HEART, ART & SOUL

Art in the Sky: PRISM 24

2009-06-01T07:45:00.000-07:00

I really feel good about this! Sculpture #4 PRISM 24 Metal-reinforced fiberglass, airbrushed-painted with automotive lacquer paints, with colored acrylic sheets and internally illuminated by LED lights. "Modern life, with the presence of highly advanced science and digital technology, simulates a prism. As manmade colors interplaying with natural hues and

Art in the Sky: RAINBOW WATERFALLS

2009-06-01T07:02:00.000-07:00

Sculpture #5 RAINBOW WATERFALLS Metal-reinforced fiberglass, airbrushed-painted with automotive lacquer Paints "The overwhelmingly captivating beauty of a powerful waterfalls, with its snow-white rushing water and foams glistening under the sun, is bejeweled with rainbows accentuating amid the gentle mists its majestic presence." JOEL EUGENIO E. FERRARIS,

Art in the Sky: PISTILS

2009-06-01T05:54:00.000-07:00

Ms. Nora Viajedor with PISTILS Sculpture #2 PISTILS Metal-reinforced fiberglass, airbrushed-painted with automotive lacquer paints "Inspired by the female, ovule-bearing organ of a flower, including the stigma, style and ovary, this five-piece sculpture set not only depicts grace, flair and beauty but also the real burden of being a woman. Realities facing

Art in the Sky: PIXEL PLANES

2009-06-01T04:34:00.000-07:00

Ms Mirabel Reyes my sister-in-law Dr. Sam Yrastorza with PIXEL PLANES Sculpture #3 PIXEL PLANES Metal-reinforced fiberglass, airbrushed-painted with automotive lacquer paints "Ever wondered what happens inside the virtual world? It’s like playing hide and seek with

Art in the Sky: BLOOM

2009-06-01T03:36:00.000-07:00

Perspective digital rendering by Noel E. Ferraris Sculpture #1 - BLOOM Metal-reinforced fiberglass, airbrushed-painted with automotive lacquer paints, with interior lighting "A flower in bloom evokes beauty and energy akin to the enviable promise of youth. Its gracefully shaped petals are comparable to a happy family whereby the parents look heavenward

SM SKY GARDEN SCULPTURES by Joel E. Ferraris

2009-06-01T03:15:00.000-07:00

ARTIST’S STATEMENT By Joel E. FerrarisFaced with the challenge to design (originally) 8 sculptures for the SM Sky Garden I turned to God the Father Almighty, through Lord Jesus Christ, for wisdom to be able to set me on the right focus. I understand that it is very important to have humility, honesty and integrity in life especially when dealing with blessings clearly

At the SM Sky Garden: Architecture, Public Art, etc... a welcome sight!

2009-06-01T00:23:00.001-07:00

The newly opened SM Sky Garden at SM City North Edsa has added hope and promise to the changing landscape in the Philippines. Aside from being another venue for good shopping and relaxation it also offers a mix of architecture, landscape architecture and public art as well as entertainment where artists and musicians share their talent to thousands of people. I used to go to shop, spend

The Armor of God the Father Almighty

2009-04-30T02:40:00.000-07:00

By Joel E. Ferraris In 1994, that was more than a decade ago, I was commissioned by GUESS?USA in the Philippines to do a mural inspired by the campaign against the spread of the dreaded Aids disease. The mural was 100 feet long and was displayed at the facade of Rustan's at the Ayala Center in Makati,

FLOWCHART OF LIFE

2008-07-17T06:46:00.000-07:00

By Rosalina A. Reyes-FerrarisLife is a complex execution of events that unravel before our eyes depending on the quality of decision-making that people make. It can be summed up as a series of programmed commands designed to process a given input depending on the parameters set for a given task. The choices we make as we experience life will have an impact on our goals and ambitions in life.

IKAW, AKO AT ANG ATING KAPALIGIRAN

2008-02-06T10:47:00.000-08:00

(You, Me and Our Environment) Artist: NELSON FERRARIS Artist's statement: Masks unmask all hidden truths. Faces tell tales and face-off stories unfolded between man and nature. Faces speak a thousand words. What you see is what you get. What the faces express reflects the kind of environment that certainly influences and affects their existence. Inevitably, man’s voracious and

SPIRIT OF A TREE

2008-01-14T08:18:00.000-08:00

By Joel E. Ferraris My childhood fun was complete not because of the material things that I and my siblings had but because of the almost carefree freedom to roam around our yard, play with our domesticated animals and fowls plus the enjoyment derived from fishing from our very small pond teeming with freshwater fishes especially after the rainy season. To complete the fun were the

