Tags: Paintings, Visual arts
By Marjorie Gorospe
ANGONO, RIZAL— Ovidio Espiritu Jr. comes from a family of painters and he is preserving that legacy and transferring his passion for the visual arts to his children.
His father was a painter and so are his siblings; the Espiritus are no different from many families in this town, known as the country’s art capital. Angono has produced National Artists in painter Carlos “Botong” Francisco and musician Lucio San Pedro.
Since his main influences revolved within the family, Espiritu decided to take his passion to a higher level, graduating with an arts degree from the University of the East in Manila. He recalls his student days when his notebooks were filled more with drawings than actual notes.
Like the proverbial struggling artist, he later realized that painting alone would not be enough financially to support his family so instead, he took up photography.
But his original passion prevailed and he was later on executing the impressionistic and expressionistic styles akin to El Greco, Tintoretto, Albrecht Durer and Van Gogh.
He mounted his first exhibit in 1975 in Angono and in other galleries in Baguio and Manila. His wife Gloria, a self-taught artist, took up painting seriously in 2005.
The Espiritu siblings have followed their parents’ footsteps: Ovidio Espiritu II is into both painting and photography while daughter Angel also does painting part-time
Angel, who prefers abstract arts, says painting is not really easy but it is the fulfillment that gives her joy whenever she finishes a canvass. More importantly, she says it makes her feel proud being part of a family of painters.
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