Nature in Paintings and Verses

Nature in Paintings and Verses

Dr Abe V Rotor

"Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul." - Edvard Munch 

Morning at the UST Botanical Garden

An On-the-Spot Painting at the University of Santo Tomas (Manila)

 Botanical garden by the author, with the tallest tree Alstonia scholaris,

 locally known as dita, as subject.

Morning at the UST Botanical Garden

It is misty, it is foggy, here at the garden,

or it must be smog in the city air;

and the early rays pierce through like spears,

yet this is the best place for a lair.

But the artist must be provoked, challenged;

for peace can't make a masterpiece;

only a troubled soul do rise where others fall,

where ease and good life often miss.

This lair is where the action is, the battlefield,

where pure and polluted air meet,

where a garden in a concrete jungle reigns,

where nature's trail ends in a street.

Art, where is art, when the message is unclear,

colors, colors, what color is blind faith?

what color is rage, what color is change?

colors be humble - black is your fate. ~

Convergence in Nature

Convergence in Nature, detail of mural by A V Rotor

How many falls do you tumble all the time?

And songs you sing in rhythm and rhyme?

Oh, you are simply filled with awe and joy.

And I, I wish I were forever a boy -

I ride on your crest, plunge into your floor,

Inside your womb I'm a child once more,

Together we flow, and I'm weaned out to sea

To tell the world of a beautiful story. 

"If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere." 

—Laura Ingalls Wilder