tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40698853210695680612024-03-07T16:15:40.450+07:00VISUAL VISCERAsketches, scribbles and drawings of PALMA TAYONApalma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.comBlogger265125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-39836626357140524822013-01-03T10:07:00.002+07:002013-01-03T10:17:19.018+07:00UTO'S GOOD FRIDAY BATH
MORNING BATH
gouache and ink on paper
9" x 13"
2012
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p.p3 {margin: 0.0px palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-49705234472693012752012-12-24T20:10:00.003+07:002012-12-24T20:41:42.554+07:00THE EVOLUTION OF A PAINTING
Below is a step-by-step description on how I developed "The Pearl".
STEP 1. Put some ideas on to paper. Make sketches. (Sometimes, I end up making the
rejected sketch also into another painting.)
STEP 1.a. Second sketch done. Selected for painting. I like her breasts.
STEP 2. Transfer the palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-40754849683328890402012-02-17T10:23:00.000+07:002012-02-17T10:23:12.527+07:00...AND THEY GOT BOXEDSee those painted masks two posts down?
Here's how two of them looked like after they got framed. It reminds me of those framed Chinese porcelain masks they sell as souvenirs in Beijing stores.
Kinda cute too.
palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-8802079968841893362012-02-16T19:05:00.002+07:002012-02-16T19:18:44.865+07:00AM BACK!!!I haven't written even a single word in this blog for like a gadzillion years!
I have this overwhelming sense of being like Prince Charming (yeah, fancy me being one) walking through thick brambles and thorny plants as high as the great wall of China and discovering behind it a long forgotten castle. I open its creeking gates with the rusty hinges and lo and behold, a magnificent edifice palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-25046260202956487322011-08-11T11:45:00.004+07:002011-08-11T11:50:25.204+07:00THE MASKS I HAVE
For the past couple of days, I have been enjoying doing these masks for an occasion that I promised I'd keep mum about.
However, I still wanna put these here, so I will remember what I did. They're all painted, papier-mache masks.
palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-47455564509169509712011-07-29T19:59:00.003+07:002011-07-29T20:17:28.723+07:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO METomorrow's my birthday. I am supposed to like it and be in a celebrating mood but, like in the past few years, am not. However, people still remember - strangely. I guess, I do matter. Here's one story that happened last night, and I thank you Manang Alice. ;-)----Last night, mulling on the possibility of celebrating my birthday penniless, I chanced upon Manang Alice acoss my gate – the balut palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-73719861060661668782011-07-02T10:02:00.015+07:002011-07-02T11:35:44.365+07:00SAYING 'I DO' IN THE RAINLast Saturday, Marga invited me to a mass wedding of couples but I never made it. Afraid to be caught in a downpour, I opted to stay dry and warm in my apartment. But NOT the couples who braved the rains, wind and mucked-up traffic to say their "I do's".
