The King Painting

In the 90’s WILFREDO ALICDAN has come up with his distinct figurative style in representing the humanity as folk in a context that is more rural than urban. His narratives that begin with courting and proceed to raising a family and living the simple life of the folk are told from the male point of view, but one which is childlike and tender and one which is yet untouched by the new, still predominantly urban, gender issues. In his subject of the folk, he has developed a fitting style: simple figures with rounded limbs, disciplined by straight lines, parallel or forming right angles. The figures, in the basic solid hues, are clearly defined in terms of colors, reds, oranges, blues, violets, greens and pinks not gaudy, however, but tempered, with light and consistent modeling to bring out volume and mass, at the same time that there is an interaction between the colors of figures and those of the plain background. As time progress, however, there are visible developments in the works of Alicdan. For this time he draws out more fully the lucid character of his work as a peculiar visual game. Using his painting as mirrors in which we view familiar symbolisms and imageries in which we all could relate to. These are the things that are actually happening, perhaps the clichés of where everyday life has evolved or devolved to. His works are basically in a surreal placement of elements, almost like a dream, providing a certain atmosphere of relaxation that veils the heavy material that rest beneath his works. More development comes when he started his DETOUR series in early 2020. This time his works was completely in surreal plane, mutating his signature heads into an eyes - "the heads becomes the eyes" so to speak. His theme – a visual analogy of our present time and his personal experiences now as a single Dad. But in an age when everyone has succumbed to the new world order dictated by globalization, information technology and never-ending scientific discoveries. A new chapter emerge in his works. Showcasing the latest evolution of his style, a new series dubbed by the artist as - PORTAL VIEW. “In portal viewing, no direct images are visible. The images are transform as letters to read. This time the viewer becomes the artist and paints the picture in their mind. Imagination is the key! This “reformatted images” are also intended for interstellar viewing, because images related to culture specifically paintings doesn’t recognized by visitors from another planet.” That’s according to the artist.