THE WRONG SACRIFICE

2007-09-24T09:17:00.001-07:00

By Joel E. FerrarisTHE WRONG SACRIFICE is the newest painting that I finished just last Thursday night, a day before September 21, 2007 which is 35th anniversary of martial law in the Philippines under the Marcos regime.Painted on canvas using acrylic and mixed media, the artpiece was a result of a collaborative idea initiated by the Philippines' running priest and activist Bro. Robert Reyes and

BLIND FAITH, DEAD FATE

2007-08-12T09:05:00.000-07:00

BLIND FAITH, DEAD FATEOil on canvasArtist: Nelson E. FerrarisOPPOSING PRINCIPLES, FAITHS, IDEOLOGIES, BELIEFS AND ISMS….WHEN ON CROSSROADS PERMEATE RESIDUAL FRICTIONTHAT IGNITES ERROR AND UNCONTROLLABLY BECOMES “TERROR”. OPPOSING FORCES ALWAYS END UP WITH GREAT LOSSES ON BOTH FORCES.A CLOUDED AND BLURRY FAITH IS NO LESS THAN A DOUBTING FAITHWHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO A “BLIND FAITH”.INEVITABLY IT

JOB VACANCY 1

2007-07-31T03:56:00.000-07:00

(for more images of this series kindly visit FREE FLOW)Painted on top of layers of newspaper daily headlines and stories that I directly transferred from old newspaper to the canvas surface are bits and pieces of images that represent the Christian religion. These antique-looking remnants symbolize the gradual weakening and continued decline of religion and spirituality as they float in the midst

COOL BEACHES

2007-07-24T22:11:00.000-07:00

By Joel FerrarisImagine living in a noisy, busy, crowded and polluted urban area where living quarters, offices, or even recreational facilities are placed in "boxes" arranged one on top of the other. The most you can have, if your flat is situated amidst tall buildings, is literally "a slice of the sky" where sunlight and sunshine are rare natural daily bonuses if you can't afford a room high

ALIBI

2007-07-18T11:02:00.000-07:00

By Joel FerrarisALIBI is a mixed media artpiece using old CDs and CD cases painted with acrylic and other paints that I did on a Mahjong tabletop. It was included in The Gambling Show at the John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong SAR in September, 2001.The hand of a poor child, a slum-dweller, dirty but projects innocence, reaches out for alms towards a city built on fragile foundations represented by

THE CHANGING TIMES (1997)

2007-06-30T09:26:00.000-07:00

By Joel FerrarisTen years ago I did an artwork that was used on the cover of the souvenir program of the Philippine Association of Hong Kong (PAHK).THE CHANGING TIMES is a mixed media on canvas artpiece which was exhibited at the John Batten Gallery here in Hong Kong. It was later bought by my compatriot and friend who works for the IT business.1997 is a very significant year. It was the year of

BUY ONE TAKE MORE

2007-06-18T20:35:00.000-07:00

By Joel E. FerrarisMy original idea of modular but transformable artpieces started with the oil on canvas painting entitled NEOPHYTE. Deprived of a studio at that time to do large artworks and with shipping costs for large artpieces becoming a real headache, I started to think of ways to do art in large scale without the need for a very wide studio space.As some art collectors, art galleries and

I WANT THEM FRESH (the variations)

2007-06-15T09:05:00.001-07:00

I WANT THEM FRESH

2007-06-15T07:46:00.000-07:00

By Joel E. Ferraris"I WANT THEM FRESH" is a modular artpiece composed of four smaller individual paintings wherein the theme is focused on food. Fresh fruits and vegetables are presented in contrast with all canned, bottled and preserved foods. Either the fruits or the vegetables could be the focus at the center depending on how the four panels are arranged. As the viewer moves closer to the

NEOPHYTE

2007-06-08T13:08:00.000-07:00

NEOPHYTE: The painting (FINALIST, 2004, The Sovereign Asian Art Prize)By Joel FerrarisDefinition:[n] a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist[n] any new participant in some activity It's a baby lying on his back and with a feeding bottle on his mouth.Neophyte was a piece of art born as a result of anxiety. I am living in a time where unspeakable things happen to

SALE PAWNS

2007-06-08T12:30:00.000-07:00

By Joel FerrarisThese paintings were inspired by the advent of celfones or mobile phones as we popularly call them. These new gadgets in multi-color supply, flooding the streets of every city or even remote areas of the globe of its users, were sensibly transformed from luxurious pieces of technology to objects of necessity in the present age.I jokingly told a friend that as humans evolved from

