Easterly Wind

In the onset of ber,..months, the season in the Philippines started to shift. From the hot windless afternoon, it would slowly change to calm mornings, but after mid day the wind from the east would slowly arrive blowing its way towards the south.

The deep blue colors of the ocean would now be splattered with sea waves. The situation will be heightened until 4 o'clock. We call this ocean temperament as "amihan" or easterly wind.

This natural phenomenon stayed till  the months of December or sometimes till February. In between this months typhoons are expected.

 During the fair weather, amihan wind heightened the festive atmosphere of Christmas.  It causes the leaves of the trees to constantly sway while the cold mist of the morning greets us and accompany us till the evenings.This is the pleasant time for bonfires  on the beach or in plains, for star gazing, while the Christmas songs were played in the air.

previous acrylics

these works were done in the year 1999-2003..

portrait, 34x26 inches, sand and acrylic on canvas 1999

Dodong, 34x26 inches,  acrylic on canvas 1999

coral reef,  36x48 inches, paper collage and acrylic on canvas 2003

still life , 21x18 inches, acrylic on canvas 2012

instead of the typical flowers or immobile objects, my still life are ordinary thrown away everyday objects found floating or awashed in the beach..

fisherman's wife, 34x40inches, acrylic on canvas 2009

my portraits were not poignant, but ordinary persons I see everyday.Sun burned skin from daily toils are my kind of beauty, beauty from everyday struggle, to cope living in the sea.

fishclouds, 30x30 inches,  acrylic on board 2012

fisherman's wife, 36x48 inches, acrylic on canvas 2012

new acrylic

Just finished this piece.I don't have a title for this yet. It has the same similarity with my digital work-"underwater portrait series" done last year 2011.

34x26 acrylic on canvas 2012

PALAWAN PURE By JONATHAN BENITEZ

PALAWAN PURE By JONATHAN BENITEZ

My personal collection of unshown, non-figurative  acrylics from the year 2008 were shown in this online gallery. The name is Peridot Online Gallery.This works were done on vellum paper with my favorite acrylics.
Same motif and subject matter were explored.
Expressing my relationship with the ocean environment.

The works are spontaneous, drips and dabs of paints were allowed to glide.I have no premeditated images in my head upon creating these works.Like a child, I let loose of all the strokes, let the accidents happen. Control were sometimes utilized to define or enhanced the shapes that appear.

The sea is what I always think of, after all the works were
done..images can be seen in this link:

http://www.todoentertainment.com/jonathan-benitez-l-peridot-online-gallery-l-todo--entertainment-com.ws#!idb=16608189&idpnl=ad&idart=96422&pg2=0&anc=BlogDetail16608189

yellow tide, 30x23 inches, acrylic on vellum paper

seashell and memories, 30x23 inches, acrylic on vellum paper

pink sunset, 30x23 inches, acrylic on vellum paper

low tide, 30x23 inches, acrylic on vellum paper

mangrove leaf, 30x23 inches, acrylic on vellum paper