PHYLLIS ZABALLERO - Magnificence of Things Called Art

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         this one must be dedicated to her birthplace entitled "Rosario, Cavite" 2007                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Phyllis Zaballero was born in Rosario, Cavite but raised in the US and Europe. She graduated her primary and secondary educations at Notre Dame Academy in Boston, and Ecole Internationale de Geneva in Switzerland. Phyllis graduated in University of the Philippines twice, Bachelor of Arts in  Economics (1964)  and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting (1978) Magna Cum Laude and was also named as one of the CCP 13 Artists Awardee the same year. She is now married to a banker and has three sons. To see more of her works click http://phylliszaballero.com/index.php/portfolio/exhibit/spirit_of_place/. Photos and info credits go to phylliszaballero.com.

ART NEO - Of Colors And Emotions

TOTIE BUENDIA (Ireneo Buendia) Born: April 27 Rosario, Cavite. He is an avant garde artist known for his artistic and fashionable airbrush paintings. He used to work in Playgirl and other fashion magazines in the US. His previous works now hang in houses and businesses of famous celebrities and businessmen like James Cooper, Maricel Soriano, Fanny Serrano and Edwin Samot, as well as imprinted on the gowns and barong tagalogs of Ole Morabe, Adrian Rios, Digo Dones and other fashion designers. The sixth among seven children, Neo "Totie" has been interested in drawings since he was eight. He was just nine when his teachers noticed his rare artistic abilities. At an early age, he did renditions of a wide variety of subjects, including Vargas girls, Tarzan and mermaids. Since arts is his ambition, he decided to enroll in commercial art at the University of Santo Tomas and PWU both prestigious art schools in Manila. After four years of studies, he went to US for more opportunities and to widen his horizon in commercial arts. He likes to work in pencil, acrylic, airbrush and paints. His assignments included artworks for the Broadway Dept. Stores in Los Angeles, Calif wherein his works then were usually being featured in Los Angeles Times. He did some illustrations for various magazines like Playgirl, The Advocate, Blueboy, Torso and Village News. Some of his projects included Hollywood star Zsazsa Gabor's ad for Xmas promo card, Vidal Sassoon's catalogue, LA Disneyland's ads for disco opening.  Other paintings were featured in some Pinoy movies like The Dolzura Cortes Story(Vilma Santos), Dyesebel (Alice Dixon) and comedy film Tanga and Chos (Joey deLeon and Jon Santos) His not so recent works were exhibited in art galleries and venues like Island Cove and diff. hotels in Manila. To see more of his works, check out Totie Buendia's FB account, click http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.102684859764477.6264.100000688912152