* All images used with permission. Please do not distribute without first contacting the artist.
Michael Manalo is a self-taught, digital mixed-media artist.
Using illustration and assemblage techniques he merges scenes from his mind’s eye with others captured on paper, in an attempt to create a habitat for his unconscious.
He describes himself as fascinated by life at large, from school fights to lone adults in parks and from flamboyant Mohawk hairstyles at concerts to private moments of inner turmoil.
Emotions flood into his mind as already fully-formed images, he says. The challenge for Malano is to convey these untempered feelings through universally known stories for greater comprehensibility.
His work has been exhibited in Poland and the Philippines.
Want an avatar? Click here to get one. Just use the same email address as you use to make comments above and your image will accompany your comments each time.
All comments are moderated. Approved comments may take several hours to be posted to the site. Thanks for your understanding, it helps to rid the site of spam.
