Creative Photography: Nature's Art in the Garden

Creative Photography:  

Nature's Art  in the Garden*

Living with Nature Center

San Vicente, Ilocos Sur

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

Nangka or jackfruit seedlings growing with waterfall mural background  

Come see and hear the waterfall, 

seedlings growing, sunlight and all. 

* Nature art encompasses a wide range of artistic expressions inspired by the natural world. It includes both visual representations of natural elements and artworks that utilize natural materials. AI Overview

“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” 

–Vincent van Gogh

Caladium and its shadow

Grow tall and make a shadow

for every creature living below.

“I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.” –Anne Frank

Nature's radial symmetry

makes the garden

Christmas everyday.

 

"Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art." - Philip James Bailey

Colorful croton

Capture the sun and make a crown,

bestow it upon a guest from town.

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow." –Helen Keller

Movable decor house plants

Potted yet free

 like a family

for children to see.

"Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature." - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Pruned umbrella tree

Soon you'll grow a new crown

and become again

 an umbrella for everyone.

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them." - Henri Matisse

Miniforest

Create an arboretum at home,

and have a whole forest your own.

"Great art picks up where nature ends." - Marc Chagall

Prototype Croton 

Simple, beautiful, shining,

pure, true, unassuming 

"Art will never be able to exist without nature." - Pierre Bonnard

 Star Cactus

I don't know your real name 

so I describe you to others

in two words to imagine 

you are the same.  

“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.” – Zeno

Trees and lianas meet the sun

Morning among trees though late,

gives more time to contemplate. 

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better," 

-  Albert Einstein.

Abrus precatorius 

Rosary pea or bugayong,

ethnic cure to folk ailments;

bullet of bamboo blow gun 

in children's tournaments.

"Art is a harmony parallel with nature." - Paul Cezanne ~