Nena Saguil moved from the Philippines to Paris where she continued to produce her signature works of cellular-looking objects. Her works are filled with orbs, spheres, circles, mandalas, cells, and moons all floating around the canvas---her very own interpretation of the cosmos.

Parisienne Nena Saguil, one of the last of the revered Filipino modern artist-expatriates, wove a cosmos of forms in pen and ink, mixed media and oil.

At first some of her work appears to be cross-section explorations of plant parts or unicellular organisms under the scrutiny of a microscope. The images later transform into the organs of the elements, the fiber of the universe: dots, bubbles vortices, rays all delicately drawn to create the vi...