There is an annual activity sponsored by the CANVAS or Center for Art, New Ventures and Sustainable Development, for a children’s book competition. The Romeo Forbes Children’s Book Initiative calls for these kinds of programs for children’s stories. From one reliable source, http://manilaartblogger.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/joy-mallari-illustrates-doll-eyes/, it says that CANVAS publishes the winning manuscript as a full-color hardbound volume, fully illustrated by the selected visual artist. These artists would cautiously render the story line taken from the published manuscripts and exhibit their artworks with the launching of the book itself.
At present the manuscript that is being displayed at the UP Vargas Museum is Eline Santos’s winning entry in 2008 entitled Doll Eyes. The illustrations on the other hand were painted by Joy Mallari. They portray the story of a little girl and her search for her best friend in mystical Quiapo. The artist made use of acrylic as her medium. However, if you could notice in the gallery where the artist’s paintings were exhibited, she also included her extra works; such are photographs of the little girls and the World War II era. Also she took and displayed a couple chapters from Alice in Wonderland.
If you take a look at the picture situated at the top of this paper you could see the play with Anthropometrics done by the artist. If you contrast it with a proportional human body it would be a lot different. The head is so big, that it gave more emphasis on the bigness of the eyes of the little girl. The nose is too long and the lips are too small. The neck on the other hand is too stretched. But if you look at the whole picture closely, all the other body parts move directly into emphasizing the eyes. If you apply the grid in photography, it’s clear that the centrepiece of the painting isn’t the face rather it’s the eyes. The innocence gives off the impression of one type of doll – Bratz. Its huge and perfect round shape portrays the helpless personality of a child. Going back to the story line, this little girl is in search for her best friend in a big and crowded city. Helpless enough to be on her own in that kind of location is clearly seen in the way the artist had portrayed his paintings. They seem to interest me in such a way that you couldn’t really distinguish what are the things behind the eyes. What things are running through the mind of the child; and I must say that in reality, movements of children could become really unpredictable. Moving out of the figure, you could see that there are a couple of bubbles around the child. And inside these bubbles are other human figures. They seem to be whispering to the child. More likely, by just looking at the actions of these adult figures portray the influential capabilities of older people on the mind of a child. Such influences could be on a child’s decision, or it could be her fears of being away from her elders because of their influential wordy reminders. The painting is indeed realistic not in the sense of how the characters were drawn/painted, rather on the actions and the look of the figures itself.
In conclusion, this painting could portray confusion to act and fear of act; and one main factor that led to this feeling that I have for the work is its light contrast and brightness. It is dim, and the colors used by the artist are dull colors. The play with the light was perfectly done though. A state of confusion and fear of act is being experienced by the subject in the painting; in doubt of how to search for her best friend in a congested metropolis.
At present the manuscript that is being displayed at the UP Vargas Museum is Eline Santos’s winning entry in 2008 entitled Doll Eyes. The illustrations on the other hand were painted by Joy Mallari. They portray the story of a little girl and her search for her best friend in mystical Quiapo. The artist made use of acrylic as her medium. However, if you could notice in the gallery where the artist’s paintings were exhibited, she also included her extra works; such are photographs of the little girls and the World War II era. Also she took and displayed a couple chapters from Alice in Wonderland.
If you take a look at the picture situated at the top of this paper you could see the play with Anthropometrics done by the artist. If you contrast it with a proportional human body it would be a lot different. The head is so big, that it gave more emphasis on the bigness of the eyes of the little girl. The nose is too long and the lips are too small. The neck on the other hand is too stretched. But if you look at the whole picture closely, all the other body parts move directly into emphasizing the eyes. If you apply the grid in photography, it’s clear that the centrepiece of the painting isn’t the face rather it’s the eyes. The innocence gives off the impression of one type of doll – Bratz. Its huge and perfect round shape portrays the helpless personality of a child. Going back to the story line, this little girl is in search for her best friend in a big and crowded city. Helpless enough to be on her own in that kind of location is clearly seen in the way the artist had portrayed his paintings. They seem to interest me in such a way that you couldn’t really distinguish what are the things behind the eyes. What things are running through the mind of the child; and I must say that in reality, movements of children could become really unpredictable. Moving out of the figure, you could see that there are a couple of bubbles around the child. And inside these bubbles are other human figures. They seem to be whispering to the child. More likely, by just looking at the actions of these adult figures portray the influential capabilities of older people on the mind of a child. Such influences could be on a child’s decision, or it could be her fears of being away from her elders because of their influential wordy reminders. The painting is indeed realistic not in the sense of how the characters were drawn/painted, rather on the actions and the look of the figures itself.
In conclusion, this painting could portray confusion to act and fear of act; and one main factor that led to this feeling that I have for the work is its light contrast and brightness. It is dim, and the colors used by the artist are dull colors. The play with the light was perfectly done though. A state of confusion and fear of act is being experienced by the subject in the painting; in doubt of how to search for her best friend in a congested metropolis.
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