Visual artist Rodney Segura Martinez is best known for his seascapes, figurative women and children series but this time, his offering is a colorful nature adventure because to him, painting is an unending search, the journey must go on... one must always continue.

He borrows a phrase from Paul Klee, "What is important is The Way; after all, Becoming is more important than Being."

He aims to discover and explore new possibilities in terms of form, color, texture and techniques while immersing in the creative process. It gives him the inspiration to create new forms that are derived from the subjects he favors and so this trip has produced a fresh kind of idea in totally new creations.

After more than 20 solo exhibitions and a good number of group shows, Martinez is adept at multiple mediums and shows mastery in watercolor, pastel, oil, pen and ink, be it on paper, canvas, wood and resin, among others. He is a prolific artist with hundreds of creative outputs in a long art career that spans decades.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Rodney Martinez completed his degree in Fine Arts major in Advertising from the University of Sto. Tomas in 1964, where he was also affirmed as Most Outstanding Alumnus in the field of fine arts presented with the Talaan Pandangal Award in 1982 by the UST Alumni Association, Bacolod Chapter. He was appointed member of the Commission of Arts and Culture of Bacolod in 1990 and served as faculty of the La Consolacion College School of Architecture and Fine Arts from 1975-1991 where he was a recipient of the 1990 Artist of the Year Award and La Consolacion College Centennial Award. He was also the recipient of The 2018 Banwahanon Award for Visual Art in Bacolod City and awarded as one of the Four Pillars of Art in Bacolod City.

To be presented by Charlie’s Art Gallery, a collection of Rodney Martinez's paintings will be on display at Italia Restaurant in Bacolod City beginning February 22, 2023