Antipolo Spring
signed and dated 1993 (lower left)
acrylic collage
15” x 23” (38 cm x 58 cm)

This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by Mrs. Josefa Joya-Baldovino confirming the authenticity of this lot

Joya exemplifies the artist who has assimilated Western influences and transformed them into his own individual style that still reflects the native Filipino hedonism and temper. Joya’s paintings during the 1990smake complex manifesations of the precious and the elusive. With their rhythmic transparent planes, they enter into the realm of illusion.

Unlike the abstract expressionist period of the early sixties wherein he employed enormously large brushes for working and trowel like palette knives, this collage almost exudes a gossamer delicacy.