Of Strokes, Figs and Canvases

Even the uninitiated can tell if a work of art was done by someone from Mindanao or who has been influenced by the island’s peoples, culture and the strife. You can sense this in the strokes, in the medium, in the subjects.

In this issue of davaotoday.com, five visual artists who all hailed from Mindanao share their passion for the arts and for Mindanao. Some of them are fresh out of college while others have been around since the �70s. Through their craft and their vision � of the people, of nature, of revolution, to name a few — they depict not only their world but ours.

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