The Anthem Philatelist

  Eagle Eye Charities Gallery Presents MasterWorks   Featuring the Masterpieces of Celso Pepito   Jun Impas   Nemi Miranda Artemio Anga Cris Bobier Dohndill Bejoc Audie Estrellada and many more   with special guests Madrigal singers Manet Martinez and Jenny Tolentino Initiation to Purity, 12" x 16", Acrylic on Canvas, 2023

           Cebu2World Development Inc.  Presents  "Katahum sa Carbon- An Art Exhibit"   The Unveiling and Groundbreaking  New Freedom Park, Cebu City

CEBU is going to Malaysia through the colors of the rainbow. Twelve Cebuano artists, under the auspices of Artistscebuex , is bringing the festival city of Cebu to Malaysia through an exhibit dubbed “ Cebu: People, Places and Faces .”    Hosted by ArtMalaysia in cooperation with the Philippine Embassy in Malaysia, the exhibit aims to strengthen the cultural and artistic linkages between the two countries through visual arts. The project was launched early in July with an art exhibit at the second level of Banilad Town Centre. Here are the 12 participating artists.    Celso Duazo Pepito , one of Cebu’s leading artists and the proponent of Artistscebuex, believes that visual artists have the capacity to help promote tourism by depicting scenes that would entice people to visit. “The exhibit will not just promote art but also Cebu,” he said. “It is a merger between art and tourism.” A philosopher by heart, he is known to inject his ideals on human values and integrit...

Audie Estrellada is a naturally gifted visual artist. He showed his talent at a very early age. Not fully contented with what he was capable of, he looked for ways to enhance his craft by enrolling in the International Arts School (IAS) in the 1980's.      His artworks are wide-ranged and multifarious: still life, landscapes, seascapes, figures, human interest, cultural and values-oriented themes and landmarks. His media are oil on canvas, watercolor on paper, acrylic and oil antiquated wood and driftwood. He also experimented on sculpturing, doing images of religious saints. Most of his artworks dwell on realism .    His major awards were: First Place- Open Art Competition by the Art Association of the Philippines ; Grand Prize, Filipino Inc.: Outstanding in the Field of Visual Arts. The artist is also involved in social activities. He is a Rotarian and a member of the LGU Committe on the culture and arts. He also conducts Summer Art Worksho...