Sio Montera

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Bluewater Gallery, Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort, Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines

Abstrac|SIO|n at Bluewater Gallery

The Bluewater Gallery will present the exhibition Abstrac|SIO|n, artworks by leading Cebuano abstractionist painter Dennis ‘Sio’ Montera from October 20 through November 17.
Sio Montera continues to break new ground with this new collection of works employing thickly dissolved and overlapped layers of acrylic, oil, and asphalt that alternate between bright and muted tones. The distillations of color, texture, and form in these paintings are typical of the artist’s deeply felt emotions, inspired by actual experiences in his immediate environment. To appreciate the paintings, the complete collection must be viewed as a whole; they become visual scribbling in an incomplete diary, each element representing words and sentences in a larger visual narrative of the artist’s life and adventures.
In this body of works, modulations of color are stretched over infinite or calculated geometric space, encouraging us to examine closely, the tonal presence of partly covered hues and textures as they sit in delicate balance in both symmetrical and asymmetrical planes. Montera’s ability to conjure up a sense of calm over chaos in the visual organization of his elements has since become a concrete expression in his past exhibitions. The show marks the artist’s sixth solo exhibition and his second for this year.
The Bluewater Gallery is located in Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort in Mactan Island, Cebu and is open from 10AM to 6PM on weekdays and from 10AM to 8PM on weekends. Non-resort guests are requested to call Ms. Juliet Amazona at 492-1808 or 232-5411 and arrange for an exhibit viewing appointment. For inquiries, you can call the above numbers or email the gallery at