In his first solo exhibition, Manempet Ti La, Kenver Sarmiento Resuello comes home to the landscapes of his hometown, depicting them in a suite of paintings that invites the eye to roam expansive nature lit by the fiery colors of a setting sun.
The hometown is San Carlos, but the artist’s attention includes Mangatarem, Binmaley, and Lingayen—towns and cities of Pangasinan gifted with undulating mountains. “There’s a need to showcase the beauty of Pangasinan,” states the artist.The beauty of the province is a late revelation. Though Resuello was born and spent his formative years in the province north of Metro Manila, “it was only up until now that I got to appreciate everything,” he says.
Now residing and practicing his medical profession in Pangasinan, Resuello began painting a couple of views earnestly, usually from a photograph he had taken as visual reference. As he immersed himself in the task of paying attention to the natural wonder around him, the tentative attempts at painting became an almost full-fledged devotion. Because of the lockdown, the artist had the time to travel around and rediscover the province and vowed to translate what he saw onto the canvas.