Dethorned
Acrylic on canvas
5’ x 4’
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” - 1 Corinthians 15:54-56
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. - Isaiah 53:5
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I. Spreading My Dreams Under These Feet 2011
Sold, c/o Yellow Door Gallery, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell
II. Under Our Feet And Above Our Heads 2011
III. Walking On Stars 2011
acrylic on Crane & Co. 100% cotton rag, kid-finish paper, 8 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches
This series is about the promises of God behind our hopes & dreams. The concept was borrowed from the poem, “He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven,” by William Butler Yeats, & inspired by the imagery in Genesis 26:4, “God’s promise to Abraham.” My baby girl modeled for all three paintings.
“Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
- He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven by W. B. Yeats
“I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed…” - Genesis 26:4
IV & V. Love That Makes Us Pure I & II 2011
acrylic on Crane & Co. 100% cotton rag, kid-finish paper, 8 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches
The wilted rose represents Christ’s death; the white rose symbolizes the purity that it bestows upon us.
“We love because he first loved us.” - 1 John 4:9
“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” - Isaiah 1:18
*Artworks from the show, Love Letters, presented by Yellow Door Gallery and Power Plant Mall, Rockwell. For inquiries (0917)8225673
I. Hope 2010
acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 inches
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” - Hebrews 11:1
Sold, c/o Yellow Door Gallery, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell
II. Breathe Into The Hollow 2010
acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 inches
Based on my friend, Niño Hernandez. Check out his work.
III. Ferry from Kowloon to Hong Kong 2008
watercolor on paper, 38 x 25 inches
Reference photo shot on November 2007.
Sold, c/o Yellow Door Gallery, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell
IV. Sapatero, Laoag City, Philippines (Shoemaker) 2008
watercolor, 36” x 24”
Sold, c/o Yellow Door Gallery, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell
V. Tricycle 2010
watercolor on paper, 18 x 24 inches
Sold, c/o Yellow Door Gallery, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell
VI. Apat Ka Bata Nga Taga Capiz (Four kids from Capiz) 2008
watercolor on paper, 40 x 30 inches
Sold, c/o Yellow Door Gallery, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell
VII. Shine 2009
watercolor on paper, 40 x 26 inches
“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.” -Isaiah 60:1
“…the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.” -Matthew 13:43
Shot taken from the Every Nation World Conference on July 2007
Sold, c/o Yellow Door Gallery, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell
VIII. Downtown San Francisco 2010
watercolor on paper, 41 x 27 inches
Sold, c/o Yellow Door Gallery, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell
IX. Angkas 2009
watercolor on paper, 56 x 24 inches
Sold to a private collector.
I. Lucid 2010
acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 inches
II. Beautiful Woman (Title given by Rio Ambrosio)2010
acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 inches
Owned by Rio Ambrosio of Artes Orientes Gallery.
III. Red Earth 2010
acrylic on canvas, 14 x 12 inches
Sold to a private collector.
IV. A Little Lower Than Angels, Crowned With Glory And Honor 2010
acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 inches
“What are mere mortals that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?
You made them a little lower than the angels;
you crowned them with glory and honor
and put everything under their feet.” - Hebrew 2:6-8/Psalm 8:5-6
I. Culasi 2010
watercolor on paper, 18 x 24 inches
Sold to a private collector.
II. Sandcastle 2009
watercolor on paper, 18 x 24 inches
Sold, c/o Yellow Door Gallery, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell