Power and Protection: The Ancestors Who Have Always Been, 2025, Oil on Canvas, Tripique 91 x 122 cm
Drawing from three iconic Western paintings: the Descent from the Cross (Peter Paul Rubens), Liberty Leading the People (Eugène Delacroix) and Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Jacques-Louis David). This evolving triptych reclaims heroic, spiritual and sovereign imagery for a Filipino lineage interrupted by empire. By reimagining their meanings and symbols through a decolonial and mythic lens, the work restores agency to our ancestors who were always present, always powerful and never lost, only silenced.
