User:Pep Manalang, Artist/sandbox

Pep Manalang aka “Maria Belina S. Manalang” is an abstract artist whose paintings have been widely exhibited in Manila, Philippines.

Pep is represented by The Drawing Room, in Metro Manila.

She studied Architecture and Physics before obtaining her Certificate in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Her degrees include B.S. Physics from University of the Philippines, Diliman, and M.A.Physics from SUNY Buffalo. In 2015 she obtained her MFA from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. She currently resides in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Pep has currently been working mostly with acrylic on canvas. She sometimes uses modeling paste and dry powdered materials, such as pumice, to create texture and layers paint washes to achieve different tonalities and color compositions.

Website: pepmanalang.net



articles about Pep Manalang

http://www.newsminer.com/features/sundays/becoming_alaskan/manalang-leaves-physics-philippines-for-art-in-alaska/article_e6d63758-d065-11e4-9040-6b2fe6edd173.html

http://www.philstar.com/arts-and-culture/150268/artist-named-pep