ROMA
Rudy Lunod, who signs his artworks ROMA, was born in Hagonoy, Bulacan in 1957. After two abandoned studies in Management and Architecture, he earned a degree in Fine Arts from Feati University. After his graduation in 1982, he worked as a floral artist in Manila for a 20-year stretch, interrupted only by a year stint as window display artist in Saipan. He retired in 2002 and started to paint full time.
An ambidextrous artist who uses both hands when drawing, ROMA joins atleast 3 on -the- spot sketching sessions a week. He makes fastidious preparations for major works, producing a thick wad of studies before starting on a canvas. To even begin, for instance, composing the piece Nine Lucky Koi (147)ROMA, referencing live fish from his sister's aquarium, drew a good number of studies of them in all possible angles.
Nine Lucky Koi describes a feeding frenzy centered in the upper right half of the canvas, suggesting an upward movement from a lower depth to the surface of the water. He locates the point of convergence near the shimmer of white light in the top right edge of the composition. Balancing that is a stray white lotus floating on the bottom right. ROMA injects a robust vibrancy in the composition by rendering the water a bright translucent red. This enhances the frenetic energy in the body of the fish.
An ambidextrous artist who uses both hands when drawing, ROMA joins atleast 3 on -the- spot sketching sessions a week. He makes fastidious preparations for major works, producing a thick wad of studies before starting on a canvas. To even begin, for instance, composing the piece Nine Lucky Koi (147)ROMA, referencing live fish from his sister's aquarium, drew a good number of studies of them in all possible angles.
Nine Lucky Koi describes a feeding frenzy centered in the upper right half of the canvas, suggesting an upward movement from a lower depth to the surface of the water. He locates the point of convergence near the shimmer of white light in the top right edge of the composition. Balancing that is a stray white lotus floating on the bottom right. ROMA injects a robust vibrancy in the composition by rendering the water a bright translucent red. This enhances the frenetic energy in the body of the fish.