Tessie Duldulao and Roger San Miguel at ManilArt 2016
Gallerie CMG presents the recent works of Tessie Duldulao and Roger San Miguel at the forthcoming 2016 ManilArt at the SM Aura.
Although it was in portraiture where Tessie Duldulao was first noticed, she has found her métier in still life painting, and not in traditional oils, but in pastels, a medium which she has brought to a high level of excellence, wielding its delicate, powdery substance as an instrument of light and shadow, fiendishly threading it through the most complex of elegant mazes, the interstices of the cut-open filigrees, and the spidery-thin passages that can literally stop the viewer on his tracks.
Of utter simplicity and formality is Tessie’s compositional construction: an undeviating image of a tabletop, artfully draped with flowing folds of callado, the lacey native embroidered fabric, surmounted by a feast of flowers ranging invariably from daisies, lilies, amaryllis, carnations, to milfores, roses, and gentle sprigs of baby’s breath, all accented or anchored in place by the presence of an Oriental plate or pottery.
Warm, tropical colors were what attracted collectors to the art of Roger San Miguel.
Abiding in San Miguel’s art are the classic themes of Philippine art, but which the artist depicts at the junction of Nature and Nurture—thus, the Mother-and-Child-images unfolding from the bosom of the land and its plenitude of flowers and fruits, and the favored hues of greens, golden yellows and oranges, become emanations at once of the seasons of the year and the human spirit.
Both Tessie Duldulao and Roger San Miguel may be in the autumn of their years, but their recent works continue to convey the delight and freshness of perpetual spring.
At ManilArt 2016, Gallerie CMG also introduces the sculptural works of John “Pope” Dalisay, grand prizewinner in the 2016 GSIS and AAP art competitions. The show also features the works of landscape artist Adler Llagas.
Gallerie CMG is located at Polylite House, Km 18 along Alabang-Zapote Rd., Talon Dos, Las Piñas City, and also at Festival Mall, Unit 3318 Festival Mall Expansion, Filinvest City, Alabang, Muntinlupa. For inquiries, call 871-9765 and 0998-961-7478.