ILMA BARAYUGA-DOHERTY showcases four of her abstract paintings in gouache and acrylic.

From left to right: Abyss (acrylic), Upwards (gouache), Petals  Conference (gouache) and One Kiss (gouache). All the paintings are on watercolor paper and are all 26”x26” in size.

 

About Us

ILMA ARTS STUDIO

I85 Diane Drive,

Orangeville, ON L9W 3N3

Phone: 519-941-4533

Fax: 519-942-1677

Website: www.ilmaarts.com

E-mail: ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com

 

BIOGRAPHY

Ilma Barayuga-Doherty’s artworks have been showcased in  twelve solo  exhibitions  in Manila. Ilma and her violin prodigy son, I.R. Ventura was featured as Global Filipino Multimedia Mother and Child Artists by “ Filipiniana” and “The Global Filipino”  shows aired by ABS-CBN’s International via cable channels worldwide. Her son shares her passion in  painting and photography. Their professional career  in the Arts and Music both started  in 1996. Up to date, Ilma has sold about 400 artworks and close to a 100 photographs to collectors, members of the senate and a national artist in the Philippines. Ilma and I.R. have been invited  in various television and seminars to talk about Raising Giftedness in Children through Art.

The Philamlife Insurance, is a company  that supports and develops potential national artists in Manila. They  hosted five of Ilma and I.R.’s shows. They  now have a mini collection of Ilma’s  paintings as part of their vast acquisitions. Without formal training in Art, Ilma  managed and continued to make a name for the mother and child tandem.  They were published in more than 50 articles and press releases in major newspapers and magazines in a span of less than a decade of  art career. Their exhibits showcased their multi-media talents in photography, painting, music , theatre and poetry.

Ilma and I.R. currently live in Orangeville, Ontario. Ilma Arts Studio opens on July,2010. with “Catharsis Exhibit.”.  It will be her  transitional art show from eastern to western setting, a highlight in her art  career. Her debut in Canada showcases her abstractions in gouache and watercolour,  architectural facades in techpen and photographs of the places that marked her cultural transition from the Philippines to Canada. “Ilma Arts at Headwaters Exhibit “ follows Catharsis. Ilma Arts Studio is one of the participating open studios of the  Headwaters Arts Festival this September .

ARTIST STATEMENT

ON PAINTINGS- I  create fusions  of colors and lines that dance and generate rhythm. These lines intersect gracefully to merge different hues and movements. Spontaneity in color choice is very apparent in the foliage and figure abstractions.  A viewer might feel my underlying emotions if they look long enough in the painting.  My collective works serve as an emotional diary. It narrates my emotions through lines, shapes, colors and tones. If you look more closely on my abstract paintings, you will gradually see the body parts and the foliage in your mind as suggested by the lines and choice of colors.

ON SKETCHES-My sketches are a convergence of swirly and straight lines that build shapes, textures and tones. Having two or three different perspective in one subject conveys my childlike viewpoint of things around me. Architectural facades, street scenes, landscapes and foliage stir me most. My favourite medium is  technical pen (.5 and .7)or “techpen” for short.  The smooth rubbing of the sides of my hands with the paper as I turn and move the techpen to compose my subjects, inspires me to create.  If you look closely at my works, the textured parts would show you a group of number 8 intertwined together. I use this technique called “swirly eights” to build up textures for foliage. I like to contrast this swirls with straight or diagonal lines and create harmony and balance in my drawings.

ON PHOTOGRAPHS-”Capturing the moment” is what drives me to take pictures. Subjects in motion and the play of natural light on an object pose challenges to me as a photographer. Like my drawings, I see varying perspectives to a subject which leads me to find many different unlikely viewpoints. Experimenting with different angles is an exercise I enjoy doing as a photographer. Asymmetry attracts me more than symmetry. The not so balanced compositions make my works different and interesting if not dramatic.  I like to snap shots of subjects while I am moving. It gives me a rush when I can capture and beat the movement that goes along with it with steady and anchored hands. Nothing beats the human tripod. The challenge to wait for the light to cast the perfect effect on my subjects or to find unusual angles that is out of the ordinary is the essence of my photography. It drives me to narrate the story of my subject in a captured moment.

ILMA’S Drawings are  mostly technical pens on watercolour paper focuses on architectural facades.