By Remedios Lucio
An artist who hungers to paint, Maria Nellie Bautista, joined the Philippine Artist Group (PAG) four years ago in Canada. Through an exhibition in Toronto, she contacted PAG and asked them if she can join their group. Her Peony painting in watercolor became her ticket in becoming a member of PAG.
She was invited by Jun Liamante and Romy Mananquil, both members of PAG, to join their on the spot painting in a park in Canada. She met other members of the group. She brought her porcelain painting there and showed it to them. They loved her painting.
Her Peony painting was put up in their PAG website. From there, she was asked by Mananquil to join their group and thus became the secretary of PAG soon afterwards.
Since she was a kid, she loves to draw and paint. It was not supported by her parents because they did not have any money at that time to support such craft. It was only when she turned 50 when she decided to revive her long loved craft of drawing and painting. For two years, Bautista has been studying and continuously painting in Canada.
Bautista says her style doesn't have any limitations in art. She loves to do anything. “I'm really hungry to paint,” she says. By the time she was able to take art courses, she paints everything. “Anything that I should paint, I paint,” she says. Bautista paints traditional paintings, figures, landscapes, Chinese brush paintings, porcelains, etc. She uses different forms of medium such as pastel, oil, acrylic and watercolor.
They say she is most outstanding in painting landscapes but her colleagues, advised her to concentrate in porcelain painting.
Her collections were mostly done in Toronto, Canada, where she is currently residing with her husband. Her inspiration for her artworks is the four seasons of weather there. She loves to paint nature. She has many winter paintings. In summer, they usually go to lakes and outside the city where she is inspired to paint landscapes and flowers. In springtime, she painted the Peony at the back of her garden. The fall season is amongst her favorite because of the colors. The four seasons usually gives her vast creativity in her collections. Bautista also loves to paint by her imagination.
“When I feel about my painting, I feel I'm in a different world,” says Bautista.
Upon reading Van Gogh's life, she was touched by his story. She says if she is given a chance to paint any works of Van Gogh, she will paint the Cherry Blossoms in Japan and dedicate it to him.
In 2004, PAG held their first exhibition in Art Space, Glorietta in Makati, which was organized by Atty. Abesamis, a famous lawyer in Toronto who was establishing his Philippine Canadian foundation that time.
She aspires to paint portraits and paint more landscapes, still life, and Chinese brush paintings. She also dreams of sketching Imelda Marcos, who is an avid supporter of art.
Most of her paintings are in the Philippines. She plans to paint more once she gets back to Canada.
Currently, she is also preparing herself in a solo exhibition in 2010. Once this happens, she aspires to have her own workshops in the Philippines and in Canada to teach other aspiring painters who want to pursue their craft.
An artist who hungers to paint, Maria Nellie Bautista, joined the Philippine Artist Group (PAG) four years ago in Canada. Through an exhibition in Toronto, she contacted PAG and asked them if she can join their group. Her Peony painting in watercolor became her ticket in becoming a member of PAG.
She was invited by Jun Liamante and Romy Mananquil, both members of PAG, to join their on the spot painting in a park in Canada. She met other members of the group. She brought her porcelain painting there and showed it to them. They loved her painting.
Her Peony painting was put up in their PAG website. From there, she was asked by Mananquil to join their group and thus became the secretary of PAG soon afterwards.
Since she was a kid, she loves to draw and paint. It was not supported by her parents because they did not have any money at that time to support such craft. It was only when she turned 50 when she decided to revive her long loved craft of drawing and painting. For two years, Bautista has been studying and continuously painting in Canada.
Bautista says her style doesn't have any limitations in art. She loves to do anything. “I'm really hungry to paint,” she says. By the time she was able to take art courses, she paints everything. “Anything that I should paint, I paint,” she says. Bautista paints traditional paintings, figures, landscapes, Chinese brush paintings, porcelains, etc. She uses different forms of medium such as pastel, oil, acrylic and watercolor.
They say she is most outstanding in painting landscapes but her colleagues, advised her to concentrate in porcelain painting.
Her collections were mostly done in Toronto, Canada, where she is currently residing with her husband. Her inspiration for her artworks is the four seasons of weather there. She loves to paint nature. She has many winter paintings. In summer, they usually go to lakes and outside the city where she is inspired to paint landscapes and flowers. In springtime, she painted the Peony at the back of her garden. The fall season is amongst her favorite because of the colors. The four seasons usually gives her vast creativity in her collections. Bautista also loves to paint by her imagination.
“When I feel about my painting, I feel I'm in a different world,” says Bautista.
Upon reading Van Gogh's life, she was touched by his story. She says if she is given a chance to paint any works of Van Gogh, she will paint the Cherry Blossoms in Japan and dedicate it to him.
In 2004, PAG held their first exhibition in Art Space, Glorietta in Makati, which was organized by Atty. Abesamis, a famous lawyer in Toronto who was establishing his Philippine Canadian foundation that time.
She aspires to paint portraits and paint more landscapes, still life, and Chinese brush paintings. She also dreams of sketching Imelda Marcos, who is an avid supporter of art.
Most of her paintings are in the Philippines. She plans to paint more once she gets back to Canada.
Currently, she is also preparing herself in a solo exhibition in 2010. Once this happens, she aspires to have her own workshops in the Philippines and in Canada to teach other aspiring painters who want to pursue their craft.
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