Mon Objet D'Art V [yeah, i think i need to put up a new site for my paintings]

Kahapon ko talaga balak gumawa ng panibagong pinta, pero nagkaayaan bigla sa bahay na manood ulit ng sine.  Si Creamer ang dapat kong kasama na manonood ng Dalaw (takte sakit sa batok ng tili ni kris, ampanget pang umarte), pero dahil wala naman akong pera at ayaw ko namang magpalibre sa kanya, sinabi ko na ipagpaliban nalang muna namin ang movie-date.  Prinsipyo ko yan sa buhay - hindi dapat kelan man nagpapalibre ang lalake sa babae (pero kapag kapatid ko ang manlilibre, ok lang, nyahaha). Madalas ay gabi ako gumagawa dahil mas sanay ako na gising sa gabi dahil narin sa nagdaan kong trabaho (hindi sa putahan, pero parang ganun narin ang nature) pero tinamad ako bigla, medyo nandidilim kasi ang paningin ko.  Pakiramdam ko ay mas mabilis na tumatanda ang mga mata ko.  Bihira na nga ako magbasa ng libro ngayon sa dilim eh, at kumakain na rin ako ng kalabasa at kerots at iba pang gulay na pampalinaw ng paningin, pero parang hindi naman gumagana.  Oktubre lang noong 2009 ako nagpagawa ng bagong antipara, tapos ngayon parang kelangan ko na naman ng bago.  Pfft.  Magpapagawa na lang siguro ako ng panibago pag nagkapera na ulit ako.

Iniisip kong baguhin ang psuedo ko, o ang pangalan mismo ng site na ito.  Kasi, errr, nitong mga nakaraang araw, nadiskubri ko na meron din palang ibang blogger na gumagamit ng pangalang yffar at raffy (at napakaselfish ko talaga para isiping ako lang ang pwedeng magtaglay ng pangalang yan sa sangkablogosperyohan, haha).  Hindi naman sa pinagdadamot ko ang pangalan ko, ang akin lang naman eh, sa mundo kung saan hindi naman lahat ay kilala ako sa drama ng totoong buhay, tanging pangalan ko lamang ang maaarin kong iwanan bilang bakas ng pagkakakilanlan.  Hindi ko na ieexplain ng husto.  Pag-iisipan ko muna kung dapat nga ba akong magpalit-ngalan, o kung paninindigan ko nalang na isa lamang ako sa mga bloggers na may napakasimpleng pangalang yffar/raffy.  Pfft.

At para paikliin na nga ang mahabang pasakalye, dahil nahihilo nga ako kagabi, kanina na lang ako nagsimulang gumawa ng panibagong artwork.  Dyaran!



"untitled" Acrylic on 20x16 inch canvas.
Floral abstract using large brush strokes.  It was fun creating this. XD

Isang klase ng brush lang ang ginamit ko dito (1 inch brush), at natutuwa ako na maayos ang kinalabasan ng eksperimento ko.  Mas makulay yung nauna kong ginawa na still-life, pero parang mas gusto ko ang isang ito kasi mas nag-enjoy ako sa pag-gawa nito, kaya naisip ko na ito nalang ang ibibigay ko sa kaibigan kong ikakasal sa susunod na linggo. XD

Matatagalan pa bago ko masundan ito.  Wala na kasi akong canvas.  Marami pa naman akong oil at acrylic paints, pero ibat-ibang shades lang ng green, yellow, at red.  Kung marami lang sana akong pera pambili ng canvas/plywood/cardboard, mas mapapadalas ang pag-eeksperimento ko.  Kaso, kailangang magtipid, so tiis muna sa libog ko sa pagpipinta, haha. XD

Byerts!



Mon Objet D'Art Part 2

I'm hot. Yes, I still feel feverish and I am not really in the best mood, but heck - I've got new paintings to show and I'm just too darn excited to flaunt them here.

Here's part 2 of mon' objet d'art:

"Efetsem" oil on 30x20 canvas

Above is my first attempt to create a nude painting. I call this "Efetsem". It's oil on 30x20 pre-streched canvas. Let me tell you: the title is derived from FHM. Got it?

