Published December 29, 2020, 8:00 AM
FYA! Here’s a young artist who tries to make ends meet by getting better at his art, a day at a time
Here’s an unpopular point: Art, as an industry, can be quite cliquish. It is very difficult for younger, aspiring artists to “get out there,” as they grapple with finding what makes their art unique while also trying very hard to get past the barriers put up by some self-proclaimed “gatekeepers” of the artistic world.
This sad reality makes the stories of the likes of 21-year-old artist
Brian Razon quite intriguing.
An academic scholar at De La Salle – College of St. Benilde’s School of Design and Arts, Brian has been spending a lot of his time in quarantine doing commissions, like most artists have been doing this Covid season, to help his family make ends meet. This isn’t also new to him, having stepped up to be the family’s breadwinner a year before he decided to continue with college, taking up a degree in Architec