Photograph of Artist JO MARI MONTESA
JO MARI MONTESA
Quezon City, NCR - Philippines



Original Artworks (20)

Jo Mari Montesa; Immaculate Concepcion VI, 2008, Original Painting Oil, 14 x 16 inches. Artwork description: 241  Original oriental oil painting on canvas. ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2008
14 x 16 inches (35.6 x 40.6 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Immaculate Concepcion V, 2008, Original Painting Oil, 14 x 16 inches. Artwork description: 241  Original oil painting on canvas. ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2008
14 x 16 inches (35.6 x 40.6 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Flower 3, The Waiting, 2008, Original Painting Oil, 20 x 16 inches. Artwork description: 241   Original oil painting on canvas  ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2008
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Banga Ng Gusi , Pot Of Go..., 2006, Original Painting Oil, 14 x 10 inches. Artwork description: 241   Oil Painting on Canvas.  	My Great Great Grandfather is Placido Gino who just passed away when I was a toddler. I am his first Great Great Grandson. The stories and ideas of him was just narrated to me by her daughter, Aunt Amada. Grandfather Placido did not ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2006
14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Pagoda, 2007, Original Painting Oil, 30 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil painting on canvas. Pagoda is quite different in the Philippines compared to other Asian countries. Instead of the structure of the pagoda Filipinos use the Blessed Mother as the center of the sea parade. This tradition is usually done in the fiestas of towns and provinces ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2007
30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61.0 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Salubong, 2006, Original Painting Oil, 24 x 18 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil painting on canvas. There is a tradition in the Philippines as well as other Catholic countries that during the dawn of the Easter Sunday a celebration is held for the honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In this celebration, the image or icon of the Blessed ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2006
24 x 18 inches (61.0 x 45.7 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Pinetree I, 2004, Original Painting Oil, 17 x 12 inches. Artwork description: 241  Oil painting on canvas. I also call this painting
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2004
17 x 12 inches (43.2 x 30.5 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Immaculate Concepcion IV, 2007, Original Painting Oil, 14 x 16 inches. Artwork description: 241   Oil painting on canvas.14x16 inches  ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2007
14 x 16 inches (35.6 x 40.6 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Come Follow Me, 2008, Original Pastel, 10 x 12 inches. Artwork description: 241  Oil pastel on paper ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Pastel, 2008
10 x 12 inches (25.4 x 30.5 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Flower 2, 2007, Original Painting Oil, 9 x 15 inches. Artwork description: 241  Oil painting on canvas. ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2007
9 x 15 inches (22.9 x 38.1 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Flower 1, 2007, Original Painting Oil, 10 x 18 inches. Artwork description: 241  Oil painting on canvas. ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2007
10 x 18 inches (25.4 x 45.7 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Laguna, 2007, Original Painting Oil, 14 x 10 inches. Artwork description: 241  Oil painting on canvas. ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2007
14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Banahaw, 2007, Original Painting Oil, 18 x 14 inches. Artwork description: 241  Oil painting on canvas. ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2007
18 x 14 inches (45.7 x 35.6 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Boracay, 2007, Original Painting Oil, 16 x 12 inches. Artwork description: 241  Oil painting on canvas. ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2007
16 x 12 inches (40.6 x 30.5 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Mountain 1, 2004, Original Painting Oil, 24 x 20 inches. Artwork description: 241  Oil painting on canvas. ...
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Original Oil Painting, 2004
24 x 20 inches (61.0 x 50.8 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Pinetree 3, 2004, Original Painting Oil, 18 x 14 inches. Artwork description: 241  Oil painting on canvas. ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2004
18 x 14 inches (45.7 x 35.6 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Pinetree 2, 2004, Original Painting Oil, 18 x 14 inches. Artwork description: 241  Oil painting on canvas. ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2004
18 x 14 inches (45.7 x 35.6 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Carroza, 2006, Original Painting Oil, 24 x 18 inches. Artwork description: 241  Oil painting on canvas ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2006
24 x 18 inches (61.0 x 45.7 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; La Purisima Concepcion, 2005, Original Painting Oil, 24 x 18 inches. Artwork description: 241  Oil painting on canvas. ...
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2005
24 x 18 inches (61.0 x 45.7 cm)
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Jo Mari Montesa; Immaculate Concepcion I, 2005, Original Painting Oil, 12 x 18 inches. Artwork description: 241 Oil painting on canvas....
Jo Mari Montesa
Original Oil Painting, 2005
12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
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Artist Statement

Of all the gifts God gave to man the finest is his free will. Second to life itself. It is the essence of man. It is what separates man from all the other creatures of God. By ones choice or action he is judged if he is worthy to be called the man created by God.

The child of free will is art. It is man's self-expression. It is synonymous to freedom of expression. Every art is unique since every man is unique. How man perceives art is also unique as how man perceives beauty. As how man perceive life.

Art is like life. It all depends to the person's perception. Truly beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. The gauge of how beautiful life is, depends uniquely to every man.

A professor of mine once walked in the streets of Manila during summer. It is very hot, humid and dusty. He noticed a very old beggar asking for coins to the passers while bathing to the heat of the sun all day. Beside the beggar was a newspaper stand. One tabloid headline reads 'Young Matinee Idol Commits Suicide." My professor stops for awhile and asks himself how could this young man kill himself when he has everything. Money, women, good looks, popularity, youthfulness, what more could he ask for. While this old beggar is still striving for a few coins. Why not just threw himself to the vehicles speeding in front of him. Like my professor, my conclusion too is that it's all a matter of perception.

Like life the beauty of art depends solely to the individual. It is how man perceives art that makes it beautiful.

Those who believe that they found the beauty in life. Let as show that beauty to the world. Let as show our art.
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