"Doon sa Hacienda Estrella" oil on 15x20 canvas

I call the above painting "Doon sa Hacienda Estrella". It's oil on 15x20 inch pre-stretched white canvas. Estrella is my mother's name. I may not be able give my mother a house and lot, well, at least in a painting there's a Hacienda on her name.

"Frustrated Circles" oil on 10x15 canvas

The third painting is a failed attempt to create an abstract using the excess of the paints I used in Hacienda. Arrggh. I didn't get the look I was initially trying to create - and it got me really frustrated. So instead of throwing the canvas, I just played around with the remaining paint and created this circles of frustration (and in frustration). Okay, I know it doesn't really hold a sense of art. I'm aware of it too so you don't have to shove it at my face.

"Under the Bloody Sky" oil on 18x24 canvas

The painting above is titled "Under the Bloody Sky", oil on 18x24 inch pre-stretched white canvas. This is the last work I finished and, so far, my favorite. I'm not really a painter, mind.  I'm just a regular dummy who got nothing better to do at home. I think I already mentioned in my previous posts how I came to like oil painting. I'm enjoying it. It may sound a cliche, but painting has become a passion for me - an outlet for my creative juice and for my pent-up emotions and frustrations. I have so many of those.

I'm still not working, but hopefully I get to get a job before the month ends. All the bumming and doing nothing at home were, in a way, covered by my new hobby. My first 3 paintings were made during the day, and the rest were made at night - when all the people at home were sleeping. For one, I hate being distracted, and two, I like isolation (when I want it). Don't mistake that for being anti-social because I'm not. I also go to parties and I never say no to any inuman. But most of the time, I prefer to be alone. Being moody is part of my entirety and I get distracted and irritated easily. I remember how distracted I was when I was doing my draped woman painting outside, in the garage. The house next door was being renovated and the construction workers' attentions were at me, or should I say at my draped woman, while I was painting. I wanted to scream do-your-job-and-stop-watching-me-you-dimwits!!! But I didn't. I hate being watched.

Saw the movie Grown Ups last week.  The movie was fun, and it sort of brought me some good memories of my childhood. I watched the movie alone as it wasn't planned. I got irritated at home (i'm not going to tell here why) so I decided to just go out and chillax before I lose my temper and explode like a loaded cannonball (this is how a friend describes me when asked about my temper). With today's technology, most kids now play indoors, thus, missing the fun of getting dirt on their faces and feet and building "libag" on their necks and underarms, haha. Gross. I played almost all the known larong-kalye. I played holen, tumbang preso, tsato, taguan, habulan, basketbol, patintero, text (comic skits from local movies) and cards (nba, trump, magic), trumpo, pogs (yung sa coke), tatsing, goma, kalog, gagamba (spider derby), bike, and the list goes on and on. Favorite ko yung pagpunta namin sa Aplaya (part of Laguna da Bay in Alabang) kapag baha, haha. To a child, playing at the lake during a flood is as fun as swimming in a pool. It was fun, pero isang beses napalo ako ng tatay ko kasi nahuli na naliligo kami sa Aplaya. Haaaay... I remember the days. Ay, hahaha, nga pala, pinaka favorite ko pala yung pag doorbell namin sa mga bahay-bahay sabay takbo. Wooo hooo!  It isn't a game but it was fun!  The adrenaline rush it brought us! There's still a lot of games I din't mention. I wonder how my childhood friends are doing now. This is a long shot, but to Ace, Noel, Robin, Bryan, Joel (na nakasuntukan ko ng 2 beses kasi siya ang nagsumbong sa tatay ko na nagpunta kami sa aplaya hahaha...childhood rage, you know), and to the rest of the boys and girls of L&B2 in the 90's...sana ok lang kayong lahat.

I am over a quarter of a century old, and this qualifies me on the late-twenties-bracket.  Geez. I want to stay young and be forever 20. I'm afraid to grow old. It scares me.

It's almost midnight. I'm done.  This isn't really a good way to end a post, but hey this is my blog.  Bite me.

