Her eyes and long hair were as dark as midnight, and only her glowing skin shines so brightly. This is what inspired the artist to recreate one of her favorite deities, the Bicolana moonlight deity, Haliya. Haliya, the big sister and protector of her little brother and moon god, Bulan. Opposite to her sweet brother, Haliya is known to be strong, apathetic, and cruel. She was known to kill both mortal and monster with her broad sword. She was known to wear a mask to hide her real beauty as she puts on this other killer persona and fight her mortal enemy, the mooneater, Bakunawa. Despite her cold nature, she was convinced by the wind people to go down to the waters of the earth and bathe. The artist also wants to express in this artwork that when Bulan was taken by Sidapa, the god of death, that she spent all her life fighting the Bakunawa with great sorrow and loneliness.
This print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist, issued by Cartellino.
Tin Javier is a collage artist from Cavite who loves doing artworks that promote Philippine culture, such as folktales, myths, and pre-colonial people. She also loves the challenge of bringing to life certain characters and basing them on their indigenous group origin, using different papers. In her works, she recycles used grocery brown bags, reused stamps for color, and punched paper to add more style and texture to her work. She also wants her art to express her environmental, child rights, and women empowerment advocacies.
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