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There is a popular expression in the Philippines that says Kapag may Sipag at Tiyaga may Nilaga. Loosely translated as If you are industrious and patient you will have a stew (reward). In this painting the farmers depict their industriousness.
This is painting number 1 of Sipag, Tiyaga at Nilaga (Tryptich)

I paint visual narratives. I try to create stories with themes that range from the blissful to the brooding. Typically, my compositions are laden with common and personal symbolism. My works seem to have disconnected elements but they are in fact linked in the way that I see them. To the audience, however, they are like puzzles; open to varied personal interpretations. I don’t like to confine myself in a box. Some days I paint social commentaries. Other days I just paint my personal observations of issues that pertain to almost anything under the sun - this can be political, social, environmental, religious, cultural, and even agricultural. I try to paint realities in, out, and of life. Early in my career as a painter, I was mostly...