As a promise to her (for being unable to go) I am posting pictures of the wedding here. This mass wedding was organized by KMBI - Kabalikat Parapalma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-32526776951071056402011-06-18T10:50:00.003+07:002011-06-18T11:08:15.658+07:00HOY JOSE! AY LAB YU!!!The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activities and work, preparing for the third year our group CANVAS' Outdoor Banner Show called 'RELEVANT RIZAL?'. This year will be in commemoration of Jose Rizal's 150th birthday. Yeah, the grand old man who came to be the national symbol of our patrimony.A lot of artists participated in our show. It was a success.And we got a lot of coverage in news palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-87629687757485155922011-04-25T18:07:00.007+07:002011-04-25T18:53:46.202+07:00BABY YOU'RE A FIREWORKThere are two women - as far as contemporary pop music is concerned - that I admire a lot. And that's Macy Grey and Katy Perry. And there are two things that I do every time my brain hits a blank wall - dance and cook.I couldn't move this computer to show me cooking so I'll just dance to the tunes of these two women.(I think I look like a bald bull going amuck on the second video. Okay, I'd palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-9063523874285784192011-04-18T15:53:00.004+07:002011-04-18T16:09:20.534+07:00THE GIFTVENDADERAS48"x 48"acrylic on canvas2010"I usually avoid relatives who come for a visit from abroad and come bearing gifts," I admitted rather drily to my high school mate as we shared a table during recess. "They always give these K-Mart or Walmart-bought things and declare that they're the latest in fashion. Like last time, my mom asked me to wear this pair of cheap canvas shoes that were madepalma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-84750234153387279332011-04-14T17:49:00.003+07:002011-04-15T15:25:13.447+07:00NEW VIDEO FROM CANVASCheck our campaign at CANVAS to gather 4,000 USD by the end of the April from at least 50 donors. We aim to raise this amount to publish collections of our award-winning stories and give to 3,000 children in the Philippines.It's a worthwhile CANVAS Project with GLOBAL GIVING that you can check out, give and spread the word about. Here's a short video on the project:palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-54892645389473177152011-04-08T15:09:00.004+07:002011-04-08T15:18:31.175+07:00AN OFFERINGOFFERING (study)ink on 125g/m2 grained paper11.75" x 16.5"April 2011
THE OFFERINGacrylic on canvas15" x 15"April 2011
A small work I did a few days ago for KRISTO - the annual Lenten exhibit.(I actually prefer the study on paper I drew. I decided to remove the bird and put thorns on the heart.)
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'Kristo,' both a Lenten and art ritual, returns this year
by Junio De Los Reyes
Since palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-13252700867095781192011-04-08T08:32:00.005+07:002011-04-08T09:04:15.460+07:00AN OPEN LETTER TO GATHER SUPPORT
To Those Who Get to Read My Blog,
Hope all is well with you. I am writing to solicit your help and to tell you about an opportunity/activity that CANVAS is presently pursuing. Details below.
Any help you can give - even just to forward this email and get the word out to your friends/contacts about this campaign - will be greatly appreciated. :-)
Thanks.
DANIEL PALMA TAYONA
==================palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-86917712071852761512011-04-07T20:11:00.005+07:002011-04-07T20:35:07.088+07:00TO REGRETTO REGRETink and gouache on paper9.5" x 13"KOKURYU Japanese sketchpadFebruary 2011Sometimes, even if I’ve told myself I don’t regret, I still do.I regret……that I don’t get to visit my father as much as I should. He doesn’t remember anymore that he has sons. He only mentions my mother’s name even if she’s right in front of him.…taking another big scoop of creamy double chocolate ice cream when I palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-87904223566924916032011-04-05T15:17:00.005+07:002011-04-05T15:26:46.503+07:00THE OLD BAG
AN ODE TO MY FATHERink and watercolor on paper11.75" x 16.5"2011(As my father slips into the abyss of his Alzheimer's... I remember.)
The black traveling bag was marked ‘T-shirts ni Tatay’. It’s one of those canvas overnight bags with wheels business people would use whenever they’d scoot from one airport to another, the same one my brother used when he went to Singapore for a month. I could palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-57842697511192187532011-03-22T22:01:00.007+07:002011-03-22T22:11:42.574+07:00IN MEMORY OF THE DEADIN MEMORY OF THE DEADink and watercolor on paper11.75" x 16.5"2008It has been several days since the tsunami hit northeast Japan and killed thousands of people - a horrifying testament to the power of nature. I would, every now and then, see videos on the struggles and hurt the tsunami's survivors have to endure. The images I see are the most profound expressions of human pain and loss.I found palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-27459278509814456692011-03-08T14:52:00.003+07:002011-03-17T19:01:37.254+07:00JOY'S ROOMJOY'S ROOMink and gouache oncold pressed acrylic paper, 185/lbs.2011I received this note from Jim about a lovely woman named Joy. She had cancer and appeared one day at the door of Jim and Shanti's vegetarian restaurant Bliss in Baguio. After fast becoming a convert to the delights of the couple's cooking and ebullience, she found herself going there every night. During her last night in Baguio, palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-52948691442109519472011-02-27T09:12:00.004+07:002011-02-27T12:37:47.580+07:00JE NE VEUX PAS TRAVAILLER
I don't want to work (but eventually did) and I ended up doing a small video of a favorite song.I'm putting it here, so I'd remember.
