Art Evolution
A Search for Meaning in Nature
Dr Abe V Rotor
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
–Vincent van Gogh
Art lives forever, indeed.
Cracked, broken, abandoned;
be it a vase, urn, pot or jar.
Don't throw it away we forbid!
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” –Frank Lloyd Wright
“Nature is loved by what is best in us.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Relics of a tree is as sacred as that
of any living thing the Creator made.
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” –Alice Walker
You can lift nature in painting,
go find her in her real setting.
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength
that will endure as long as life lasts." –Rachel Carson
White doves hovering sans fear,
their message falling on deaf ear.
“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” –Langston Hughes
Specimens and art are compatible
in the laboratory and on the wall.
“Sunsets are proof that endings can often be beautiful, too.” –Beau Taplin
How we have disturbed Nature to the core -
DNA's integrity no more - man's gravest sin.
"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want." –Andy Warhol
I painted this on a clear day on August 6, 2025
- Hiroshima atomic bombing. eighty years after.
"There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter." –Rachel Carson
Apparition - enshrined faith in a simple artwork.
to match your nature with Nature." –Joseph Campbell
Art is everywhere if we perceive it with our eighth sense
of awe and wonder, valuing and remembering.
"The earth has its music for all who will listen." - Reginald Holmes
After comfort, we throw away the leftover;
treasure it as a souvenir to remember.
“I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.” –Anne Frank
Everywhere there's work of the great Creator
who made the rocks, and the Earth as a whole.
“We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.” –Albert Einstein
From fossil to limestone to marble - to art;
all along images of the great Maker appear..
"If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm
sun on your hand.” –Buddha
Cradle the small, the weak, the helpless,
the secret of evolution's success.
There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” –Henri Matisse
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." –John Muir
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