Monday, March 7, 2022

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES - Guada Ramos Funtilar, Solo Show 2017





 "All children are artists.
The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
-Pablo Picasso

 

As children, we've always had a clear vision of what we wanted to be for the rest of our lives. If you think of it now you'd still remember it and with clarity, however, we often forget this. Most of us are stuck in a day job right now, forever wondering why we're there in the first place.

In the process of growing up, we often forget what catapulted us into being who we are now, we neglect what matters to us most under peer pressure and the pleasure of pleasing others. We surrender our own dreams in favor of monetary concerns and immediate needs. And in doing so, we forget who we really are.

 Guada Ramos Funtilar depicts the simple joys of our childhood in masterful oil paintings, back to a time when the world is our playground. Back to a time when we played with anything and everything we could get our hands on, even if they weren't really toys but as kids, we didn't really care.

 She brings us back to that innocent time when we made makeshift houses and forts out of blankets, to the day we made household chairs become vehicles and spaceships, to that moment when we tasted honey from a flower for the first time. We see things differently then, our imagination brings us to a place forgotten by adults.

Guada remembers when she was at a negative point in her life, art was her form of coping. She decided to visit art galleries to lighten her spirits and to her dismay, she only saw gloomy and dark-themed artworks on gallery walls. "I want to feel happy, I want to see something that can make me happy," she told herself.

Amidst the negativity that is now prevalent not only in the world we live in but also in the art scene, where artists now often depict darker and darker themes to seem deep and to garner attention.

Guada instead chooses to paint something pleasant and joyful, she wants us to remember these forgotten memories we had from a more innocent time, not to remain as children but rather, to evoke something within us, for us to remember who we are.

Getting swayed by the flow of endless information on TV and media we get so caught up, we often focus our attention on things unimportant to us that we neglect to appreciate the simple things in life.

 CHILDHOOD MEMORIES is a reminder of the simple things in life because it's always the simple things that we often forget.

 

 
Marius Black
Manila, 2017


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Childhood Memories Paintings


"Take Me With You"
Oil on canvas
36in x 24in
2017

"I'm Home"
Oil on canvas
36in x 24in
2017



"To Pass Time"
Oil on canvas
24in x 36in
2017


"The Other Pair"
Oil on canvas
24in x 24in
2017




"My Silly Passenger"
Oil on canvas
40in x 30in
2017



"It's Sweet"
Oil on canvas
12in x 12in
2017


"Houses Inside Our Home"
Oil on canvas
48in x 72in
2017



 


 

Friday, January 3, 2020

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!



Hello, everyone! After the tiring but delightful holiday season, it's time to get back to work again. I wish we all get a wonderful 2020 ahead! 😊

In 2018, I released an artbook zine featuring some of my paintings from 2012 to 2017. It is self-published and I sell it in conventions or any event that our group participates at. 

Guacrico Art Book
A collection of paintings by Guada Ramos Funtilar

I made the layout myself. This zine is a booklet with 20 pages. Here are sample pages of the interior...






You can visit my Instagram® account to check more of my works, @guacrico


And the good news is...You can now avail it ONLINE!!

Here's our KURO SAKU SHOP @ LAZADA!





My husband, Marius Black, and I formed this tandem group, KURO SAKU. And together, we create artworks and our own comics and literature. We also publish our zines and books in our humble studio (at home) as well. 

Influenced by the Japanese animΓ© I had watched on TV when I was young, it has always been my dream to create my own comics or manga or even an animated movie of my own stories. That's why even in my paintings, you can see that my art style was inspired by anime, too. And meeting the right one with the same dream was one of the greatest gifts God has given me. It was a little hard at the beginning but because this is what we love, we don't mind even if there are hurdles on the road. And getting inspired by each other, together with our little one, is what keeps us going on and on, step-by-step, looking towards our goals and dreams.

At KURO SAKU, we paint, make comics, and write pieces of literature. We sell them at conventions or art markets here in Metro Manila (Philippines). This is what we do for a living. 

Last December, we opened our online shop @ LAZADA, an e-commerce website. This is for those who would like to avail our works but can't attend conventions and events where we sell them. All you need is to register for a Lazada account to buy our creations.

We will really appreciate it if you would kindly visit our shop and check what we have in there that you might like. 


Just click the link below to check.. 



or if you want to see directly my artbook,







LET US WELCOME 2020 WITH ART COMICS AND LITERATURE!!🧑


Wednesday, November 20, 2019

SALO SALO 2019


I am happy to be invited again to participate to this yearly event. It was on the first Salo Salo, back in 2012, that my art is appreciated by many for the first time (because, usually, it's just my family 😁). And also, nobody notices my works or entries in group exhibits that I had joined before that. So it was really a nice experience for me back then.

Here's my entry this year...


"Uy! Wish!"
Acrylic on canvas
36x24inches
2019

"Uy! Wish!" means "Hey! It's a wish!" or "Hey! Let's make a wish!" in Tagalog (uh...I know it's an English word. I mean how it should be understood here). It's from a childhood memory where we, as kids back then, had this silly belief that you can make a wish from a feathery pappus of the Dandelion floating in the air if you're able to catch it. I thought it's just in my hometown but my husband said it's the same here in the city (Manila). So I guess most of Filipino kids in my time believed the same thing. I'm not sure with the kids today ^_^'

If you're in the Philippines and near Makati City, I hope you can drop by and appreciate our pieces.


SALO SALO 2019
an annual year-end group show by J Studio
A gathering of various contemporary artists, dedicated to art and friendship.
November 21, 4pm-9pm

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Hello, there! Welcome to my website!!

For my first post, I would like to announce that I'll be having a comic book release this coming weekend (October 12 and 13) at OCTOBER KOMIKET 2019!!! Yay!! 😸



THE FIRST COMPILATION OF MY COMICS SERIES,
DA-IB VOLUME 1 IS NOW AVAILABLE!!!πŸ’›



This compilation contains Chapters 1 to 4. I am now working on the 5th chapter which I am going to publish very soon. (Yay!) πŸ˜‰

You can find our group, Kuro Saku, at our usual spot Table #60, to check our comics, artbooks, artworks, literature, stickers and more of our original works! 😊

The event will be held at Elements at Centris, Quezon City, PH! We'll be there from 9am to 8pm. SEE YOUUUU!!!!!!πŸ’›πŸ’›πŸ’›




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