Tag: contemporary art

  • Ricarte Puruganan – Pushing and riding the waves of Philippine art

    I love seascapes – from The Great Wave off Kanagawa, to Seascape near Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, to Stormy Seascape. Such affinity drew me to Toilers of the Sea by Ricarte Puruganan as I randomly flipped through my copy of 100 Years of Philippine Painting. The overall Impressionistic quality of the painting and incorporation of Filipino fishermen…