https://www.duddleydiaz.com/cover daily 1.0 2025-05-22 https://www.duddleydiaz.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/394df8e1-975c-4394-8482-5abedea7e3ff/Haliya%27s+Mask+Reliquary+copy+TRIM.jpg https://www.duddleydiaz.com/biography daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/a26328b0-ca7d-471f-8936-9f3d06639581/Duddley+Photo.jpeg https://www.duddleydiaz.com/statement daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/4cceb221-dbe3-4cfe-9ed2-e85c5b1718fe/EpiphanyPolyptych1%28Detail%29+TRIM.jpg https://www.duddleydiaz.com/curriculum-vitae daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://www.duddleydiaz.com/publications daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/4cceb221-dbe3-4cfe-9ed2-e85c5b1718fe/EpiphanyPolyptych1%28Detail%29+TRIM.jpg https://www.duddleydiaz.com/home daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/ef9913e3-62d2-4eae-8865-59eb87693e62/Diaz_Duddley_4+TRIM+OUTSIDE+FRAME.jpg https://www.duddleydiaz.com/single-panels daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/ca8d564a-b9b6-4e65-9af6-e67867779376/20250220_120355.jpg Single Panels Processional Image (The Androgyn), 2025 Carved and painted wood with silver leaf H. 24” x 16” x 12” Before the Christianization of the Philippines by Spain, there was a figure of a priestess/shaman who led the community in religious affairs and healing. This shaman is called Bayog who is biologically male but plays the role of the priestess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/9613af56-072c-4296-91e9-a02999c7790a/ThePomegranate.jpg Single Panels The Pomegranate, 2025 Carved and painted wood with gold leaf H. 36” x 24” x 2” It is very interesting that the presence of this sacred fruit has been very significant and symbolic in many cultures and religions for millennia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/46b198bf-35fa-4949-bc2b-a9649e9dbb72/Diaz_Duddley_4.jpg Single Panels Come to me I will nourish you, 2023 Carved and painted wood with gold leaf H. 20” x 15.5” x 2” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/f9aa2e36-8840-4ebb-98e3-d7b9f6d8f4bc/Domestic+Altar+2.jpg Single Panels Domestic Altar n.1, 2024 Carved and painted wood with gold leaf on found wooden box H. 24” x 18” x 9” Even prior to Christianity most homes have shrines where they put offerings for the ancestors and deities alike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/241ada21-7bee-4792-970d-a91400f05237/Homage+to+the+Divided+Child.jpg Single Panels Homage to the Divided Child, 2024 Carved and painted wood with gold leaf H. 20” x 16” x 2” The divided child from the story of the goddess who married a mortal man inspired me. Through the myth I can connect from the distant past to the present remembering that most of the time the children are silent victims. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/fdb9fcec-2ce7-40ff-a306-4d084a1d0d4d/Sarimanokn.1.jpg Single Panels Sarimanok n. 1, 2024 Carved and painted wood with gold leaf H. 12” x 10” x 1” The Sarimanok is a mythological bird from Southern Philippines that is believed to symbolize wealth and power. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/e6b92b38-142f-4747-96c7-ff709489585c/The+Resurrection+of+the+Divided+Child+copy.jpg Single Panels The Resurrection of the Divided Child, 2024 Carved and painted wood with gold leaf H. 36” x 31.75” x 2” The goddess Bugan brought the lower half of her child to heaven after the divorce from her mortal husband. When she reached heaven she resurrected her son, making him whole again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/9c21928e-046d-429b-a908-eca311ece9cf/TheRiceGod.jpg Single Panels The Rice God, 2024 Carved and painted wood H. 60” x 24” x 2” Lakambakod is the name of this god. The ancient Filipinos prayed to him for an abundant harvest. He was often depicted wearing a golden mask and a gilded phallus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/911a2229-ba11-43c4-98e4-61c995e368c3/The+Icon.jpg Single Panels The Icon Carved and painted wood with gold leaf H. 12” x 10” x 1” I created a series of more intimate small relief sculptures of mythological deities. I thought of the portable sacred icons for private devotion from the remote past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/f46429d1-34fb-4a1d-8f64-4c27b6c30847/TheDivorcee.jpg Single Panels The Divorcee, 2023 Carved and painted