Artworks in progress

2007-06-06T11:15:00.000-07:00

The making of PRY, BUZZ, SEE GAME and BUSY DAY, BUSY NIGHT

PRY, BUZZ, SEE GAME

2007-06-06T11:05:00.000-07:00

By Joel FerrarisIt seems amusing, yet annoying to a certain degree, to see people all over the city enjoying their seemingly "private moments" loudly in public. This display of privacy unpopular during my childhood days seems to be part of Darwin's Theory of Evolution yet to be studied by experts. This could be another stage of Darwinian Evolution where homo sapiens will eventually mutate into

RACES ZOOM

2007-06-06T10:46:00.000-07:00

By Joel FerrarisMy first time in Hong Kong was marked by memories of a city so compact that I wondered how this place is able to organize itself in so small an area with so large a population. My eyes myopically judged what I have seen as I noticed the high-rise structures all over the place when I and my wife traveled from the old airport in the middle of the city to her rented flat.It was later

BUSY DAY, BUSY NIGHT

2007-06-06T10:33:00.000-07:00

By Joel FerrarisIt's no longer just on Christmas trees or during the Christmas season only that you will see twinkling lights. In cities, where living high-rise allow people to select dwellings according to altitude to have better panoramic views or avoid pollution at certain levels, both distant and nearby scenery are dotted not by trees but by windows of nearby buildings. It is very amusing to

THE FRUIT UP THERE

2007-06-06T10:29:00.000-07:00

By Joel FerrarisThis acrylic on canvas painting serves as a record of my childhood memories when my father usually brings me and my siblings to our farm in Iloilo in Western Visayas, Philippines. That hilly place is near the newly constructed Iloilo International Airport. The rolling hills are dotted with mango trees bearing fruits that are among the best in the country. The thought that here in

2007-06-04T21:34:00.001-07:00

THE UNLEAVENED BREAD (part 1)

2007-06-04T21:08:00.000-07:00

Once in the past I was brought to East Avenue Medical Center because of a severe internal allergy after eating crab. For more than a day I had diarrhea and vomiting and can't breath well because of the allergy. The hospital refused to allow me in not because of money that I have to give as a deposit but because they claimed they had no water at that time. So I went around Quezon City to look for

BACK TO NATURE

2007-06-03T19:40:00.001-07:00

BACK TO NATURE

2007-06-03T19:40:00.000-07:00

It is refreshing that from time to time I go back to painting landscapes and seascapes.Living in the city, surrounded by high rise buildings and where everything is paved with concrete, wanting to go back to nature for good is next to impossible because the source of income for the family is dictated by where the economic pasture is greener. Besides, safety and convenience are important even if

ARTIST AND ART GALLERY - A LASTING PARTNERSHIP?

2007-06-01T12:48:00.000-07:00

By Joel FerrarisGood artists make good art galleries...good art galleries mean good artists. Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? And good art means good price!!!Will artists survive without art galleries? Of course art galleries will not survive without artists, especially the good ones!!! And no amount of commercial packaging and hype could hide the shallowness of the idea behind a piece

FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE…all these are blessings!

2007-05-31T11:09:00.000-07:00

WARS, SCARS, SARS!!!!!!!!! But our Almighty God is always there with us.By Joel FerrarisWhile the heat of the news about the military build-up for the invasion of Iraq in early 2003 dominated the headlines the world over, an unforgettable life-threatening experience during the equally dangerous and sensational outbreak of the SARS epidemic in here in Hong Kong proved to be another significant

A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER

2007-05-29T11:06:00.000-07:00

By Joel FerrarisIt was a satellite photo on South China Morning Post dated 30 December 2004 showing the aerial view of the giant waves about to smash a seaside village in Sri Lanka that struck my attention. The swirling waves dwarfed the nearby houses like tiny pebbles on the beach. Their formation resembled that of a giant snake angrily wriggling.That sight shot my mind back to my sister’s dream

Heart, Art and Soul

2007-05-29T10:51:00.000-07:00

By Joel FerrarisAn equilateral triangle, standing on one of its sides, symbolizes stability where the upper corner serves as the apex that seems to take the role as an overseer to maintain balance between the two lower corners.For an artist like me, heart (emotions) and art (intellect) are co-equal in the lower plane of life. This balance could only be achieved and maintained by the nourished