Kimberly Mariz Navarro, our first youthful Bambanense featured artist, was born July 19th to proud parents Nolan D. Navarro and Marissa Bognot-Navarro. Of her early childhood recollections, she recalls going to the province to pal around with her cousins. They used to make daisy chains and collect bugs, activities only a child can fully appreciate.
Kim or Kimi, as she's known to her buddies, grew up in Pasig, Metro Manila, where she remembers helping other kids polish the classroom floor with coconut husks and sand down each desk thoroughly to make it clean.
When asked about her hobbies, she replied, "My hobbies are listening to music. I enjoy lo-fi, new wave, foreign, and older music. I also love to draw and paint. Most of the time I draw because paints, brushes, and varnish are expensive!" Kimi is inspired by Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec's art because she finds his pieces vibrant and passionate. Kimi is, of course, referring to the "Soul of Montmartre", who portrayed bohemian life in late nineteenth century Paris.
Our young artist is currently in high school in Italy, enjoying the panoramic views of the Amalfi Coast on a daily basis. She has taken fundamental art classes as well as ceramics and studio art. Her favorite media is acrylic paint. She finds this media less intimidating than oil paint but more vibrant than watercolor. She has had experience with watercolor so she feels comfortable with this medium. However, she would like to try out oil painting. She likes the challenge of charcoal and oil pastels because they are messy and difficult to handle, just like an untamed wild mustang reering on its two hind legs.
Does she go to parties? Naturally. She likes to change her schedule so it doesn't become routine. She also likes to hang out with people and make new friends.
She describes the "ideal guy" as someone with very different interests so that they will learn from each other. She prefers him to be matured in thinking and kind in his ways. Most important of all, he should be able to give her space when necessary.
As for her future plans, she is thinking of going into advertising, or illustration, or maybe work in a gallery.
Bambanense.com proudly presents some of Kimi's original works. We wish her the best.
"Do not cry Pepito. Show these people that you are brave. It is a rare opportunity for me to die for our country. Not everybody is given that chance."
Saying attributed to Supreme Court Justice Jose Abad Santos of San Fernando, Pampanga when he was captured with his son and was interrogated by the Japanese in 1942.