wood H. 36” x 24” x 2” For me some mythological elements from the story of goddess Bugan are still relevant to the present. It still can connect to some social issues of pain and separation for both parents and children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/6b287b88-9610-4db9-a71d-f7b0266c9385/Diaz_Duddley_2.jpg Single Panels My Struggling Hero, 2018 Carved and painted wood H. 40” x 31.5” x 2” The legend of Bernardo Carpio is one of the most frequent legends my grandfather told me when I was a child. This figure of a man struggling to free himself between giant boulders. He became a symbol of a saviour who would free the people from the Spanish colonizers. https://www.duddleydiaz.com/multi-panels daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/bccb8808-a102-4a4b-a84a-c04dff86f3b9/20250515_122740%281%29.jpg Multi Panels Pinoy Epiphany, 2025 Carved and painted wood H. 62” x 92” x 5.5” Haliya defending the moon wins over her archenemy Bakunawa. The epiphany of Lumabat as a god manifested through the wound in his abdomen. The ever nourishing Mebuyan surrounded by her children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/f870ba7f-8e94-4946-8e36-110afe615b05/20250516_115302.jpg Multi Panels The Arbiter Polyptych, 2025 Carved and painted wood H. 54” x 93” x 7.25” Inspired by both the Philippine colonial altars and monumental medieval altarpieces, I arranged the relief sculptures depicting mythological scenes like one. The upper part of the altarpiece shows more drama while the lower part simply tells us that life goes on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/9c84c3b1-d695-4ebf-bb6d-beb491803c37/Diaz_Duddley_3.jpg Multi Panels The Settlement Diptych, 2024 Carved and painted wood H. 24.5” x 32.5” x 5” The Philippine myth (Ifugao) of Bugan is about a goddess who married a mortal man. They had a child. The goddess divorced from her husband. She had to leave the upper half of the child to him. She brought with her the lower half to heaven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/8185fda9-b6d1-4462-8dd1-920afbf52ec8/Diaz_Duddley_5.jpg Multi Panels Guardian Predator Triptych, 2024 Carved and painted wood with gold leaf H. 12” x 10” x 1” each https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/ca34301f-8394-47c6-9804-434f47f1110f/EpiphanyPolyptych1%28Detail%29.jpg Multi Panels Childhood Anxiety (Polyptych), 2023 Carved and painted wood H. 36” x 115” x 5.5” Our elders had stories too of some creatures half human and half beast from the lower mythologies. These creatures of the night can cause fear specially to children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/12586076-fbf2-48be-850b-8cb18f2239cb/Haliya%27s+Mask+Reliquary+copy.jpg Multi Panels Haliya’s Mask Reliquary, 2024 Carved and painted wood with gold leaf, oil on plywood, glass H. 17.5” x 42” x 5.5” When I once travelled to Manila, I found my old painting study of the goddess Haliya’s mask just sitting alone in the corner of the room. I brought it with me and created a triptych. Now two mythological birds (Sarimanok) watch over her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/a6792d73-a9ff-45af-b86c-cfd01065457c/3_TheMothers.jpg Multi Panels The Mothers Triptych, 2018 Carved and painted wood H. 52" x 96” x 5” Three goddesses from Philippine Mythology represented diverse aspects of the mother. From the left is Dian Masalanta, the goddess of childbirth and lovers. Mebuyan is welcoming and nourishing. Bugan resorts to severity to be just. https://www.duddleydiaz.com/monumental daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/cb0488c2-b4a5-4164-91d7-7789a2a26d90/Diaz_Duddley_1.jpg Monumental Haliya (Study), 2019 Plaster with acrylic paint H. 12” x 8.5” x 9.5” This monochromatic study of Haliya is the scale model of a 19 foot tall sculpture I created in time for the Dubai 2020 World Expo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/a21fed85-456c-4cdb-9913-47613c15dffd/Diaz_Duddley_2.jpeg Monumental Haliya (Installation photo) 2020 Resin and acrylic paint H. 19.7 ft. x 9 ft. x 10.8 ft The monumental sculpture of Haliya was installed in front of the Philippine Pavilion at the Dubai World Expo 2020 in the UAE. https://www.duddleydiaz.com/collections daily 0.75 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/682b95afa550c819a042229a/4cceb221-dbe3-4cfe-9ed2-e85c5b1718fe/EpiphanyPolyptych1%28Detail%29+TRIM.jpg