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I have been painting for almost 20 years & for the last 5 years have been working on drawings in oil
pastel. My approach has changed only from dark to whimsical & to a more detailed style on a smaller
scale, often with a mixture of sensual presence. Now that I have a 4 year old son everything has
become much more colorful.
Art itself is a revelation, a person’s breath, a window to the soul. It is a life-line connecting the
fragments of our existence to become a whole spirit.
My art is an attempt to create order out of chaos, a vehicle in which to mold a unified vision of freedom
& discovery. I search, I find. I often execute forms by laying down layers of light pigments on a
surface. Once the embryonic period settles down, I begin to deconstruct & visually explore shapes,
colors allowing myself to move away from rules. It is an undictated, unstructured, serendipitous
moment & yet disciplined. Every single piece is resolved by fusing those colors until slowly it falls into
place. It becomes a dialogue as those dots connect into something that feels like the work is louder
than words. I have no intellectual explanation nor formulated thoughts as I go along. I have no
preconception of the final result. I seek to understand how it all becomes assimilated, to make me
feel mystified & deeply connected. Through this I have never stop creating for art indicates existence
as long as there is a continuity of our thoughts moving our minds into a higher level of awareness.
Another thing I enjoy doing is taking photos of those unnoticeable objects. They deserve to be seen!
It is actually more powerful than a more beautiful picture. In this series I am attempting to capture
objects that would go completely unnoticed, accept through the eye of a camera. Sometimes the
most interesting subjects are the ones most ignored. The connection of the viewer and the inanimate
object makes it a living thing. Beauty through the eye of the viewer.
-Nanette Anamaria Villanueva
Nanette Villanueva's canvases reflect a uniquely Filipino, apparently oxymoronic sensibility:
achieving clarity via chaos. Like phantasmagoria in a dream frozen by a discerning eye, her swirls of
color speak of that state of being between waking and sleeping. An explorer of an intriguing territory."
- Luis H. Francia
"Her work is imbued with a delicate balance of colors. Startlingly ethereal and rich in intelligence."
- Gadjo Sevilla
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