So the Economy Goes Down the Drain . . .

Considering that you are still alive, just be happy . . .

Starbucks

If you happened to see my painting at Starbucks, feel free to leave a comment. I'll appreciate any comments. If you have any business inquiry, please send it to my e-mail address, jquerijero@cox.net.

I will be rotating my display at Startbucks every 2 weeks or so.

Nancy' Angels

TITLE: Nancy's Angels

SIZE: 14x16

MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas

This painting is based on a photograph of my co-worker's grandchildren. She commisioned the work.

Abstract

TITLE: Bright Lights
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
SIZE: 24x36

TITLE: Over Murky Water
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
SIZE: 24x36

TITLE: Tree (Cotton Candy Tree)
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
SIZE: 24x36

Monotones

MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
SIZE: 22X28

MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
SIZE: 18X24

Cotton Candy Tree

TITLE: Tree
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
SIZE: 24X36

Return to Heaven

TITLE: Return to Heaven

MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
SIZE: 24x36

DETAIL

Microsoft Redesigns iPod

Monotone Paintings

TITLE:No. 1, Monotone
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas18X24

Red Sky

TITLE: Red Sky
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
SIZE:24X36

Detail

Child Art from a Grown Man 2

TITLE: Under the Sea
MEDIUM: Oil and Acrylic on Paper

Earlier it was colored paper art. This time it's finger-painting. Crayola crayon next.

Child Art from a Grown Man

TITLE: Rebith of a Pheonix

MEDIUM: Tissue Paper, Arcrylic on Paper

Oil Paintings Sneak Preview

Cherry Blossoms

SIZE: 24 X 36

Smaller Versions

SIZE: 18 X 24

Disposable Society

Guess what this basket is made of?


SIZE : Base to Bream: 5in, 8.5 in including handle
MATERIAL: Ethernet Cable

Cherry Blossoms on Blue

TITLE: Cherry Blossoms
MEDIUM: Oil on Canvas
SIZE: 24 by 36

Detail View

The Madness that is American Idol

I'm one of those people that watch the show when I happen to stumble upon it. It's is both entertaining and aggravating. Entertaining in the sense that you see contestants trying to reach for their dreams. They are willing to put themselves out there to be judged and sometimes ridiculed. Very aggravating to those people who take the result to seriously and, most specially, when their favorite gets eliminated. The most interesting part of the show is contestant like Sanjaya Malakar who for some reason defies fate. Relegated as the weakest contestant in the show, Sanjaya outlasts most of the other better singers and probably will be in the show for a bit longer than most of us expected. However, this aberration is what keeping the show’s high popularity. The unpredictability of the result is half of the show. In a perfect world, the singers will be voted out from the least talented until only the two most gifted remain. There is nothing wrong with that, but will that make the show more compelling. I think not. The more predictable the show becomes; the more it becomes uninteresting. There is really no reason why you should tune in and vote every week for your favorite when your favorite is not best.

Should the three at least have some choice on who gets booted among the bottom three? It’s a valid proposition, but remember the show is about the television viewers’ power to choose their "Idol." Just imagine an eventual winner who is saved from elimination because the judges think he or she should win. The possibilities are just as aggravating.

So the next time Sanjaya survives another week, don’t fuss too much about it because in the end that what makes you come back for more.

Enviromentalism is Not a Liberal Idea

I'm getting tired of the media giving ideological affinity to enviromentalism. It doesn't have any. It's our responsibility that future generation can enjoy the same natural heritage that we are enjoying now.

Environmentalism is an often forgotten Judeo-Christian tradition. It is the first covenant between man and God in the book of Genesis.

The fact that most liberal groups embrace the idea only means that enviromentalism doesn't belong to any ideological spectrum. Don't blame those "tree-huggers" for insisting on environmental protection. It is the Christian-Conservative who has forgotten the covenant.

Creativity Bottle-neck

Not much going on. I live in a small apartment, so I do all my paintings outside. I won't have anything new 'til winter passes by.

Keep checking, I'll be working on bigger canvas for my next series of paintings.

Inventory Reduction

One of my friends just got married. She happens to like after stormy scene, so I gave this painting as my wedding gift.

