Provenance: Provenance: Private Collection, U.S.A.

ABOUT THE WORK

Tabuena is known for his works that are atmospheric in visual quality. This quality is evident in Listening Huts with its backdrop and dreamlike depictions of the huts, barely defined trees and tropical vegetation, carabao, and the rural folk. Tabuena’s delicate calligraphic brush strokes make the painting engaging to the eye; it also brings out a serene, calming effect. His renditions of local images as cultural symbols are indeed articulate explorations of rich Filipino culture. His ambient atmospheric works induce feeling in its visual lyricism and composition with combined Asian and Western sensibilities.