Cebuano Artists Painting Collection- Pedro D. Villadolid
Pedro D. Villadolid , Forest, 1976, Oil on masonite 36" x 60", Avanzado family collection At 3x5 feet, this 1976 painting by little known painter from Suba, Bantayan Island , Cebu , Pedro Villadolid is the biggest known work of the artist to date. I grew up looking at this painting everyday. This commissioned landscape art piece adorned our main living room, another beautiful seascape version hung in my parents bedroom, a third piece - a still life - could be found in our dining room, and a fourth - a flower in a vase in front of the bar. Not much is known about this Cebuano painter who had the exceptional God-given talent for the arts but only started painting later in life. His son Jose "Pepe" Villadolid , also a notable painter in Cebu recalls, "he didn't start painting seriously until my younger brother Balsicas got sick". Balsicas was the most talented among the Villadolid painters that included my uncle Diosdado "Diovil" , my f...