Altered Art and My Cause (Final Draft)
The challenge of translating thoughts and feelings into physical form is what drives me as a visual artist. Throughout the years, I experimented in drawing, painting, photography, crafts, bookmaking and stained glass. Incorporating learned art skills through the construction of altered art pieces, in the form of collage or mixed media work, satiates my visual appetite.
When something moves me deeply, I study it by researching everything about the issue and gather significant materials such as ephemera, photographs and diminutive found objects. The investigation and collection process sometimes takes weeks before assemblage begins. If the work needs painting, the color choices usually are dependent on the mood it must convey. With an open mind and years of practice, a leave-it-or-toss-it attitude helps when editing the overall look of the project. The work is ready when it satisfies my aesthetics, stirs curiosity, and cleverly presents the message, only decoded through careful scrutiny.
At present, I am strongly opposed to matters involving the mistreatment of children. There is a need to raise the issue about neglected and battered kids, sometimes killed by the same people who should be caring for them. Being irreverent toward another person’s existence is a disturbing matter. Through my work, I intend to comment on the atrocities of child abuse and plead for justice on their behalf.
Update: Got an “A” today (10/21/08) Yey!
October 21st, 2008 at 10:20 pm
eh hanep ka namang mag English eh
heavy po. heheheh well done 
I hope you’re feeling better now after finishing that writing.
-B xox
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Oh cuz….it’s a good thing I work with a bunch of writers, I had the editor look it over for me. I am now treading Grant Writing waters. Punyemas, group project ito. We’re a group of 5 and I already could tell there are 2 slackers. We only have about 3 weeks to work on this assignment and guess who’s putting it all together? The ever-control freak moi. It sucks to be me right now.
November 4th, 2008 at 5:13 am
Thank you for your website
I made with photoshop backgrounds for myspace,youtube and more
my backgrounds:http://tinyurl.com/6kw9wq
all the best and thank you again!