Jack Salud is a contemporary artist from Quezon City, Philippines. He is known for his large-scale masterpieces rendered in pointillist painting style. Salud entered the art arena in 1996 when he participated in the annual invitational watercolor exhibition/competition ‘Kulay sa Tubig’ (Color on Water). Since then, he has participated in numerous exhibitions, the latest being ‘Paint My Dreams’ in 2020, an online fund-raising exhibit for the Rotary Club of Bagong Silangan in Quezon City. The title of his work, Victorious, is encapsulated in the Bible verse Philippians 4:8, which Salud references in the painting’s inscription. Salud is driven by Henri Matisse’s maxim that says, “Creativity takes courage.” Thus, in discerning this work, Salud ...