Art in the Park 2016

I visited Art in the Park 2016 with a mission in mind. Last April 3, 2016, Kim and I braved the drive from the suburbs of Quezon City and Antipolo to Makati, and looked for parking. Quite a challenge to find a good parking spot yet again, and we ended up parking in Paseo Center, which was a good block away from Salcedo Park. I was insistent on going to Art in the Park because I wanted to visit the booth of Ang INK and purchase more magnets for my reminders board in the office. I was able to purchase quirky magnets last year for PhP 70.00 each.

When we got there, I headed straight to Ang INK's booth, but they didn't have any magnets. What they had though was my Ateneo batchmate's, Jomike Tejido's, Sanctuaries coloring book. It features about 30 coloring plates based on his banig paintings.

His banig paintings by the way were sold out before lunch.

Jomike was also there so I asked him to sign the 2 coloring books that I purchased. Yay!

Kim and I went around - I'm quite relieved that they have multiple cashiers this year. Last year, we had a challenge waiting in line for the painting, canvas bag, and magnets that I purchased.

In support of Museum Foundation of the Philippines, I purchased a nice fan from their booth. Keeping it in the car in case I have to wait in a parked car with the windows down.

We also passed by the booths of Vinyl on Vinyl where I looked for paintings of Anjo Bolarda. I was never able to move on from being unable to purchase Anjo Bolarda's Harmony of Change from the Silent Auction in Greenbelt last 2014 - and all because my car broke down on me in EDSA. How hateful. Unfortunately, Vinyl on Vinyl had none of his paintings for the event.

Two stalls down was Cevio's Art Haus, and they had paintings of Keith Paras which were priced rather good. A small painting of his was around PhP 12,000.00++ with 5% discount of the list price. I was particularly interested in a larger piece which was at PhP 19,200.00 without the discount.

I have been wanting to own a Keith Paras painting and I would have purchased the larger piece, had Kim not stopped me. He wanted me to purchase a watch that I have been looking into buying for 3 months already.

He hurriedly dragged me out of the park, and practically pushed me to drive to Glorietta to go to Meridien to purchase the watch.

Hugot at Cevio Art Haus

I was quite happy receiving this invite today. I am so going to attend!

Merm by Benedict Reyna of Ang INK

Here's my proud purchase from yesterday's Art in the Park. This could be possibly the most affordable painting in the event yesterday. I visited my Ateneo high school batch mate, Jomike Tejido, in the Ang INK booth and that's where I met the artist, Benedict Reyna, and saw this cute painting of his:

The painting is acrylic on a 6" x 6" canvas. Very very cute! Now all I need is a mini easel, and I can prop it up next to my other small paintings!

Art in the Park 2015

Another Art in the Park has passed. And their payment scheme is still so inconvenient. I'll also be posting pictures of what I bought from this year's Art in the Park, but for now, I'm sharing photos of the various artworks featured by the galleries this year:

Assemblage at Cevio Art Haus

We had the chance to spend a lovely evening last night at the opening of the exhibit of Joey and Dexter Simsim in Cevio Art Haus in Bo. Kapitolyo. Aptly titled Assemblage, the two-man show of the brothers from Baguio, was a success.

The brothers opening words were a background of how they discovered contemporary art. Both are quite adept at realistic paintings, and it shows in their current work how they were able to beautifully combine their skill with their vision.

Cevio served drinks and light snacks, and other artists and some collectors were happily mingling about. Kat followed, and she enjoyed the exhibit as well. 

Collecting art can be such a dreadful vice! There wasn't a painting in the exhibit I didn't want to take home!

The price of most of the artworks were quite reasonable, although I have yet to pay for my commission work with my friend, Franco, so I thought it best to practice restraint. And for a nightcap, Kat Pauso brought us to Greenfield District's midnight flea market, where I saw some beautiful paintings by Joey Agbayani, one of which I was so tempted to purchase! See the beautiful painting of Eiffel Tower from the river Seine in the centre? It's absolutely adorable!

Excited About Assemblage in Cevio Art Haus

Kim and I have another busy day tomorrow. In the morning, we will be meeting Marina Monina Ceriola because we will be purchasing another painting of hers. Then from there, we proceed to Ayala Museum, where I get free entrance being an Ayala employee. In the evening, which we're both quite excited about, we will be attending an exhibit opening in Cevio:

I'll be sure to post pictures of our busy art-filled Saturday!

Fleur Bleu by Miguel Toni Villanueva

I finally found time this week to claim the painting I purchased from Cevio Art Haus. It was part of their A Hundred Blooms exhibit - which in fact contained more than a hundred 12" x 12" flower paintings.

It had been sitting on my desk for 2 days as I was trying to decide whether I wanted it framed and hung in my little office which I envisioned to look like a mini-gallery.

Then, chancing upon those mini-easels in Daiso for PhP 88.00, I decided to display the picture like this:

Fleur Bleu, Acrylic on 12" x 12" canvas, Miguel Villanueva

Provides the right moment's peace on the table, don't you think?

A Hundred Blooms in Cevio Art Haus

We got caught up in the Sanso Museum yesterday we were unable to go to the opening of A Hundred Blooms in Cevio's Art House. My friend, Kat Pauso, was able to attend though, with her daughter Kallie. Kallie asked her mom to purchase a flower painting - it was priced at PhP 1,000.00. She was so encouraged by the flower paintings that she saw that she declared to her mother that she will be drawing flowers and will be selling them in the lobby of their condo. 

Below is the painting the mother and daughter purchased last night. Its acrylic on 12" x 12" canvas by James Imperial. 

Kim and I decided to take a side trip to Cevio on the way home tonight. We passed by, and was able to speak to the caretaker if we could see the exhibit. He obliged. 

The exhibit was composed of over a hundred 12" x 12" canvases. The media used were acrylic, oil, and MMC. 

They were presented like checkerboard tiles in the gallery - very cute concept.

Kim liked this painting:

A piece made by Miguel Toni Villanueva. While browsing through the other artworks on display, I sent an SMS to Kat confirming which pieces she acquired. As it turns out, she purchased the other Miguel Toni Villanueva painting, an acrylic masterpiece on canvas. 

So I knew I had to get the painting Kim liked, so that Miguel Villanueva's paintings would be owned by two college friends. Spoke to the caretaker, and left him my contact details, so that I could place a bid on the painting. 

I really love going to Cevio. One of the reasons I do is because of Keith Paras. It was in this gallery where I discovered his paintings - they had a very Klimt feel to them. Below is a snapshot of a Keith Paras painting that was shown in ManilArt 2014.

And here's another Keith Paras painting we found in Cevio while browsing through the blooms:

Please feel free to visit Cevio, below are their contact information:

Cevio Art Haus

60 San Isidro St., Brgy Kapitolyo, Pasig

tel. no. 02.6564931

open from 12:00PM to 8:00PM