It's in the blood! [on being hot and rich]

Went out today with Creamer and watched the Twilight Saga, Eclipse.  Teee heee! XD.  I haven't read the novel (never will), so as expected, I bugged creamer with many questions while we were watching the picture (thank you so much Creamer for the patience. XD)  We also watched the New Moon when it was shown last year, but, honestly, I don't remember much about the movie.

I'm not going to write a review about Eclipse.  Pfft, many already did and I don't want to add up to it.  I liked the movie, but it's not really the best.  Disney-Pixar's animated movie, UP, still tops my chart.  [Errr, what's the connection?].  Quite a few quotable quotes, but the one I remember the most is, "I am hotter than you.", Jacob to Edward.  Haha, o sige ikaw na hotter!  He actually meant warmer, as in body temperature, not the other hotter that you have in mind now. 

Nasa dugo lang yan! (It's in the blood!)

Was watching TV Patrol earlier and one of the news was the recent list of Forbes Asia's Richest Men in the Philippines.  Henry Sy, still, is the richest with an estimated net worth of $5 US Billion (woooohoooooo!!!), followed by Lucio Tan with $2.1 US Billion, and John Gokongwei Jr. with $1.5 US Billion.  Geez....What are they going to do with that money?  Today's exchange rate: 1 U.S. dollar = 46.4900046 Philippine pesos.  If we do the math, $5 US Billion is equivalent to Php232.45 Billion.  Imagine that!  If I were Henry Sy, and let's say, if I were to live another 100 yrs, (given that each yr has 365.25days, and assuming that the exchange rate remains the same in the next 100yrs), I could spend up to 6,364,309.00Php each day!  That's spending around 265,179.54Php every hour in 100 years!  The total population of the Philippines is estimated at 94,013,200 million according to National Statistics Office.  With this data, Henry Sy can give Filipinos 2,450.00 Php each and still live with Php2.1 Billion.  Holy flying cow! 

That was just here in the Philippines.  Just imagine if we talk about the richest man in the world.

In my current financial and economic status, I effing envy Henry Sy! @_@

We have a copy, at home, of Entrepreneur Philippines' "Success Secrets of the Country's 50 Top Entrepreneurs".  Of course Henry Sy is in the book and I learned a few facts about him.  Chinese immigrant Henry Sy came to Manila from China (where else) before the second World War.  He was only 12, and his family had no money when they migrated  He only started attending formal school when they got here.  Yep, he was already 12 when he started Grade one.  He entered college at age 26, but because of his booming buy and sell business at that time (selling shoes, I believe), he had to quit college after two years, and concentrate on his business.  Now, he's (dyaran!) the Asia's shopping mall king, and one of the planet's wealthiest people. That's a real rugs-to-riches story.  And more than 40 years after he quit college, De La Salle University conferred on him an honorary doctorate in business management in 1999.  He was already the shopping mall king before he got his doctorate.  You see, not having a formal college education is never a hindrance to become financially successful.  (So yeah, quit school jerks!  Stop wasting your time!  Diploma is just a fucking piece of recycled paper that doesn't really hold a meaning! - ok, now this is just a joke.  A college degree is always a plus).  Success came to Sy only as a result of hardwork, and errr....I do not know. @_@

Here's a Golden Rule according to Henry Sy: 

There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money.  If you fail, do not be discouraged; try again.  When you do well, do not change your ways.  Success is not just good luck; it is a combination of hard work, good credit standing, opportunity, readiness and timing.  Success will not last if you do not take care of it.

-Entrepreneur Philippines' "Success Secrets of the Country's 50 Top Entrepreneurs".

Henry Sy (ID photo, hehe)

I'm feeling inspired now.  Teee heee! XD  But wait, how come the richest men in the Philippines are Chinese (Sy, Tan, Gokongwei,)?  What happened to the many intelligent and hard working Filipinos their age? @_@

Siguro nasa dugo lang talaga.  (Maybe it's in the blood.)

Well, I'm going to bed now and dream of sleeping in bed of billions of dollars with Ashley Greene (Alice in the twilight saga, just so you know) in my arms. Teee heee! XD