The Philippines is rich with Spanish culture and the archipelago is peppered with old, captivating European houses. William Barabona has had a long-time fascination with this country’s charming colonial abodes and has made them the primary subject of most of his oil paintings. He buries his houses in a myriad of brilliant flowers and his rich reds, yellows and greens envelope each home in a delightfully relaxing manner.

The warmth of his paintings is complemented by a sense of mystery as most of his work only hint at human life – he rarely paints people and prefers to allude to their existence by painting open doors, used bicycles and blossoming flowerpots. Barabona’s art is both picturesque and escapist making him a popular painter of well-loved works.