Cyril Maza Blogs

In the attached video, Cyril plays "Bayan Ko" or "My Country". It is a song sung by Freddie Aguilar. Below is the lyrics of this song: Ang bayan kong Pilipinas Lupain ng ginto't bulaklak Pag-ibig na sa kanyang palad Nag-alay ng ganda't dila... 

Cyril learned to play bandolin and banduria when he was in grade school in the Philippines. The Philippine banduria is a 14-stringed musical instrument. The Philippine bandolin, on the other hand, is similar to mandolin but is thicker and is tune... 

I just joined the Billboard Contest in FineArtAmerica, and I need at least 250 votes to pass the first elimination round. Five lucky winners will have their artwork featured on billboards throughout Los Angeles! Each billboard will be at least 24... 

We're in the news! Amy Bishop of Houston Public Media just recently released a news article covering Art DeckCo's Artist on Board Skateboard Art Exhibit in Galerie Spectra. She went to Galerie Spectra last Friday, 27th of May 2016, to interview... 

ArtDeckCo Skateboard Company is currently displaying over one hundred and fifty skateboard arts in the back rooms of Galerie Spectra.  Featured are skateboard arts by local Houston artists, as well as, other artists from all over the United States.... 

Galerie Spectra celebrated its first anniversary last Friday, 11 March 2016, with an artists reception from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. That night is also the start of their monthly exhibition, which runs through April 13.  The exhibition features... 

Lorna and I are glad to have participated in the "Earth, Sky and Space" Fine Art Exhibit, which was held last Sunday, 15 May 2016.  This event was held at the Johnson Space Center, Gilruth Center, Alamo Ballroom, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston TX 77058... 

Painting is one of the things I have wanted to do since I was a little kid, but never really had the chance to do on a regular basis until I reached the age of 39. When I was a kid, I liked to draw very much.  Drawing was one of my favorite hobb... 

Husband and wife Cyril Maza (CSMaza) and Lorna Maza (LLDM) completed two commissioned paintings that feature men delivering cargo boxes in remote areas in the Philippines.  The paintings were commissioned by Regent Forex, a cargo forwarding comp... 

Fine Art America has recently announced a new partnership with Deck the Walls, The Great Frame Up, and the Framing and Art Centre! If you live in the US or Canada, you probably recognize at least one of those business names.  They are all ... 

We are now selling t-shirts and other apparel, with prints of our art works, on Pixels.com! We have available t-shirts, sweatshirts, v-necks, tank tops, women's t-shirts, junior t-shirts, long sleeve t-shirts, and more. Pixels.com has revolu... 

We are very pleased to announce that we have begun shipping iPhone and Galaxy cases with my art works from our new production facilities in the United Kingdom and Australia! What does that mean? It means that all orders for ph... 

My wife, Lorna, and I have joined this contest last summer, and were pleased and honored to have our entries ("Boy Riding a Carabao" and "Picnic in the Farm") make it to the top 50 finalists. The top 50 pieces, as selected by the panel of ... 

A Caucasian boy named Isaiah, from Houston TX, went to the Philippines to spend a vacation with his family. It was his first visit to the Philippines and he was also meeting his relatives there for the first time. He had a wonderful time, p... 

I just finished another painting today.  It's called "Bayanihan." "Bayanihan is a Filipino term taken from the word "bayan", referring to a nation, country, town, or community. The whole term "bayanihan" refers to a spirit of communal unity ... 

My wife and I are participating in the Summerview 4 Exhibition of Artists Alive and Well, inc. Please come and enjoy artwork presented by local Houston artists this summer with a fantastic view of our city from the 9th Floor Sky Lobby of The Phoen... 

I finished this painting on the 4th of July 2013. It was a holiday (US Independence Day), so I did not go to work. I spent the whole afternoon, adding finishing touches to this painting, which I started a couple of weeks ago. Th... 

I finished this painting on July 6, 2013. It was Saturday, the first Saturday after the 4th of July. I really wanted to finish this painting that weekend, because this painting had been sitting unfinished in my studio for quite some time already. I a... 

"Three Men and a Lady Playing Cards" is the last painting I finished before the end of the year 2012. At the time, I was also working on another painting, which I continued and finished early in 2013. Just like what the title of this painting says, i... 

"Harvest Time" is actually a version of another painting called "Kids Eating Mangoes" by Cyril Maza.  It shows a group of teenage kids having fun and eating mangoes, with a farmer and some farm animals around them, depicting a typical farm scene... 

I finished another painting this afternoon, April 7, 2011.  It is an acrylic painting on a 11" X 14" X 5/8" canvas.   I have named it "Banaue," after the municipality called Banaue (Banawe) in the province of Ifugao in the Philippines. ... 

"Father and Son" is the third in my series of parent-and-child paintings.  The first two paintings are "A Moment with Dad" and "Mom and Babe."  This painting features a baby boy, instead of a baby girl, giving it a little bit of distinction... 

Seen from the perspective of a small child looking up to an old bearded man, the painting shows a man with outstretched right arm holding out and offering a green balloon to nearby passersby. The man wears a long sleeve shirt and a blue hat to protec... 

Below is a picture of my first painting for the year 2013.  It is a self-portrait, entitled "The Artist."  It portrays me, Cyril Maza, painting on canvas.  It is an acrylic 24" X 36" portrait painting on canvas.   ... 

I just recently posted three new paintings in my two websites (http://cyril-maza.artistwebsites.com and http://cyril-maza.fineartamerica.com).  They are my first three paintings in 2013. One of them is "The Artist," which is my first pa... 

My wife and I just opened an online store at Zazzle.com. It is called "CSM and LLDM Emporium." Products featuring our art works are already available for sale. We already have t-shirts, jackets, caps, bags, mugs, stamps, wall clocks, pillows, pla... 

For the holiday season, we are offering the following discounts and canvas prints at very low promotional prices. Please click on the button below for more information. Thank you very much and have a happy holiday! 

1969 - Born in Isabela, Philippines 1975 - Moved to Infanta, Quezon, Philippines 1976 - Started Elementary School 1981 - Family went to Indonesia and lived in Lampung. Studied in Calvert School 1982 - Family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia. ... 

Cyril Maza is both an engineer and an artist. He is a licensed professional engineer (P.E.) in Texas, and a registered civil engineer in the Philippines. Although he started painting only in 2008, he has demonstrated his remarkable talent a... 

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