Yvonne Quisumbing’s 'Cartomancer' follows a storyline from the innocent Fool towards the wisdom of the World. The narrative is told in ten oil on sculptural substrates, each representing ten out of the several archetypes in the Tarot deck . She lays down this powerful deck of designs that grounds the art of fortune-telling to folk healing.

The painter, Elaine Navas, who has concentrated on life more than anything since the pandemic started, offers a much-needed introspection on the things that matter: to paint what one wants to see–-in thinking that every chance might come as the last. This serves as countermeasure to the bleakness of our current state—wherein we have been exposed to the vulnerabilities of humanity—as well as to its ability to continue and survive.