As Filipinos, we should never forget our pre-colonial history, and I wanted to show that through a children lens. “Kabataan” is a gouache painting that goes with the theme of the 500th anniversary since the Battle of Mactan showing the “passing of the torch” of our ancestors to the youth of today.
Milan Jamito is a Fine Arts student at the University of the Philippines Diliman under the Visual Communication course. Growing up, Milan became inspired by the animated films and cartoons she watched and carried that sense of wonder and imagination into her art. She is skilled in digital and traditional art, using water based paint and colored pencils in her pieces.