“Painted in 1966, Landscape was created at the height of Jose Joya’s career, amidst some of his most triumphant accomplishments. Characteristic of Joya’s work in the 60s, this well-balanced composition bears textural impasto and gestural black calligraphic lines, contrasted against the fluid tones of blue with shades of green flecked with orange and brown. The abstract forms which
make up the overall pictorial plane are reminiscent and typical of his deconstructed landscape s. The prismatic and weightless beauty of Landscape evokes a lush homage to nature, while affirming Joya’s seamless integration of the modernist aesthetic with an abiding Eastern sensibility

“When an idea evolves, particularly an intense idea, I try to record the idea before it flees. The pictures are done spontaneously – the creative impulse of the moment is strapped to the canvas before it changes
its nature.” “

Jose Joya, Contemporary Philippine Art: From the
Fifties to the Seventies, Vera-Reyes Inc., Manila,
1972

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