Danilo Arriola Jr. at ArtistSpace, Ayala Museum

Danilo Angeles Arriola Jr. holds “Chiaroscurist,” which is on view until today at ArtistSpace, Ayala Museum, Makati City.

A chiascurist is a person dowing the works of chiaroscuro, the Italian word for “light and dark.”

Using the sun as his source of light, Danilo attempts to translate nature into canvas by capturing the subject’s vitality as well as the tone of its surrounding atmosphere.