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Solo exhibit: ‘Art by LD’

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BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO

Leizel Lacsao-Dator (4th from left), Dennis Valenciano,  Janice Desalit, Cristina Druhum,  Charlie Co, Stanford Uy, Mary Rose Brizuela, Leah Divino-Samson, and Maria Jimenez (l-r)*

A solo exhibit titled “Art by LD” featuring the works of graphic/visual artist Leizel Lacsao-Dator opened at the Art Association of Bacolod-Negros (AAB-N) recently and will run until December 7.

The exhibit features 31 pieces of her works in acrylic paint with the use of palette knife with subjects ranging from floral still life, landscapes, seascapes and Negros scenes such as the Mambukal Resort, Gawahon Resort, The Ruins, the Chapel of Cartwheels, and Punta Ballo beach, as well as scenes from Okinawa, Singapore, and Taiwan which she had visited while abroad.

Dator said her favorite subjects are Negros sceneries which she considers very nostalgic because it brings back memories of her childhood especially when she does Victorias pieces because it is where she grew up.

She said she moved to Manila in 1995 to study and earned her bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts Major in Advertising at the Far Eastern University in 1999. She then pursued a career as a graphic artist, working for various companies, including Business World from 2004 to 2007 where she did the newspaper layout.

Dator said she later moved to Singapore in 2007 and pursued a career as a senior graphic designer for an exhibition company for more than 20 years. Her works were featured as part of the “PrintPack+Sign” 2019 exhibition at the Marina Bay Sands.

The Ruins*
Victorias scene*
The artist with her floral still life paintings*
Visual artist Leizel Lacsao-Dator, AAB-N president Leah Samson and Msgr. Gigi Gaston (l-r)*

She started to draw at the age of six and her favorite subjects were nature and dolls. But it was in 2017 while in Singapore where she revisited her passion for painting during her free time and later used the palette knife in 2018. Painting is a form of relaxation for her and it was only this year that she became a fulltime painter, she said.

She worked in Singapore for 14 years before returning to Bacolod in March 2020 where she has finally decided to settle for good, she added.

Dator said she finds using a palette knife more challenging and that she pursued using it because of its texture that helped her develop her signature style. She started with abstract which later developed into impressionism.

In 2019, she contacted The Good Art Gallery in Quezon City to show her paintings and the first artwork it posted on its social media platform sold right away and since then she gained patrons in Metro Manila, she said.

She wanted to return to Bacolod in 2020, but due to the pandemic, she postponed her trip, Dator said.

Upon arrival in Bacolod this year, she visited the Art District looking for a gallery that can help her showcase her works. She went to Orange Project Gallery in July where she met visual artist and gallery co-founder Charlie Co and showed him her coffee table book. He then introduced her to AAB-N president Leah Samson and after showing her works, she decided to hold her first solo exhibit at the AAB Gallery+Café, she said.

“It would become self-fulfilling for me to be also known in Negros and to be able to contribute to the local art scene. I want to show that this is where I came from and these are my works,” she added.

Dator’s works can also be viewed on her online platform, http://artbyld.com/.*

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