ABOUT THE WORK

What sets Cebuano painter Abellana’s land and seascape paintings apart from his peers’ works is the incorporation of modern techniques such as impressionistic divisions of shades using primary and secondary colors as well as vigorous brushwork. He also experimented with abstraction and expressionism in the early Sixties. His brilliance as an observer of nature shows in his rendering of atmosphere through color choice and depiction of morning and midafternoon sunlight. In his painting Seascape, the brush strokes show the powerful waves that reveal both the beauty and danger of the sea. The vast sky, the tides, and the rock against the current are masterfully captured.