PROPERTY FROM THE LEILA BENITEZ COLLECTION

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

ABOUT THE WORK

The well - travelled, jet set, Oscar Zalameda has concocted a distinctive brand of cubism, featuring the rural and the idyllic. His canvases usually host the countryside montages, like this peaceful and calming days by the sea vividly depicted by Zalameda in his take of boats and fishermen clustered like cubist jewels towards the green timid waters complementing the action of the fishermen in preparing to cast themselves to make a catch. The boats may be anywhere from his native Quezon where he is most likely inspired, aside from his foreign travels. This painting of fishermen displays Zalameda's sense of color and personal interpretation of genre themes in his own signature style, inspired by various facets of his day-to-day adventures where he was able to catch the tranquil mood of the sea and its people ready to start their own voyage.