Raul Isidro (b. 1943)
Flight #2
signed and dated 1996 (lower left and verso)
acrylic on canvas
48" x 32" (122 cm x 81 cm)







Raul Isidro is one of the many celebrated visual artists with over decades of art making experience. Born in Calbayog, Western Samar, he took up Advertising in University of Santo Tomas where he learned from mentors including Angelito Antonio and National Artist Victorio Edades. He started his artistic career in the 1960s then launched his first solo exhibition titled “Lunar Orbit’. He taught Fine Arts at the Philippine Women’s University from 1968 to 1977, then became a full-time artist. Isidro’s main inspiration comes from the elements of nature. “There are so many inspirations you can get from the environment”, he states. In his abstract works, the bare spirit and fluidity of nature and how he depicts the world can be seen. Regarding his art style, he explains: “I developed the subject matter, but I like to retain a gradual change [over the years]. My works are mostly abstract because I want to have free expression, that’s why I do it — expression of whatever I see.” (M.D.V.)