a.) Birhen (Urna)
signed and dated 2014 (lower right)
watercolor on acid free paper
16” x 12” (41 cm x 30 cm)

b.) San Isidro Labrador
signed and dated 2014 (lower right)
watercolor on acid free paper
16” x 12” (41 cm x 30 cm)

c.) San Vicente Ferrer
signed and dated 2014 (lower right)
watercolor on acid free paper
16” x 12” (41 cm x 30 cm)

Artist Claude Tayag revisits his Philippine Folk Santos series which was one of the themes he explored in his first one-man exhibition in 1978 at the ABC Galleries owned by the late Larry J. Cruz.

Esperanza B. Gatbonton, author of pioneering book “A Heritage of Saints”, wrote of Tayag’s watercolor renderings of Philippine folk santos: “Claude Tayag, by choosing to re-animate the work of the Filipino image-carvers, has succeeded in catching our attention, persuading us to take a look at these santos. Through his eyes, we recapture the image carvers’ creative impulses. We wonder anew at their acute perception and talent.”