Juan Carlos Solon

Posting regularly? YES WE CAN..or I can...you know what I mean! So here is a personal illustration that I did right after I got back from the Philippines. The portrait is of Jose Rizal a hero of the Philippines during the Spanish Colonization. Rizal fought for Rights and Reforms for Filipinos, and was considered an enemy of the state for the Spanish. He was eventually captured and was executed. What was really cool to learn during the trip was that Rizal was a profound artist, poet among many things. I thought I would create a nice tribute portrait in honor of him. As a Filipino born in Manila but raised in Toronto it was really awesome to learn a lot about my culture and history.

I intend to make this a series and have a couple ideas lined up for more figures in Filipino history.