How rejection showed a supposed-to-be nautical student the path to being a winning artist

He could have been a seaman today if not for his nautical scholarship being rejected.

This is a far cry from what path that could have been expected of him to follow — that of a seafarer.At first, that was the path he followed, but then a roadblock to that goal blocked his path — with the rejection of his nautical scholarship.“I entered UP without my parents’ knowledge. I just applied and started to build my own name. It’s like fate brought me here.”This was a turning point in his life as decided then to forge another path and not that of a seaman but that of an artist.

This can be seen in one of his artwork which won in the Vision Petron National Student Art Competition 2022, which had the theme:had a kid leaning towards a bright yellow light bulb and a gray embossed background which symbolizes his hopes as a child. “The painting is a mirror of my personal experiences, that’s leaning towards the light, leaning towards a bright future,” Arquio added.He also describes the winning piece as an evolving work that’s why there are evolving figures in it.

He then started painting when he was in grade 11 and would try on different tools and mediums. He considers his style as evolving since he doesn’t want to stick to one medium in creating an artwork. “I consider myself as an evolving and progressive artist because I keep exploring different mediums and techniques. Currently, I’m practicing oil and visual effects for now since it’s my practice for my thesis. I’m also using figurative and representational painting. Though, there’s no recent work of abstract art but I also tried it in one of my paintings,” he said.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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