Why is rizal an artist?

There is no question that, apart from being a hero, a patriot, and writer, Jose Rizal was an artist of high caliber. In his lifetime, he produced no less than 110 works of art: 8 paintings, 51 sketches, 46 sculptures, 2 engineering plans, and 3 maps. He began showing his artistic skills at age 5, surprising his kin with sketches and clay models. In 1869, as a student in his hometown, Rizal earned the admiration of town officials and townsfolk by reproducing a better copy of the Spanish coat-of-arms as emergency replacement to a damaged banner on the eve of the town fiesta. Among his better known works of art are the portraits of Segunda Katigbak and Leonor Rivera, two of his early loves; the curtain art of Dapitan church (1894); Christ Crucified in crayon (1875); painting of Immaculate Conception (1874); the sculptures "Triumph of Death Over Life" and "Triumph of Science Over Death" in clay; two copies of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in wood and terra cotta; the image of Virgin Mary in wood; the plan for a water system in Dapitan and for a college in Paris. Among his favorite subjects are women, religion, his friends, and places and people he encountered during his travels.