Tuesday, January 30, 2007 Wedding the palitada knife
THE artist’s profession, compared to that of an architect's, is freer, less stressful and without pressure. This is mainly because an artist can paint to express his inner feelings, without having to think of satisfying his prospective market. He just paints for himself, in whatever way he wants.
Marlowe Toledo Villagonzalo is moving along this path, bridging the two worlds of architecture and art. He acquired his bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the Cebu Institute of Technology where he was a consistent dean’s lister. Aside from his main pursuit, he added another specialization: master plumber.
Considering himself a technical person, he emerged into the mainstream art scene as a painter working in oil, using thick palette knife (palitada technique) applications and lately, exploring another medium as a watercolorist.
His artwork clearly shows the passion to express and the freedom to utter the realities of life from the deepest corners that his mind and heart can perceive. Art, for him, “is the advance stage of social culture which is the basis of human civilization”.
Most of his paintings are in the style of impressionism that he renders with utmost respect, as much as he wants to be respected. Knowing his lines, structure and form as an architect, the artist in him pushes himself to express and explore even more.
