2023, December 4. Christmas 2023 - Mother & Child
Litho Offset, Amstar Printing Company, Inc.,
Perf 14
Se-tenant Blocks of 4, Miniature Sheets of 16
Se-tenant
Blocks of 4 - 5,000
16p - Tender Loving Care
16p - Tahan n Bunso (Young One Stop
Crying)
16p - Bunso (Young One)
16p -
Madonna at the Flower Garden With White Bird
Miniature Sheets of 16 -
1,250
Artworks: Al Perez
Layout Artist: Jose Antonio M. Jayme
First Day Covers:
Manila
2023 Christmas - Mother & Child
The special Christmas stamps feature the classic
rendition of Mother and Child artworks of award winning visual
artist Al Perez, which reflect the human view of the relationship
between the mother and child. Like Mary, Mother of Jesus, the love
of a Mother to her child is enduring and endless.
The love the mother
gives to her child is made of deep devotion, sacrifice and pain.
The special Christmas Stamps portray
the colorful artworks of a child cradled in her Mother’s arm as she
gently gazes down with love. Motherhood has always been a
sacred and noble vocation. In the Philippines, artists have made
countless renditions of mother and child from classical to modern
art.
Mother and Child as subject of art is definitely
Christian in origin and symbol. It fascinated artists for centuries
and was made as icons for worship in Christian churches.
Al Perez, the artist is a native of Hagonoy,
Bulacan and a Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate from the University of
Santo Tomas.(1968); at the Artist League of New York
U.S.A. (1984): School of Visual Arts New York U.S.A. (1996).
Best known for his meticulous and realistic
rendition of old churches, he has recorded every important church in
the country. He is the acknowledged aquarelle (watercolor) master of
Baroque churches. His genre of painting includes Philippine rural
scenes, nipa houses, portraits, nudes, flowers, mother and child and
landscapes.
Perez is the President of Lakan Sining ng
Bulacan. He is a 1975 recipient of Art Association of the
Philippines (AAP) thirteenth most promising artist award including
the Most Outstanding Bulakeno in the Field of Painting in 1980.