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"Sunset at Okada" 16" x 20" Oil paint on Canvas by LJCA

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 "Sunset at Okada" 16" x 20" Oil paint on Canvas Price: US$ 500.00 by LJCA Sunsets are mystical. Sometime in 2018, the I visited Okada Casino and Resort in Pasay City, Metro Manila. I was mesmerized by the beautiful orange-red sunset experience of the site. I believed that how you view sunset is how you view life. If you think sunsets are beautiful then you also perceive the life that you have as the same.  Some people think of sunsets as the end of the day. For some - it's just the beginning. Some think about it as old age or even death. In fact, it's color reflects fortune or misfortune. Red sunsets are thought to be signs of impending catastrophe or war. But no matter what color sunsets maybe, it reminds us that nothing in this world is permanent. A beautiful day must come to an end. A bad chapter of life also comes to an end - keep hoping because the sun shall rise again.  For people out there that are weary and sad, remember that everything including yo...

"The Portal " by LJCA 16" x 16" Oil paint on Canvas

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  "The Portal" Price: $500.00 by LJCA 2021 Contact: ljigsambata@yahoo.com Facebook: Jigs Ambata Instagram: ljigsambata It was a few minutes before the clock strikes twelve midnight of December 31, 2021, I decided to paint. A New Year art was a cool thing to feed the sentimental me. But I was wondering what would be the more appropriate subject. I want to combine Impressionism, Cubism, and Fauvism in one art. I realize it was New Year so I wanted to give tribute to Janus, the two-faced deity of the Roman mythology. From Janus was derived the month January. It was just fitting to paint about what was to be left behind and what will be embraced in the future. What was and what will be brought me a rational illustration of doors or portals. I am entering the portal of the past and moving toward the portal of the future. I guess I gave some justice to the concept and I hope you also appreciate my art. A bit of delving into the realm of abstraction but the combination of shapes and...