ABOUT THE WORK

Tondo-born Florencio Concepcion was a product of the UP School of Fine Arts, graduating in 1953. He then finished his master of fine arts degree in 1964 at the Regge Accademia di Belle Arti, Rome under scholarship given by the Italian government. He also illustrated for comics magazines such as Action, Halakhak, Pilipino, and Bulaklak, and worked as an opera backdrop artist under the direction of Ireneo Miranda. After his studies abroad, he joined the faculty of the University of the East – School of Fine Arts where he later on served as dean. Regarded as a highly disciplined watercolorist and a master of figure drawing, he has won awards and exhibited abroad. Viewing this 2003 abstract piece, with its blend of colors in smooth flows, is calming at best. It invites one to a contemplative mood with its soothing quality, leading one to a moment of quietude. Concepcion said in an interview that his paintings are products of his feelings and likened to autobiographical passages expressed in the abstract idiom. As this painting calms the viewer, one can also perceive Concepcion as a man at peace.