12 Paintings with the Color Red

 12 Paintings with the Color Red 

Dr Abe V Rotor 

 "Red protects itself. No color is as territorial. It stakes a claim, is on the alert against the spectrum. Painters use red like spice,"- Derek Jarman, British artist and film maker

"Red, oh, the bleeding drops of red..."

Lord Alfred Tennyson's imprimatur;

"O my Luve is like a red, red rose..."

Robert Burns signature.

Tragic and romantic, red the color

of extremes - passionate love, seduction,

violence, danger, anger, adventure.

prize or loss in every action.

Our prehistoric ancestors saw red,

the color of fire and blood,

energy and primal life forces,

symbolism's good and bad.

 

Red Fish and Brood in acrylic AVRotor 2015

"When in doubt, wear red." -  Bill Blass,  A-Z Quotes.

El Niño Autumn in a Forest in acrylic AVRotor 2015

Sun and Red Ball of Fire in a Forest in acrylic, AVRotor 2015

"The red carpet can hide more than just blood stains.”

― Anthony T. Hincks

 Fire Tree in Bloom, Mt Makiling, Laguna, on-the spot painting 

by Anna Rotor, author's daughter, 1992

Uncommon fruit, by the late Sr Veny V Rotor ofs,

author's sister

Macopa, by Sr Veny V Rotor ofs

"Red is the first color of spring. It's the real color of rebirth. Of beginning." 

- A-Z Quotes 

 Red Bird, Postmortem, a surreal painting, AVRotor

"Red is the color of life. It's blood, passion, rage. It's menstrual flow and after birth. Beginnings and violent end." -  Goodreads 

Global Warming, AVRotor, circa 1990

Red Sargassum, AVRotor

“Wear red and just be silent, don’t even whisper by yourself; you will see that you will be heard easily because red always speaks on behalf of you! By wearing red, you give your tongue and voice to red colour!”― Mehmet Murat ildan

Gamet, red seaweed by AVRotor

Red Cabbage, AVRotor

"Red is a strong, happy, optimistic color, and I like having fun with it, you know?"

- Rihanna, Gracious Quotes  

Wildfire aftermath, AVRotor

"There is a shade of red for every woman." - Audrey Hepburn