Provenance: Private Collection, Makati City

ABOUT THE WORK

For Edwin Wilwayco, abstract expressionist par excellence, painting stands as a form of discovery where a whole plethora of possibilities can present itself when one is faced with a blank canvas and a paintbrush. This is not to say of course that his art is all but random and accidental. Rather, there is a controlled and calculated manner to it, just as he allows his imagination and his instincts take control. "Color is the pulsebeat of Wilwayco's art", someone once wrote. And so indeed, color, in this case a fiery red, does keep his paintings alive, vivid, and pulsating. Just as this early work from 1974 brings to fore.