ETHEL DIMACUHA

from Filipino Artists Magazine Vol 5 Issue 23 " A Symphony of Luminance" The Art Of Remy Boquiren

CAMILLE DELA ROSA

Constructivist Composition. Oil Pastel on Sandpaper. 9in x 11in. 2014

Ethel E. D. was a former Art History and Humanities professor at the Technological University of the Philippines, Lyceum of the Philippines and St. Scholastica’s College. To her credit were 9 solo art exhibitions and several group shows in different local galleries. But as she became occupied with other domestic matters, she also gets tired and bored with her traditional style.

She quit painting, was in a long hiatus without any intention of going back in the art scene again. However, in 2014, she felt a renewed urge to express herself in art again but not in the style she was known for. This time, her primary objective was to express her artworks with gestures which are more spontaneous and carefree. Her concerned now is more on the activity of creative process utilizing the basic elements of forms and colors. As a result, she was able produce unexpected dabbles that are bolder in strokes and carefree in style.

In her recent oeuvre, her surrounding inspired her as she sees her subjects in terms of positive and negative spaces. With her chosen mediums such as charcoal on paper, combination of oil pastel and charcoal on black sand paper and a few oil on canvas, she allows her imagination and subconscious to flow unobstructed to be able to express the latent visionary forms and colors through an artistic style known as automatism.

Whether in black and white or in striking bold colors, her art works invite her spectator to meditate and to participate in a feel into the subconscious travel of the artist.