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'HAI |NA| KU' contains a collection of poems from Arnel Patawaran accompanied by paintings from Heart herself.

By FELIX ILAYA

Aside from being intelligent, gorgeous, and talented, Heart Evangelista is also an artist. She paints empty canvasses (and bags too) and brings them to life with her own creative vision.

 

#lovemarie #LmOceansApart2016 #ayalamuseum #artistspace

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Jan 15, 2016 at 8:19pm PST

LOOK: Heart Evangelista's paintings, on display soon at the Ayala Museum 

Last year, Heart successfully launched two books, a children's book and her own beauty book.

READ: Heart Evangelista makes successful foray into children's books 

Now, the Kapuso leading lady is back to creating art for books! Heart collaborated with Filipino poet Arnel Patawaran for his poetry book "HAI |NA| KU", a play on the Japanese poetry haiku and the Filipino expression "Hay, naku!".

 

Then my painting was printed on the cover...:) a collection of poems and pages of my paintings?? a collaboration with my dearest @aapatawaran ?? thank you once again:) #lovemarie #lovemarieillustrations SOON @nbsalert grab a copy??

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Jan 13, 2016 at 4:58am PST

The poetry book contains a collection of poems from Arnel Patawaran accompanied by paintings from Heart herself.

READ: Heart Evangelista’s 'This is Me, Love Marie' is number one in digital sales 

According to the author, upon seeing Heart's paintings, he thought it would be delightful to have her art in his book. Arnel is also the current lifestyle editor of one of the broadsheets in the country, Manila Bulletin.