Ebay Invasion

These will be my initial offering thru Ebay. I'll update this entry once I put them for auction.

TV

TITLE: TV

MEDIUM: Digital Photography

This is a slow exposure of a TV screen.

Surf!!!

If you are visiting Philippines, and wanna see where I draw my inspiration when I paint.

City Lights

TITLE: Highway
MEDIUM: Digital Photography

More Photos...

I'm still looking for a place that offers a cheap serigraph or photo on canvas reproduction. Later on I'll be selling copies of my favorite digital photographs.

Visually Los Angeles

TITLE: I Stand Alone
MEDIUM: Acrylic on Canvas
SIZE: 24x30

This piece is inspired by my trip from LA to San Francisco. The barren fields and almost treeless landscape.

Detail View

Hope

TITLE: Hope
MEDIUM: Acrylic on Canvas
SIZE: 16x20


I have an affinity to black. I just find it unpretentious. It overrides most color that you mix with it. That is how one should live his life. Not dictated by someone else opinion.

Black represents life. Red represents trials, and yellow the "ups" of our life. Blue is our ultimate goal. It's just a small streak of color, but it stands out from the rest. No matter where we try to approach it, we will encounter the reds and yellows. However, if we persevere we will get to it no matter what.

Insanity Plea

Can you truly be insane if you know you are?
Is insanity a behavioral problem or just a failure to control one's self?

City of Angels

No new stuff. I'm on vacation in L.A. visiting relatives. It's been fun. Hollywood blvd however is quite a disappointment. It's a little dirty, but it's still a fun place to go and see things. No celebrity sighting yet, just an onsite shoot of some movie called "Knock..." or something like that. The security guard doesn't even care much about the movie. No big stars maybe. It's a movie from the peeps that created "40 Year Old Virgin," so it's gonna be a riot regardless.

Laguna Beach is nice and clean, and places are very accessible.

This is what I have for now.

I have some more ideas now in my mind for my Asian flavored abtract paintings. Hopefully when I get home, I'll get to work immediately.

Spirit in the Sky Series

TITLE: Raging Spirit
MEDIUM: Acrylic on Canvas
SIZE: 24x30
Sorry, the lower left side came out too dark. I'll try to post a better picture later.

TITLE: Calm
MEDIUM: Acrylic on Canvas
SIZE: 16x20

This piece is both sad and hopeful. This is more aptly called "stitching the universe." That's what it represents. The painting has torn pieces. and a lace trying to hold the piece back into place. This is how we live. We make the best of what we have. Yes, the tree is bent in many ways, yet it rises up.

Materpieces??? another ?

When I hear someone on TV saying masterpieces by so and so artist, it still makes me roll my eyes. For some reason, I can not let myself believe that an artist can really have multiple masterpieces. I think having it in plural form defeats the basic nature of someone's artistic journey. Masterpiece is the culmination of the artist's work. The single piece that puts him to a new level of artistic expression. It is the piece when style and emotion finally become one. The piece that defines the artist, and the standard for the succeeding pieces.

Maybe I'm searching for a different word.


On personal note, I think Monalisa is the only true masterpiece of Leonardo. All the rest are just extremely great works of art.

Dance For Me, Salome

TITLE: Dancer
MEDIUM: Enamel and Oil on Canvas Board
SIZE: 16x20

For some reason oil paint doesn't photograph well, the actual painting is more vibrant.

Oh well, 'til I'm rich enough to afford a professional photographer, I just have to make do with my trusty digital cam.

Detail view of the craquelet effect of the outer outline.

Nice Kitty...

TITLE: Cheetah
MEDIUM: Oil Pastel on Canvas Board
SIZE: 16x20

Dry medium is a nice way of re-examnining color technique. My color palette is usually small. I rely mostly on blending and mixing. I think, this is a simple way of giving your work its own characteristics.

The Last Leaf Ver. 2

TITLE: Last Autumn Leaf
MEDIUM: Acrylic on Canvas
SIZE: 11x14

A different take on the subject. This is a more literal interpretation, a dried leaf clinging on the branch. You can easily visualize it falling to the ground.