Roadside Markets

Cokeconuts

2016 acrylic and textiles

collage-painting on paper

16 x 20 inches

Banana Q

2016 acrylic and textiles

collage-painting on paper

16 x 20 inches

Heroes

2016 acrylic and textiles

collage-painting on paper

16 x 20 inches

Choices 2016

2016 acrylic and textiles

collage-painting on paper

16 x 20 inches

To Eat or Not to Eat

2016 acrylic and textiles

collage-painting on paper

16 x 20 inches

Corntemplations

2016 acrylic and textiles

collage-painting on paper

16 x 20 inches

Melting Traditions

2016 acrylic and textiles

collage-painting on paper

16 x 20 inches

Flowers for Every Kind of Love

2016 acrylic and textiles

collage-painting on paper

16 x 20 inches

Anywhere demand and supply meet there exists a market! This statement could not be more true than in the Philippines. As children come out of the school gates, churchgoers enter and leave church, cars wait for traffic lights to turn - brace yourselves as vendors are a-coming! Hear them shout out—

Thirsty?… A pair of sunglasses for you, Sir? …News, news! … My fruit is the freshest..

Yes, the roadside market in the Philippines has something for everyone. For some, it’s convenient. To others, an assault. But to a cultural observer, it is a scene to behold. You can truly learn a lot about a people by this sort of interactions… with what, when, where, why and how many they buy.

Through this special collection of acrylic and textiles collage-paintings on paper, Paulina gave visitors at the International Meeting of Naïve Artists in Slovenia, a glimpse of the life and realities in the Philippines.