Manuel Cadag

I am a home-based freelance Graphic Artist / Children’s book illustrator for almost two decades, getting works from different links of freelancer sites. Presently living in Albay, Legazpi Philippines. I took up some units in college with a major in B.S. Architecture and I reached 5th year, I was not able to take board exam in Architecture due to financial problems during my studies and a conflict of studying Fine Arts.

But due to my love in Art, I just recently started to paint as a self taught painter. I have a free time to study arts online with the use of powerful internet that inspired me to paint more.
I was inspired with the works of the realist masters like William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Michael Angelo, Rafael and to name a few. I also inspired too much by the works of impressionist Claude Monet and also inspired by the works of our local artists like Fernando Amorsolo, Jose Blanco, Botong Francisco and others. I love to paint using oil paint and acrylic paints.

I love to paint anything..most specially figurative realism. Sometimes I created my own concept and study how to layout my subject. My day is incomplete without painting any piece I liked for this day

I am inviting you to explore and experience my internal...

B.S.Architecture 5th year (undergraduate)

2012 karangahan festival, Legazpi city, Philippines and won 2nd prize.2013 group exhibit at Legazpi City Hall