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Biography
Roger San Miguel, a Filipino painter and often dubbed as the ‘Father of Filipino Impressionism’ was born on September 12, 1940 in San Pascual, Buhi, Camarines Sur to father Flaviano San Miguel a barber and his wife Celedonia San Miguel. With the help of a sponsorship from Don Ramon Camacho, a Filipino Philanthropist and Art Connoisseur, San Miguel took up Fine Arts in University of Santo Thomas. He decided to establish himself in Manila and married his childhood sweetheart, Mercy Pabon Estrella on April 17, 1966. They have four sons and a daughter. Currently he is a member of The Art Association of the Philippines (AAP), Paranaque Photography Society (PPS) and the Philippine Association of Printmakers (PAP).

As an artist
Roger San Miguel started out as a Mabini artist and is a member of the group of conservatives, Talahib. He was fascinated with different styles and expressions and has been painting large-size floral and figural works in a painterly, expressionist vein. San Miguel’s work demonstrates the beauty of the east and the wonders of the tropics that make the Orient a virtual paradise for the eyes, heart and soul. His artworks interaction of colors and shadows are interlaced in gentle colors and solicitude harmony, its impact is an eye opener. He never fails to amaze spectators with his wondrous imageries just when they thought they have seen it all.

San Miguel’s work holds marvelous expressions that are frequently attached to his works. In “Buhi’s Serene Painter” written by artist Elmer Sergio, he wrote critic Federico Licsi Espino described him as a ‘virtuoso’ referring to his deep ‘virtuosity with the music of colors.’

His clients and followers are from different kinds of life, from friends to tourist, locals to international art collectors and gallery owners, celebrity art connoisseurs to art lovers, Interior designers to homebodies.

Roger San Miguel is an epitome of an ideal artist. He gives respect to simple things in life and expressing it through invisible magic from the most ordinary to more complicated realities within us.