My Childhood Happiness

Justine Po

My Childhood Happiness
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 36"
2021

This piece takes me back to my childhood, where I am enjoying my Saturday at home, playing inside the house. Everything was so simple back then. Saturdays, at home, for me, was perfect-- a safe space for a child like me. I wasn't the one to play outside-- I was sheltered, but playing inside brought me so much happiness and joy that I couldn't ask for more.

Justine Po is a contemporary visual artist from Masbate City. She is known for her neon paintings that are influenced by fauvism and pop art. She paints happy things in bright, neon colors as a reminder of how beautiful life is. Justine uses her past for her paintings. She finds the silver lining in her pain and turn it into masterpieces. She usually paints happy subjects, because she wants the viewers to feel happy too, upon viewing her art. Justine also loves fashion and she incorporates it in her mixed media paintings by adding trinkets. She currently uses acrylic as her main medium, but she continues to learn different media and plans to mix them up in the future.