Thursday, June 26, 2025

My Beautiful Philippines


  I painted the Golden Anniversary of The Celebration of Philippiine Independence from Spain inspired by a downtown flag raising  event  last June 12, 2025 from a Noontime Cultural Show at Daley Center to a Parade with stopover at Millennium park to the final destination at Buckingham fountain. I wore a red dress, one of 3 colors of Philippine flag: red, blue, yellow. I started the scenario with my figure wearing a bright red dress. And then I met a problem of emphasizing the other major figures of the parade instead of me; a past organizer. When I felt that I should relate what I saw and enjoyed at the fervor and majesty of the moment plus the native bamboo and tropical colors, then I knew I got a painting. I included a poem circa 1992 which I wrote when I was a young immigrant professional!

4 comments:

  1. Yeah this is just right with the motions and the faces. And you stand right out as well you might since you are the artist.

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  2. I love all the color and movement in this painting. The two figures on the right stand out because they are in pale colors compared to all the color surrounding them.the painting has the feel of a mural that might appear on a building — it’s larger than life! Will you translate the poem for us?

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  3. Yes, it is meant to be a mural. Get to work, Susan!

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