OTHER WRITINGS

  MY INTERVIEW WITH artyii (Artyii is an online art gallery based in Singapore. On May 5, 2011, I received an email from Olivia Isabelle of artyii asking me to agree to be interviewed by her. Below are my answers to her interview questions.) SHARE A STORY WITH US. HOW DID YOU START TO PAINT? I began drawing even before I enter school. My drawings of course were just childish doodles similar to those done by other boys my age. But what set me apart from them was my persistence in learning how to draw as realistically as possible. Besides, while the other boys got tired of drawing, I didn't. The compulsion to draw never left me. I drew on all available surfaces, even on the wooden walls of our house. My first drawing tools were pencils and crayons. When I was in grade one, I started using watercolor and later on, colored pencils. I was also in grade one when my artistic talent was sort of discovered by my teacher Miss Mercy Ramos. She asked us her pupils to submit as project a colore...