How do Contemporary and Classic Artists differ from each other?

Generally speaking,  Artists differ from each other with their styles on how they do their artworks and how they would want the people to see and interpret it. 

Hernando Ruiz Ocampo

• His art is often times described to be the "abstract compositions of biological forms that seemed to oscillate, quiver, inflame and multiply" like that of mutations. His works depicted lush sceneries and the beautiful Philippine landscapes through his skillful use of fierce and bold colors.

Xyza Bacani

• The quality and originality of her works are intriguing because  they are mostly shot in grainy black and white, capturing the hidden street moments in classic reportage style. 

Cesar Legaspi

• Legaspi's distinctive style is making use of geometric fragmentation technique, weaving social comment and juxtaposing the mythical and modern into his overlapping, interacting form with disturbing power and intensity. This is also popularly called Cubism. 

Ibn Saud Salipsayin Ahmad

• He calls his style "subtraction" or the process of putting an initial color e.g. brown water color and then rinsing apart of it using brush which is dipped in water to erase the paint drawing lines and patterns, layering the two colors.

Carlos Francisco

Botong is widely known in the Philippines as the practitioner of mural painting in his historical pieces a couple of decades ago. And according to the restorer Helmuth Josef Zotter, Francisco's art "is a prime example of linear painting where lines and contours apppear like cutouts". 

Fernando Amorsolo

• Fernando is popularly known for his craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light. His works are made with the use of his different styles in painting such as Impressionism, Luminism and Realism. 

Guillermo Tolentino

• Tolentino's style of art is highly influenced by the classical period since he is a product of Revival Period in Philippine Art, that's why his works are made by the Classicism style.

Kidlat Tahimik

• Tahimik is a consummate filmmaker. He is also an advocate of "indigenous and avante-garde concepts" in the film making process, his marked contribution  to the development of alternative Filipino Films has been widely-recognized. 

Imelda Cajipe Endaya

• Imelda, a printmaker, painter and installation artist has been fighting social issues through her works, which she made by many of which used mixed media. Collages of organic and indigenous materials were incorporated into the paintings.