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SYMPATHIQUEby Pink Martini
Ma chambre a la forme d'une cage
Le soleil passe son bras par la fenêtre
Les chasseurs à ma porte
Comme les p'tits soldats
Qui veulent me prendre
Je ne veux pas travailler
Je ne veux pas déjeuner
Je veux seulement palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-57505666941400284812011-02-23T11:09:00.004+07:002011-02-23T14:10:27.417+07:00THE DAY I DANCEDDANCEpen and ink on paper9.5" x 13"KOKURYU Japanese sketchpad2011I heard the notes from the cassette tape scratchily flowing through the old speakers in the room and I know one of the most unforgettable moments in my young life was about to begin. One. Two. Three. I took three deep breaths and made halting steps towards the center of the makeshift stage. At the first few seconds of the music my palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-56452245201197766532010-09-02T16:45:00.004+07:002010-09-02T16:58:53.782+07:00THE DAY I TOUCHED A COCK"Just being cocky like a rooster."pen and inkdrawn on Kokuryo Japanese Sketch Pad7.5" x 9.5"August 18, 2010"Bro, you get one cock for only 2,000 pesos. Wanna take care of one?" asked Johnson as he turned excitedly into a stall in Cartimar selling fighting cocks of every size."And why would I take care of one?" I asked, slightly annoyed at having to talk about fighting cocks again. "The only way palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-36629407905535405192010-08-21T20:52:00.004+07:002010-08-21T20:58:15.074+07:00F*** YOUFor all those times I got dumped (Okay. I am exaggerating. It happened only once.) I found this gem of a song.This song just fits EXACTLY the sentiment after being a dumpee. It's also a good L.S.S. tune - Last Song Syndrome - that's now stuck in my brain.palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-15879557743218345772010-08-15T22:49:00.003+07:002010-08-15T22:58:44.509+07:00IT TAKES A VILLAGE 2It Takes a Village IIacrylic on canvas64" x 48"2010I have been running out of words lately to write down my thoughts on things. It's like I've ran into a blank wall. I couldn't even write anything about this piece I finished a couple of months back.For now, let it suffice that this is a bigger and second version of this. I'd rather let the image speak for itself this time.You can just look for palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-83400910564933044472010-07-24T20:07:00.007+07:002010-07-27T12:09:16.281+07:00I AM AS BLUE AS BLUE CAN BE...but not anymore. :-)It is finally done. Two weeks and a near disaster, this 72 x 24 inch piece is done. Just a few minutes ago it was picked up from my apartment and I will say 'hello' to it again on July 29 during the biggest gathering of galleries in the metro and the second international art fair in the country called Manilart 2010.It's a pretty exciting affair really. And I hope, I still palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-78199278385454497542010-07-21T09:51:00.005+07:002010-07-21T10:23:00.405+07:00WHAT A DIFFERENCE...... a few days make.It's a Wednesday morning and I spent a sleepless Tuesday evening thinking of a foot. Yes, a foot... a hand and a bird.I never thought that I would be dwelling on how a foot would look like or how significant it is that it can affect the composition of an image and its meaning. I drew the top image's foot as resting on the edge of the green man's skull without even bothering palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4069885321069568061.post-12573518878303574252010-07-15T16:53:00.005+07:002010-07-15T17:01:45.459+07:00IT IS PROVING TO BE......CATHARTIC.This has been the fourth day that I have been sitting on the floor painting this image and it has proven to be quite soothing to the soul and heart. Yes, my emotions have stilled and I've been working on this piece with a quiet and steady beat - not bad considering that sometimes it takes me forever to finish a painting.Am I happy? No. The pain and hurt is still there. But I am palma tayonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536900691140986421noreply@blogger.com3