 4, 2016
Old Friends Visit
Armand, Lani, and Karen Cusi, old friends from the second generation years of the Spirit Questors, visited. We had a snack at M.'s cafe. Gave them some antiques and two paintings: Male Nude, Arms On Back Of Chair (gray and black Conte crayon on toned paper) and Study in Charcoal, both made in 2005.
A Former Workshop Participant Visits
Sunday, April 3, 2016. Cora Castro, a former workshop participant, visited with two Spirit Questors and a student for afternoon tea. She lives very far from Cubao. I took this as an opportunity to give her two paintings to remember me by: Left, Still Life with Changing Moon, oil pastels on sandpaper, and Right, Study on Halloween, pastels, a study for my Saint John The Baptist triptych.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
A Student Visits
Meeko Marasigan, a kendo student and one of my current students in magic, came to visit me today. I gave him my oil pastel painting titled Batman.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
A Co-Writer Visits To Catch Up On Old Times
Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Christine Bellen, author of the famous Mga Kuwento Ni Lola Basyang series, visited. Took her to lunch at M.'s cafe and gave her a lot of stuff, including magical stuff, since I am further renovating our living area. Gave her my Waiting for Halloween, a painting in acrylic.
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Art Event For A Cause At Sining Kamalig Cubao, Saturday, February 27, 2016
Louie Sevilla of Nineveh Art Space won my oil pastel painting Angelus at the exhibit, auction, and raffle for the benefit of an impresario afflicted with cancer. The event, organized by Julie Lluch, Alma Miclat, and their associates, was held 6:00 PM Saturday at Sining Kamalig in Ali Mall, Cubao.
Photo by Jeff Solayao
Saturday, February 13, 2016
A Visit From Two Spirit Questors From Previous Years
Ryan Valera and Peachie Dioquino-Valera, two former students who met each other and fell in love while participating in my workshops years ago, visited this afternoon with their six-year-old daughter, Mandala. I took them to a late lunch at M.'s cafe, and then we went to the house, where I gave them lots of stuff since I am trying to clear two rooms to relocate our kitchen in. They reminded me of something I'd forgotten, that today is the anniversary of the Spirit Questors, a group that has been in existence since I founded it in 1996.
I gave them, among other things, two paintings for their house: Left, Tai Toh Kung, God of Medicine, acrylic, which was exhibited at the Cultural Center of the Philippines for my retrospective, and Right, Morning After Overtime, also acrylic, which was exhibited at Sining Kamalig and a study for my Saint John The Baptist triptych.
I gave them, among other things, two paintings for their house: Left, Tai Toh Kung, God of Medicine, acrylic, which was exhibited at the Cultural Center of the Philippines for my retrospective, and Right, Morning After Overtime, also acrylic, which was exhibited at Sining Kamalig and a study for my Saint John The Baptist triptych.
Saturday, January 23, 2016
A Former Co-Worker Visits After We Reune On A Social Medium
Rouel Borja came to visit today, actually to pick up some magical items I'd set aside for him. I gave him, among other things, an old, framed sketch that I made years ago, when we were still together in the workplace.
