ABOUT THE WORK

Angelito Antonio is an artist with a long career in painting where through the years he had studied in schools such as the University of Santo Tomas for Fine Arts, and won awards from the Shell National Students Art Competition and the Art Association of the Philippines, while he later was a part of art exhibitions across the world representing the Philippines. Inspired by iconic artists such as Pablo Picasso, his unique style was a take on figurative expression paintings directed towards themes and subjects about the traditional and local folk inspired settings. Many of these art pieces drew inspiration from Antonio’s surroundings of everyday life and the local culture of the province. This particular piece is an example of his take of figurative expression style implemented to depict an aspect of local folk culture. Through a mixture of abstract shapes and lines together with tonal colors mainly focused on a variety of a deep burgundy color, Antonio depicts a woman carrying a large basket of produce and fish in a market place. His dynamic and extensive take of expressing this scene highlights the local lifestyle of this woman and somehow tells her story at the same time to further invite viewers to immerse themselves within exploring the different aspects of this piece. In a way, works such as this are Antonio's way of celebrating the different cultural aspects of the Philippines through his expressive placements of shapes and tonal colors that make up figures distinct of Antonio’s unique style.