Video Essays
A collection of reflections on art, museums, and the creative process.
Notes on: Carol Bove (& my dad)
A museum visit that unexpectedly brought my dad's world and mine together.
Carol Bove retrospective
Seen at: the Guggenheim in New York on August 2026
Make like Matisse
On adaptation, reinvention, and making art wherever you are.
Matisse’s Jazz: Rhythms in Color
Henri Matisse
Seen at: Art Institute of Chicago on May 2026
The Arrival (and the getting there)
Sometimes arriving begins long before you reach your destination.
The arrival
Bea Batungbacal
40x50cms
Acrylic on canvas
2025
The Final Countdown
A work about the passage of time—and the privilege of seeing it come to life.
Esperanza de Vida
Ampparito
Seen at: Art Fair Philippines 2026
How to Heal A Swiftie Heartbreak
I flew across the world for Taylor Swift. I found Eva Beresin instead.
Thick Air
Eva Beresin
Seen at: Albertina Museum, Vienna, Australia on August 2024
The Tornado
What happens when a girl in the land of Oz ends up back in Kansas?
The tornado
Bea Batungbacal
81x91.5cms
Acrylic on canvas
2024
Blink and You'll Miss It
When life starts moving too fast, one artwork made me realize I'd been doomscrolling through my own days.
Bit.fall
Julius Popp
Kinetic art installation
Seen at: Mona Museum, Tasmania, Australia on March 2026
I think I’m a bit chicken (but I will cluck anyway!)
An unexpected lesson in courage from a flock of very strange chickens.
Great Black Chickens series
Juan Pérez Agirregoikoa
Graphite on canvas
Seen at: Rosenblut and Friedmann gallery, Madrid, Spain in 2023
Pink People on a Hike
A painting about an impossible hike—and the friends who made it possible.
Pink people on a hike
Bea Batungbacal
92x92cms
Acrylic and pen on canvas
2025
Notes on: Impressions
Why first impressions matter. Or not.
Impression, Sunrise
Claude Monet
48x63 cms
Oil on canvas
1872
Seen at: Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, France in 2023