This month, digital art platform ArtPHonline - which has been showcasing a series of online painting exhibits and auctions made by both established and emerging Filipino artists - is featuring the colorful and mood uplifting paintings of Italian scooter brand Vespa.
Hotelier, painter and Vespa fan, Michael Anthony Sagaran CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/JOEY SILVESTRE
Newscaster Julius Babao had his Vespa Sean Wotherspoon (2020) limited edition immortalized in Sagaran’s painand it’s painting by Michael Anthony Sagaran CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/CHRISTINE BERSOLA-BABAO
Hotelier, painter and Vespa fan, Michael Anthony Sagaran CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/JOEY SILVESTRE
Newscaster Julius Babao had his Vespa Sean Wotherspoon (2020) limited edition immortalized in Sagaran’s painand it’s painting by Michael Anthony Sagaran CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/CHRISTINE BERSOLA-BABAO
The "Vespa History" online exhibit features the brand's evolution and its nine iconic models in acrylic on canvas paintings. These are the Vespa 98 2 Serie (1947 model); Vespa Circuito 125 (1949 model); Vespa 150 (1956 model); Vespa P125X (1978 model); Vespa PX150 (1982 model); Vespa Primavera (2003 model); Vespa Red (2017 model); and Vespa GTS 7th Anniversay Edition (2021 model).