TRANSFORMATION
Transformation - The first painting was a female with pink hair merging like a butterfly from a male profile surrounded by monarch butterflies and roses with a blue background. The second painting was a male silhouette with purple butterflies on green leaves with a red background . These paintings woven together create a transformational portraiture with intriguing mix of colors with intricate weaving patterns. The resulting portraiture needs to be viewed up close to see the intricate details, the images alignment and transitions of different weaving patterns.
Painting
20 x 16
$800.00
Art Medium(s) Additional Information
Watercolor on Arches Paper, Handwoven
Framed Dimensions, if different
21.25 x 17.25
About The Artist
Abel Manalo is a San Francisco based artist who creates multi-dimensional woven artworks. He was born in the Philippines and immigrated to the United States in 1980. He maintains an art studio at San Francisco Hunters Point Shipyard and exhibited in several galleries in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. He was also featured at the triennial ‘The de Young Open’ Group Exhibitions in 2020 and 2023.
Artist Statement
I express my creativity through painting by using mediums such as watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed media. I currently pursue the excellence in merging the intricacies of painting with weaving patterns. In my creative process, I paint two original pieces that complement each other, cut them into strips and meticulously weave them together into an entirely different work of art.
