RUNNING CANVASES OF ART.....

Ray of Light.....







Pop Art.....







Three Dimension.....







Wild Horse.....







Who Is Harley And David?






A Play Of Lines And Shadows.....






A Jeep's Interior.....






Speeding Streaks.....






If you think about it, I am always amazed with how our kababayans can be so gifted in the arts. Too bad though that only a handful of these gifted people realize their dream of pursuing it with passion, reasoning (whether rightly or wrongly) that there is no money in art; that art won't be able to put food on the table everyday. But there are those who find opportunities with art. What separates them is their choice of canvas. And nothing catches the eyes more than seeing these "running canvases of art", the jeepneys!

Ever since the American troops began to leave the country after WW II was over, the Filipino's ingenuity transformed the American vehicle to a Filipino transportation icon. The story goes that a man named Leonardo Sarao actually found a way to escape poverty by transforming the military jeep left behind by the troops to a transport vehicle that we now know. The built of the jeep then was a little bit crude, so to hide the blemishes, he hired a painter, Anastacio Francisco (who later on quit to put up his own company, Francisco Motors and became Sarao's direct competitor) to paint the external and internal portions of the vehicle with art.

Today, foreigners never leave the country without taking that jeepney joyride. I wished though that I had the foresight to take a photo of the jeepney years ago, to show its evolution. And may these photos of the jeepney today be my own homage to this unique Philippine icon.