A painter, a father, a friend, and a brother; art is only just a branch of Martin Honasan.
Throughout the years, we have been graced by the presence and memories of exceptional individuals who would be considered masters in their respective fields. Think Kobe Bryant, Heath Ledger, or Freddie Mercury. Outside of the circumstances surrounding their unfortunate and untimely passings, what connects these so-called legends is their obsession with their craft, and the standards they put upon themselves, separating them from their peers.
In an exclusive interview with LIFESTYLE.INQ, Martin Honasan shares that he aspires for something else entirely. An artist that has exhibited in various locations locally and internationally, no one can take away from his passion and skill for his craft. But for him, despite all of these, art is just that, art, not the full essence of his being.
“I could easily decide to pour everything and become the next Ron Ventura, but if you do that you sacrifice so many things. How many decades are our lives? I don’t want to waste it on art. As fun as it is, it’s not the main thing.” Turning to watercolor first, his initial art style as he described was very technical and aimed at photorealism. He recounted the task as very laborious, likening it to toiling under the sun as a worker. This would soon change after he met his now wife Barbie Almabis, which marked the change in his artistic process, and his decision to move to canvas. When she first moved in with him, he recalls a particular instance where he saw her by the stairs composing a jingle for a commercial.
Funnily enough, he shares a story that happened during one of his shows in New York. A woman had approached him asking why he damages and slashes his wife’s face in one of his paintings. Scrambling to defend himself and dispel any assumptions of marital issues, he explains that the damage is the piece’s starting point, and the face is the last thing to be put on.
But to be honest, that sounds more like an afterthought, something he discovered his works could represent, rather than pure intent from the very beginning.
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