Inspired by the hierarchy of her environment: the self, her family, friends, and the greater scheme of things, the artist Odette’s predilection for the self-portrait comes to better view. On the occasion of the Bohol Artist’s inescapable on the part of those who view the work. How much more valuable to the Summit’s ideal could her statement and contribution beyond the local art fair, reinstating national value in her bodily representation instantaneously converses as if it were between two persons.
Cagandahan received formal education in the arts in the University of the Philippines. The nuance in every face is a bold one, the expressions are drawing, approximating the chiaroscuro style that the influence of classical masters have perfected. Approximating and then some.