Patricia Marie Puzon Rivera

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Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:18:00 -0400

Happy Birthday, Vincent. This world was never meant for one as...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:47:00 -0400

Happy Birthday, Vincent. This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

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Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:38:30 -0500

18th Birthday My obsession over sunflowers continue.

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 02:40:00 -0500

18th Birthday

My obsession over sunflowers continue.

"Everybody has the same energy potential. The average person wastes his in a dozen little ways. I..."

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:21:58 -0400

“Everybody has the same energy potential. The average person wastes his in a dozen little ways. I bring mine to bear on one thing only: my paintings, and everything else is sacrificed to it…myself included.”

- Pablo Picasso

It was last December when I went to visit Picasso’s Suite...

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400

It was last December when I went to visit Picasso’s Suite Vollard at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila and happened to come across Vicky Faye Aquino’s art exhibition titled Intuitive Nature. I got to meet her and gave her my e-mail address. I told her that I was an artist too. When I saw her works for the first time, I noticed how she also liked to use the same bright colors I use in my paintings. So when she messaged me saying she was having another exhibit, I just had to go because I loved how she and I have this similar childlike style in abstract painting.

(I brought the iPad along to show her some of my artworks).

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Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:41:00 -0400

Scraped off Blue

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Scraped off Blue

"The artist’s job is to be a witness to his time in history."

Fri, 18 May 2012 23:17:25 -0400

“The artist’s job is to be a witness to his time in history.”

- Robert Rauschenberg

"…Sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the..."

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:55:00 -0400

“…Sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in the human condition”

- Graham Greene

Between The Lines

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:41:00 -0400

Between The Lines

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Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:37:00 -0400

Acrylic and poster on paper. 2005. Before I started painting on...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 07:54:00 -0400

Acrylic and poster on paper. 2005.

Before I started painting on canvas.

Patty's Never Land

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 07:50:00 -0400

Patricia Marie P. Rivera a.k.a. Patty has shown her interest in art at an early age of five, and the subject she has always excelled in? That’s right, Arts! Take a look at her paintings and guess how many years she’s been under formal instruction. Her first art class was on the summer of 2006. That’s right. Under a year! This is the reason Patty got hooked on painting. They were taught how to mix colors and shades. Patty found this fun. Being the child that she is, she saw it as simply “playing.” So she continued to “play” with the colors. She created images she has seen in her dreams, she painted the people around her, their way of life, and her pet - all in an abstract way. When my family discovered her talent, we tried buying the paintings from her and at first she refused to let us pay. The only way we got her to let us pay was by saying that the money she made could be used to buy more paint and canvases for her to work on. You see, Patty’s paintings weren’t made for money; she made them so she could see people happy and their reactions to her interpretation of different things. She says that if someone decides to buy her painting for a huge sum, she would with no hesitations, give the money she earned to charity because she knows that there are kids who need it more than she does. In the mall, Patty enjoys going to art galleries and viewing other people’s works. Problem is, once she’s done, she’ll be in a big rush to get home to start another painting of her own. Balancing her schoolwork and painting is a tough thing to do. So Patty is given Saturdays to paint. No wonder she never runs out of ideas! In a week, she could have 4 ideas for paintings and she has only a day to paint it. So on this “paint” day, she is up at 6 AM and by the time her family is awake, Patty is covered with colorful paint and unveils another painting for the family to admire.

Patty is in no hurry to be a teenager. She enjoys being a kid. Could she be a distant relative of Peter Pan? At 11, I was starting to question so many things. Patty on the other hand, trusts what is given to her. And what is given to her is the best that there is. She sees no reason to complain about herself, her family, or anything for that matter. Everything will be fine. Patty has always seemed distant because she has always been in a place where no worries and pains do not touch her. She has always been dreaming of eternal bliss, in her own Never Land - her canvas.

by: Zep Rivera

My second solo art exhibit at the Children’s Hour Benefit...

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:15:00 -0500

My second solo art exhibit at the Children’s Hour Benefit Lunch in 2007.

Shades of Autumn

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Shades of Autumn

It amazes me how Mama Lou’s, my favorite Italian...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:58:00 -0500

It amazes me how Mama Lou’s, my favorite Italian restaurant, somehow resembles van Gogh’s Cafe Terrace at Night. :)

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"So therefore, I dedicate myself to myself, to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labors, my suffrances,..."

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:17:00 -0500

“So therefore, I dedicate myself to myself, to my art, my sleep, my dreams, my labors, my suffrances, my loneliness, my unique madness, my endless absorption and hunger- because I cannot dedicate myself to any human being.”

- Jack Kerouac (via lonely-living)

Musical Composition

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:20:00 -0500

Musical Composition