Cobie Cruz

Art Statement
My works are visual depictions of movement resembling a flow of water. From my rain series, having downward strokes, it has evolved into bolder and free-willing brush strokes.

I start by covering the canvas with modeling paste and using my palette knife I scrape it in free-flowing movement creating variety of shapes and forms. It is in this stage where I edit or cut-off some unwanted shapes and add other interesting materials available. Once dried, I paint it over with acrylic paint. The result is a vividly hued and highly textured abstraction with those shapes and forms one automatically associates with a rivulet.

The sense of drama from my color combinations, heightened by a luxuriance of expressionist touches such as dribbles and drippings of pigment, transparencies of radiant light. Despite a subject that lends itself to some rowdy execution (splashes and drippings), these are highly disciplined works, with tempered lyricism and surprising quietude.

Biography
BORN: Manila , Philippines , 1961

EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts Major in Advertising
University of Santo Tomas , Manila Philippines

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Rainscape, Finale Art Gallery , Phil.
October, 2005

Precipitation (Purple Series) West Gallery, Phil.
July, 2005

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Creations and Expression
Cedar Ridge Stusio Gallery, Toronto
June 17, 2007

Texture in Style
Momentous Arts Gallery , Singapore
July 6, 2007

The Saturday Group Show,
Art Center Mega Mall, Phil.
July 15, 2006

Vibrations, Galerie Astra, Phil.
March, 2006

Reviews:
One of the featured artists in PAG’s 2008 calendar
Featured painting in Design & Architecture Magazine 2007, Singapore
Featured art pieces in Condo Living Magazine Vol. 1 2007, Philippines
One of the featured artists in ALCATEL’s 2007 calendar
Phil. Daily Inquirer, Portrait of Rain by Constantino C. Tejero, 2005
Malaya Newspaper, 12” X 9” group exhibit, 2005
Phil. Daily Inquirer & The Phil. Star, Bridging the Figurative and the Abstract by Constantino C. Tejero Quartet group exhibition, 2005
Phil. Daily Inquirer, Abstracting the Natural World by Cid Reyes, 2004