cafe scene: my fave eac painting
Without clicking a single brain cell, my automatic response was the “Café Scene”. This was when I was asked which among the Emilio Aguilar Cruz (EAC) paintings featured in the newly launched Dimasalang Artists Collection was my favorite. The Dimasalang exhibit is a newly launched exhibition of gorgeous paintings by 6 artists at the National Museum of the Philippines.
photo grabbed from national museum of the phiilippines fb page
In fact, before this painting made it inside the museum of all museums of the Philippines, a lot of people actually owns a mini-copy of it tucked inside their wallet. This is because a couple of years ago this painting was chosen by Mastercard to be one of their credit cards’ cool designs. Here’s a link when I wrote about this: A Painting In My Wallet.
pautang!
To even prove my point that I indeed is a fan of this painting, the cover of my 2011 journal which I brought on my second trip to Australia was the photo of this magnificent painting.
my 2011 journal. this notebook kept me sane during a long train ride from sydney to gold coast.
Maybe the reason why I love this painting is because it captured the feeling of people who loves to celebrate food with friends and family. I guess, it can basically represent my being a social person.
Sosyal kasi ako. Kaya layk ko ‘yan. (saying this in pa-sosyal tone)
Nengkoy 