Sustainability Painting

Born and raised in Manila whose family originally hails from the culinary and art capital of the Philippines. She graduated with a degree in Fine Arts and made a good career being an Art Director to Creative Director. She worked with different multi-national ad agencies in Philippines, Vietnam, Italy and now in Australia. During her university days she made a lot of oil paintings that gave her high grades and made it to the DEAN'S LISTER for two consecutive years. Some of the artworks even landed as Finalists in the SHELL National Painting Competition. In 2009, a calamity in Manila called "ONDOY" typhoon caused over a human height flooding. All the oil painting artworks that were kept at her parents' house were damaged by this catastrophe. In 2010, As an expat in HCMC, Vietnam - she made her first solo painting called "RADICAL SWIRLS" to create new paintings, new style and new beginnings. In 2010, she visited London and went to Jamie Oliver office and met him in person. Jamie and his personal Assistant Danny have the custody of her 2 paintings called, "KALESA" & "JEEPNEY" In 2011, she went to Florence, Italy for a culinary journey and hand-in-hand she painted everyday for her 2nd solo exhibition called "SWIRLS OF DESIRE" in a gallery at Via Ghibellina called Galleria Sessanta Nove In 2012, a Filipino event in Venice happened during the Carnivale and was held at Laguna Venezia hotel, given her the chance to exhibit her unsold paintings from 2011. This exhibition was called "ONE NIGHT SWIRLS" In 2013, A big typhoon came again in her country. She was back in Vietnam running a cafe and working in advertising at the same time. She was invited to exhibit her unsold paintings from 2010 and part of the earning will proceed to the typhoon victims. The British Consulate-General is one of the buyers of her paintings at that time. Now 2018, currently still making swirls with her peculiar and intricate style and ever faithful to gold paint medium and black vellum paper. Starting this period other techniques, medium and still under the same style of swirls will be explored.