Gene Lungay, a Bol-anon artist in Eschwege, Germany!

[hofelina]

http://www.genelungay.com/

[grazie7y]

I wonder if this artist is related to Father Roel Lungay aka chicogon.

[Aaron]

dili ui porke lungay related na bitaw joke lang day.

[grazie7y]

dili ui porke lungay related na bitaw joke lang day.

ngek!  busa bitaw ga wonder lang wa man ko ning ingon for sure related sila.  joke lang pod doy.

[tohnichi007]

murag 80 percent related ni sya ni chicogon naay familiar pic sa website 

[grazie7y]

salamat, tohnich!  asa na to atong mga lungay dire si father roel lungay aka chicogon ug si brother ray lungay aka bol_anon na cebuano kay basin ila ning mga kagupa. 

[hofelina]

Gene Lungay as arts teacher

[Koddi Prudente]

The Lungays, particularly the family of UP-educated Ma'am Nene Borja Lungay, are respected artists in Bohol. Ma'am Nene graduated with honors at the UP College of Fine Arts. Ka-batch niya ang national artist in visual arts nga si Jose Joya. Her children include Nelia (painter, sculptor and women's rights advocate) and Europe-based Gene . Another guy, Brydon, is a kayak maker. That's sculpture, too, with fiberglass as medium. I am certain that Fr. Chicogon and these Lungays are very much related as their roots are in Catigbian and Balilihan.         

[tohnichi007]

Korek!

[Koddi Prudente]

In 2006, Boholano Palanca award winner and La Salle professor Marjorie Evasco (of Maribojoc) authored “Ani: The Life and Art of Hermogena Borja Lungay, Boholano Painter”. The book is beautifully reviewed by Flaudette May V. Datuin (“Blossoms of Wisdom from a Turtle-Shaped Island”) in Ctrl + Pdf (Journal of Contemporary Art).  I had the privilege of attending the launching of the book at MetroCentre in Tagbilaran. How our eyes welled when it was time for Ma’am Nene to speak on her experiences as a mother, wife and artist.

Excerpts from Datuin’s review:

(In) . . . her home-island of Bohol, . . . (Lungay) is “committed to the lifelong practice of her art. She is of Bohol, in spirit and soul. This keen sense of place is not mere context for her art; it is the heart-source from which her visual imagination draws its living waters.”

A strong presence in Bohol today, Lungay is role model to new generations of Boholano artists. In her workshops, she not only teaches technique on how to paint well, but also how to live well. In one telling incident that took place in a gathering of Visayan artists, she sent a strong message: artists must learn how to strike a balance “between the need to survive in the world and the desire to serve one’s art.” When a male artist admonished young participants that “they shouldn’t get stuck with painting flowers and fruits,” the kind which collectors prefer, she countered: “Do not forget how to paint your flowers and fruits. These will help you survive in the world. But take care to paint each one very well.”

[chicogon]

First cuzin ko na Grace hehehe

[fdaray]

Bisan asang dapit sa kalibutan naay sikat nga Bol-anon.
Congrats Gene. I am familiar with this surename because my first cousin
sa Balilihan nakabana ug mga Lungay.

[chicogon]

Bisan asang dapit sa kalibutan naay sikat nga Bol-anon.
Congrats Gene. I am familiar with this surename because my first cousin
sa Balilihan nakabana ug mga Lungay.

Sir F, kinsa man ngan ug apelyido sa imo cuzin sa Balilihan nga nakabana ug Lungay? Mamasin ba lang kung nakaila ko...

[grazie7y]

First cuzin ko na Grace hehehe

Thanks for the confirmation, Father.  Daw beh, Father, kamao ka mo paint?  I know artist na man jud ka sa larangan sa pagsuwat ug mga kanta ug sa pagkanta mismo. 

[chicogon]

Thanks for the confirmation, Father.  Daw beh, Father, kamao ka mo paint?  I know artist na man jud ka sa larangan sa pagsuwat ug mga kanta ug sa pagkanta mismo. 

Ni try kog paint after Hurricane Katrina to keep my sanity... pero kataw-anan man. I thought I know how to do it but I can't put my hand to it yet. Dia pa sud sa imagination, di pa kagawas ngadtos kamos hahahaha!

[Koddi Prudente]

There's a priest who paints: Fr. Alger Lungay. Any relation, Fr. Chic?

[chicogon]

There's a priest who paints: Fr. Alger Lungay. Any relation, Fr. Chic?

Fr. Alger L. Angcla na Kods.... Lungay middle name, 1st degree gihapon name ni Gene. Iya works makita sa Museo de Loboc... ug sa ilang balay pod hehehe

[Koddi Prudente]

Fr. Alger L. Angcla na Kods.... Lungay middle name, 1st degree gihapon name ni Gene. Iya works makita sa Museo de Loboc... ug sa ilang balay pod hehehe

Aw, tuod. Fr. Angcla diay ni sya. Paryente ba kaha pud ni sa giprotestahan nga pari sa Loon nga si Fr. Dagat? (Angcla ug Dagat, he he he).

[Raquelproud boholana]

Di basta basta diay ug kaliwat ning mga Lungay. Congrats Gene ug nimo Father di mo basta basta ug talent da.
@ Koddi Murag paryente ra jud ni si Angcla ug si Dagat.Private message nako Kodz nganong giprotestahan sa taga Loon si Father Dagat. Out of charity para niya ba.

[chicogon]

Di basta basta diay ug kaliwat ning mga Lungay. Congrats Gene ug nimo Father di mo basta basta ug talent da.
@ Koddi Murag paryente ra jud ni si Angcla ug si Dagat.Private message nako Kodz nganong giprotestahan sa taga Loon si Father Dagat. Out of charity para niya ba.

Tanan baja ta di basta-basta day Raq... we each have some stories to tell (we're a story unto itself). And we need to tell our stories and do our stuff pod hehehe.

Akong gipili Raq kay kini mang akong day job... the others are to keep my sanity. That's all!

[Koddi Prudente]

. . . Private message nako Kodz nganong giprotestahan sa taga Loon si Father Dagat. Out of charity para niya ba.

Di pa ko makatubag ana in detail, but allegedly he transferred all parish funds amounting to about 600,000 pesos (as told by many) to his personal bank account.

Balik ta ni Gene, what I appreciate in him is he continues to paint images of Bohol, like children playing local games, even while he's already based in Europe. Such subjects create curiosity among the viewers who eventually buy his works because of the cultural value that they possess.   

[jorgeanna]

wow congrats Nong Gene!.. maka-remember man pud ta sauna nga adto tig-standby si Nong Gene sa balay namo kay barkada siya sa akong papa sauna and first degree cousins sa akong mga first degree cousins pud....

[chicogon]

wow congrats Nong Gene!.. maka-remember man pud ta sauna nga adto tig-standby si Nong Gene sa balay namo kay barkada siya sa akong papa sauna and first degree cousins sa akong mga first degree cousins pud....

You mean sa Borja clan?

[jorgeanna]

You mean sa Borja clan?

yes sa Borja clan... ang igsoon sa akong mama naka-asawa og igsoon sa inahan ni nong gene