Provenance: : Directly acquired from the artist

Literature: : Reyes, Cid et al. Romulo Olazo. Paseo Gallery. Makati City. 2013. p. 266

ABOUT THE WORK

The anthurium is one of the figural themes Romulo Olazo has explored as part of his abstract and private visual language of the Diaphanous paintings. Becoming almost iconographic symbols in their ability to draw out objective meaning in their forms, the anthuriums add a lighter tone in Olazo’s oeuvre - their playful curves not just an expression of artistic inference and exploration but also acts as works of sentiment and emotion. The rich verdant tones accented bring out a buoyant energy in their brightness that radiates out of the canvas. Synchronously playful while sophisticated, the work is a testimony to the creative prowess of the hands that rendered them and the mind that envisioned it. The spikes are unfailingly defined and deployed by the artist as an activating agent, like a spangle of accents, it differentiates the anthurium from other flowering plants, whimsically swimming into view, seemingly dispersed randomly, but in an order that cumulatively inflect the stun of heart shapes. The conflation of a representational theme and a deeply entrenched and perfected abstract style is what lends a refreshing thrill to Olazo’s art pieces.