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Bamboo Stick Painting

THE RUSTIC ART OF MONTERONA
By Tita Lacambra Ayala
Text from Road Map Series No. 27
Davao City, Philippines

Bert Monterona is one of the few serious artists of Mindanao who has transformed art as an avocation into that of a profession by sheer dint of practice and experimentation. In the spirit of the scholar doing research among his people and delving into the ethnic arts and cultural antiquities, he hit upon the idea of using materials that are cheaply and easily available to the local artist.

His bamboo stick paintings are made with the use of locally-made textile paint applied on the cheapest material-chipboard. This material is locally produced in three weights and is normally used for the making of packing boxes for cakes and pastry and couturier products, and as backing for pad paper. >> Read more ...

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