Eclectic contemporary art celebrating life, culture,
and memory with
colors, curiosities, and love.
I breathe eclecticism and my process is intuitive and multidisciplinary. My oeuvre unveils ephemeral glimpses of truths springing from deep within and the constant shifts occurring in me. In exchange for multifariousness, I always commit to a series, albeit intermittently fulfilled, in order to impart cohesive narratives. I only gravitate toward themes that resonate with me such as optimism, mirth, resilience, fortitude, duality, heritage, nostalgia, saudade, and transcendence, often referencing diaspora and my homeland. Ever so often, it is sheer creative bliss while exploring colors, patterns, and curiosities while intermingling thought and memory that spawn the diverse and bewildering medley of my works.
Welcome to my ikigai, my reason for being. This is my life work and I’m deeply grateful that you’re here!
Clarisse Pastor Medina, KLAR MANILA
COLLECTIONS
*** Click on the thumbnail images to view each growing body of work ***
BIAK
Explorations of Identity, Heritage, and Diaspora
(Coffee Paintings)
SINAG
Filipino Stained Glass Style Art
(Acrylic Paintings)
HIRAYA
Whimsical Filipino Idyll Paintings
(Acrylic Paintings / Digital Oil)
TAKIPSILIM
Dusk and Night Paintings
(Acrylic Paintings)
PINOYESQUE
Philippine Slice of Life
(Acrylic Paintings / Digital Oil)
PINOISERIE
Philippine Folk Art,
Faux Lino Prints
(Acrylic Paintings / Digital Art)
ARKIPELAGO
Contemporary Minimalist Boho Filipino / Vintage-themed Posters
(Acrylic Paintings / Digital Art)
CRÓNICAS DE CLARA
Women
(Mixed Media / Acrylic Paintings)
TULA NG TALULOT
Florals and Landscapes
(Acrylic Paintings)
MUNI-MUNI
Contemporary Vibrant Abstractions
(Acrylic Paintings / Digital Oil)
INKSTORIAS
Hand-drawn Gilded Ornations
SALAGUINTO
Foil Art
PANYUPAYANA
Mixed Media / Analog Collage / Memory Poetry
ESKAPULARYA
Amulet/Talisman style Boho Scapulars
(Upcycled fabric scraps inspired by relicarios of Colonial Philippines)
GUNITA
Note Cards
(Minimalist Fabric Scraps Collage in Note Card form)
PAPELE
Pencil Studies
CLOUD SKIPPERS
Ink and Wash Studies
Urban Sketching
SERIE
Still Life and Landscape Studies
(Acrylics / Gouache / Digital Oil)
ATELIER TRANQUILLE
l'art bohème et la vie tranquille par clarisse
(Analog / Digital)
ARTWELLINGS
Intuitive Painting
(Acrylic Paintings)
KLARISMS
Navel-gazing of a Sojourner Across Islands of Memory
(Poetry)
RESTLESS STILLNESS
A Memoir in Haiku
and other forms
(Poetry)
HAIKUTOGRAPHY
Senryu/Haiku + Fauxtography
SAUDADE HEART/MISSINGNESS
"Photoetry"
IN THE SHADOWS, SINGIN’ OLD SONGS
Noir iPhoneography
FREEBIES
Downloads / Printables And Coloring Sheets / Tutorials
ILLOS
Digital Illustrations
EVOLVINGS
Assemblage, Macra-weaves and Fiber Art
MUSINGS, MUSE THINGS
Old Sketchbook Doodles, Drawings, Inspiration
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