Sayang


is a 12 work series on personal ruminations as portraits between 2020 to 2021. Sayang is a Filipino term that roughly translates to "wasted time or opportunity".It can refer to food left uneaten, a missed connection or years spent on a "fruitless" endeavor.




Works





Manang [older sister]
Digital Painting
1897 x 2270 px
2021








Ghostress of painting
Digital Painting
4498 x 6000 px
2021






“Haha ok lang” [Haha it’s okay]
Digital Painting
4498 x 6000 px
2021






Swim to Siargao
Digital Painting
1800 x 2100 px
2021







Init ulo [hot head]
Digital Painting
1800 x 2100 px
2021







Split end
Digital Painting
2122 x 2729 px
2021







Sharpest at my softest
Digital Painting
1800 x 2100 px
2021







Dating dinatnang dalumhati sa dating app [Former sorrows from a dating app]
Digital Painting
1749 x 2100 px
2021






Fireworks, airstrikes, meteorites
Digital Painting
2112 x 2579 px
2021






You’ll never see a sunset like me
Digital Painting
2048 x 2732 px
2021







Moonlit eczema
Digital Painting
1800 x 2100 px
2021








Ube [purple yam]
Digital Painting
1800 x 2100 px
2021











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