Don Ramos Barranco

Don Barranco is best known for his paintings in enamel, a laborious process wherein he drips the enamel on primed oslo paper or board. A number of his paintings refer to visible objects but abstraction carries  his images far from being just mere representations.

One need not sneer at Don's faceless subjects. This is just on of Don's expression of his relaxed, calm and tender side in contrast to his seeminly stoic facial expressions. This facelessness, he explains is just a way of helping people become more imaginative, more creative. Actually, he has a face in mind. He deliberately not paints a face to his subjects because, he wants to leave something for the viewers to imagine. "Putting all the details, limits the person's imagination," he says. Indeed each one is a story that needs to be told, an emotionthat needs to be felt. Each one is a masterpiece; each one a Barranco original.

Born February 5, 1969, Davao City

Education

1990 Bachelor of Fine Art, Major in Painting, University of the Philippines

1986 Ateneo de Davao High School

Individual Exhibitions

1996 Philippines Contemporary Paintings, LKF, HongKong

1995 NUMB, Hiraya

1994 Lead Us Not Into Temptation, Hiraya

1993 Recent Works, Hiraya

1992 SRO Brix Gallery

Group Exhibitions

1995 The Filipino Can, Hiraya

1994 Bongga Ka Day, Hiraya

1993 Tatluhan, Hiraya

1992 Man, West Gallery

1991 Visual Arts Festival, Philam Life

1990 Asean Traveling Show

1989 Studen Annual Exhibit, University of the Philippines

1988 Student Annual Exhibit, Vargas Museum

1987 Medieval Art, University of the Philippines

Awards and Distinction

1994 Finalist, Philip Morris ASEAN Art Award

Kulay-Diwa  is a venue for Philippines and Southeast Asian Contemporary Art. Inaugurated on February 7, 1987, Kulay-Diwa, is strategically located within a cluster of communities South of Manila.  It has five independent exhibition areas able to accommodate large-scale works and a garden ideal for programs, performances and sculpture installations.  The goal of the gallery is to discover and promote the works of young, talented but deserving Filipino Artists and to foster cultural interaction and exchanges with the local regions and other countries.

Kulay (Colour)

Diwa  (Spirit, Thought)

Don Barranco, "True Love", Enamel on Paper, 41 x 32 cms., 2002

Don Baranco, "Faith", Enamel on Paper, 41 x 32 cms., 2002

Don Barranco, "Free Falling", Enamel on Paper, 41 x 32 cms., 2002

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