Painting for poet pal

Aside from blank canvasses, bags, notebooks, dresses, among others, TV host-actress-painter Heart Evangelista’s paintings now adorn books. Heart recently collaborated with Manila Bulletin’s lifestyle editor and resident poet Arnel Patawaran, whose new book “Hai[na]ku and Other Poems” HEART EVANGELISTA (Instagram) feautures her artwork. This is the second time Heart painted for a tome. The first was for “Daughter of the Sun and the Moon” by Rocio Olbes. Heart said Arnel asked for her services via snail mail. She shared, “I said yes right away because AA and I are friends even before pa. He was the first one to believe in my talent that’s why I owe him where I am now. Who wouldn’t say yes?” The painting used for the cover is actually a half-finished work, said Heart, but AA loved it. “That was actually the first painting that I did,” she shared. At the book launch, actress Opaline [...]