EXCLUSIVE from Filipino Celebrity Headlines Examiner, Hollywood, California, June 19, 2010 – With the advent of the advances of photo reconfiguration, one can produce new kinds of images, both past and present, electronically. These include prophetic ones. Images that tell of the inspiration through illustrative graphics have become channels of unique expressions of thoughts which words may have fallen short of justice to the artists. One such artist is Michael Canja, a Manila-based Paclander from Technological Institute of the Philippines.
A humble fan and a debater in his own right, Canja has been participating in the Pacland forum since the rise of Manny Pacquiao in the international scene. He has shared his artworks and specifically even avatars to his friends and acquiantances.
Asked about what inspired him in computer graphics arts, Canja says: “My family…my wife and three princesses have inspired me.” Canja says he has learned the art of graphic design through experience and continued leaning. He says Michael Angelo is his favorite painter.
Michael Canja His old- time favorite quotations, “I shall but love thee better after death” and “Love is not love when it change when it finds a reason to change”, both tell the mindset of an artist whose foresight is of eternity. And that’s what his artworks are all about. Canja spent his formative years in Antique where he finished his secondary education at St. Lukes Academy in Valderrama.
Canja is married to Rachel T. De Asis, bearing three girls: Deanne Faye 11 , Phoebe 7 and Fair 4. Like almost every responsible father, Canja plans to make the most out of his talent and potential job. “I hope to have my children finished their studies and to give them a better life,” Canja adds. “I also want to pass on my talent to whoever is interested among my three children.” Note: Artwork above is created by Michael Canja, a Manila-based celebrity computer graphic artist. depicting two familiar heroes in the forefront, past and present, with old-time hero Dr. Jose Rizal and National Treasure/Congressman Manny Pacquiao and, in the background, Ninoy Aquino, Jr., former President Corazon Aquino and more.
