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ABOUT THE WORK

Mark Andy Garcia’s consciousness was shaped by his early childhood. His works bring out existential meanings and life recollections full of encounters with nature and people. Born in 1984, Garcia took his bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the Technological University of the Philippines. Art critic Alice Guillermo pointed out that Garcia is known to be the most autobiographical of all artists, and experiencing his works can be likened to encountering a journal of personal experiences. Inherent in his works is an outpour of colors, shapes, and textures, exhibiting unrelenting expression and emotional depths. Garcia presents lush settings of flourishing flowers, plants, and trees through a highly expressive color palette and deliberate brushstrokes. As he holds memories dear through his works, he also acknowledges the constancy of change as one courses through life which is a truth he captures as well. This piece shows his attention to the process of coming to terms with one’s feelings and thoughts about change, an inevitable part of life that must be accepted in the long run. It is a cathartic creative endeavor, nostalgic in its visual impact.