Artist Quick Peek: Erik Katukomal's BASAGTUKA

I enjoy working with creative people, especially those who share the same interests but approach these interests from different perspectives. It's always a revelation to hear them talk about things that matter to them, their passion for art, their highs and lows. In honor of these co-workers and fellow practitioners, I'm starting a series of quick peeks of their work.

From the drawing table of writer/illustrator Erik Katukomal, comes "Basagtuka". In colloquial Filipino, the term basag-ulo is an idiom literally meaning "head basher" and is usually referred to one who frequently indulges in violence. Erik rehashes the idiom using "tuka" or "beak" in English and delivers a POV story about fighting cocks. The story is in Filipino and has great line work.

Erik Katukomal's BASAGTUKA at Pilosopotassium. Enjoy!

Halo-halo

Digital illustration; 2014 Halo-halo (Tagalog language for "Hodge-Podge") is a popular Filipino dessert with mixtures of shaved ice and evaporated milk to which are added various boiled sweet beans, jello and fruits, and served in a tall glass or bowl. from wikipedia

Edith Tiempo

Filipino National Artist for Literature Edith Tiempo. Ballpen and markers. Edith L. Tiempo (April 22, 1919 – August 21, 2011), poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic was a Filipino writer in the English language.Her poems are intricate verbal transfigurations of significant experiences as revealed, in two of her much anthologized pieces, "Lament for the Littlest Fellow" and "Bonsai." As fictionist, Tiempo is as morally profound. Her language has been marked as "descriptive but unburdened by scrupulous detailing." She is an influential tradition in Philippine Literature in English. Together with her late husband, writer and critic Edilberto K. Tiempo, they founded (in 1962) and directed the Silliman National Writers Workshop in Dumaguete City, which has produced some of the Philippines' best writers.She was conferred the National Artist Award for Literature in 1999.

NAPOLEON ABUEVA

"Mang Billy" Filipino National Artist for Sculpture Napoleon Abueva. Brush and ink portrait. Napoleon Abueva (January 26, 1930 – February 16, 2018), more popularly known as Napoleón Abueva, was a Filipino artist. He was a sculptor given the distinction as the Philippines' National Artist for Sculpture. He was also entitled as the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture". He was awarded National Artist of the Philippines in the field of Visual Arts.

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