Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Crossings By Ritchie Landis Doner Quijano
A UNIVERSITY of San Carlos fine arts student, who is in her senior year, has made a series of works that attempt to give shape and form to feelings and emotions.
The painting major, Cheryl Bugayong, could have chosen a much easier and less-challenging theme to interpret.
But who wants to do something that can just be made by anyone? Artists want to be unique. Originality and their identity are of utmost importance to them. So, she believes that in art nothing is impossible and anything is possible. Her recently concluded first solo exhibition, “My Crossroad,” was held at the CAP Art Center along Osmena Blvd.
Her works were all figurative and representational in nature. Human figural composition seems to be the vehicle she commonly used to convey various types of emotions.
I find student works as significant in many ways. First because these early works were made as an honest and sincere expression of the student’s thoughts and feelings, and not just a school requirement. They are in the stage of life when they aren’t thinking of the salability of their paintings. Also it is because their fresh and young minds haven’t absorbed yet much outside influence and exposure.
The paintings of Bugayong show a strong inclination to portray human details in an altered environment as backdrop. Her subjects are not painted as an over-all complete figure in a realistic manner but they are made as close to their likeness. This young lass can further her craft by exposing herself to surrealism and social realism.
They say the career path of being an artist is a man’s world. But a woman’s perspective is most welcome and appreciated as well.
