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I have three small paintings, a 12" x 12" bloom painting by Miguel Toni Villanueva, a 9" x 12" painting of a bird house by Renee Avila, and the small Merm painting I bought from Ang INK. For the longest time, these paintings were displayed at the topmost cabinet shelf of my office, placed on small easels. The reason they were displayed as such was because I couldn't decide what type of frame I was going to pair with them. I've been to Frame Plus, Rotech, and an obscure frame shop in Sta. Lucia - and their offerings are kinda limited.

I asked for a quotation on frames similar to the following.

1. For the Renee Avila bird house, I wanted it framed like the Meditteranean seascape painting I bought from Glorietta back in 2014.

I had Frame Plus quote how much this would cost, and they told me it would reach around PhP 2,000.00.

Frameworks Homefront quoted me PhP 800.00. Why not?

For the Merm painting, I wanted the small square painting to be in the center of a rectangular white matting with black frame. See the Pernia painting in the center? The Merm painting is as small as a coaster, imagine it there!

They're kinda full so the frame job will take about two weeks. I am so excited already, can't wait for the paintings to be framed!

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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