Long Weekend Yahoohoo

What started out as a doodle 

during one of the 

normal phone queries , 

has recently been fleshed out 

in another form.

SALAMANKERO IN OIL

I could have titled it "Salamankero 2.0" or something else, knowing the original doodle was done purely in ink and highlighter on a scrap of paper.  But "Salamankero in Oil" sounds a lot like some spicy dish. 

This is my second work with oil on canvas.

THREE OF A PAIR

A fairly larger work in black paper. A pair which look too big and too colorful to be birds, but too bird-y to be flowers or blossoms.  So is it a pair of birds or a pair of flowers? Or a pair of a flower and a bird? Partridges in a pair three? I do not really know.

Oil pastel on paper.

OF RUST and DUST

Rust and dust surely cloud the subject in this post apocalyptic-themed work. My first try on fantasy art/ female subject,   though I have toyed with the concept for a while. Perhaps the comics years are beginning to resurface.

Watercolor on paper.

TABLE # 1

Here's an artwork that remained taped on one of my working boards for a long time, simply for the reason that I didn't 'feel' it was done yet. One day, I just had it framed and is now reserved for a buyer.

Mixed media on paper.

Back to Hukaying-dat-Baul

After countless hours of staring at this work, I decided to call the project off not knowing where its headed. Months later, I rediscovered it in all its unfinished state (the man standing, actually), and again, approach it from a more fresh point of view.

After permanently rendering the figure in front, I thought it would be time to wrap it up. Here's how it ended:

"Kamilyon", watercolor on paper

More Ukaying-dat-Baul Month

Commissioner Cesar D. Buenaflor of the Civil Service Commission has retired from active public service this February, 2011. As a part of the CSCRO 6 family, where he served as Director IV for a time, a tribute was held and I was commissioned by the commission to draw a caricature for the commissioner. That makes this commission of the commissioner...never mind.

Anyhew, its watercolor on paper - a way of saying thanks to this lawyer of fatherly character who greatly inspires and influences in principle and thought.