Dominique Padilla Gallego is a freelance writer based in Manila and New York, a self-taught art lover and a practicing lawyer.
I first encountered Lolita Valderrama Savage through a painting in the dining room of an art collector whose assemblage included Matisses and Picassos. I was both surprised and pleased to discover that the artist was Filipina. After my first encounter with Valderrama Savage’s painting, I was fortunate to