AL FAISALIYAH, Ar Riyad - Blessed, always be bless and more blessings for our dearest kabayan Jesus Valles who are now working as a Project Coordinator in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Ka Jess to his bubbly cohorts and wacky colleagues, a native of Dasmarinas, Cavite, Jess is a real blessed man with a kind-hearted wife Elizabeth and newly-born angelic baby, now, celebrating his birthday with a warm and well-wishes and so the blessing from his new found group in Riyadh; Jho, Alvin, Leo, Dominique, Boyet G., Alladine, Ryan, Cris, Rico, Jay, Yon, Jun and Boyet M.

From all of us here, friends and fellow workers in Ar Riyad and from Pinoy Overseas, wishing you a Blessed and Happy Birthday, Ka Jess Valles, Mabuhay ka, Kabayan!

"Anghel" 1997 Series  Mixed Media ( Large Format )

TAHALIA ST., Riyadh - IT'S been a long time, long time of years, possibly ten years I turned my back in the realm of the creatives and the ground of vagueness. After all these years, the potent howls haunt me back to where I should furiously ramble…the claws and fangs of Surrealism that was ignited ten long years ago with the 1997 Anghel Series One-Man Art Exhibition. The visual arts paved a great way for my soul to embrace Breton's enigma and Dali's obscurity plus the grand inspiration of the Avant-Garde Syjucos- Jean Marie and Cesare that dwelled and fuelled and varoomed into my withins and deepness as the rambling knights and on the road wanderer of the art circle…

"Landscape" 2008 Digital B&W Photography "Gently Weeps"

As it resurrects in my existence, the Surreal-Bohemian ghosts reaps back with a clamped-fist to put hold all the pieces that was overlooked and long-forgotten after all these crazy years in the realm circle where the speed and time congruents, where the light and shadow respects and where the color and gray encompasses…the Fine Art of Photography. With the newfound armours and knights of the El Cirkulos they take an avant-garde charge to the brigade…to the heavy brigade here in the Kingdom.

"Polluted" 2008 Digital Duotone Photography "Thanathos"

Its the meeting of the surreals and the avant-garde as I take hold of the torched they flamed to artistically and creatively intercourse the strokes and the shutters…the light and the brushes and the paints and the lens. So as the powerful lines in Sting's chorus…"sending out an s.o.s..I'll send an s.o.s to the world"…I'll send my SOUL on SURREALISM and hope that someone gets my message…