Art Evolution Experimental Paintings in 10 Fields (Article in Progress)

   Art Evolution 

Experimental Paintings in 10 Fields

Paintings by Dr Abe V Rotor

Living With Nature Center

San Vicente, Ilocos Sur 

School children come to me for art's sake. 

     "Lolo, what projects can we make?" 

It's the idea that stirs their imagination

     into many ways of art expression.

Part 1 - Art with Shells

Shells collection into work of art against a marine mural.  

Arrange and mount on a base,  

now a table decor, a receptacle 

of things you love and praise;

truly it's an art-to-craft version,  

both aesthetics and function.  

Marine specimens into Artwork   

Paint a sea floor background as base.

Spread out shells and corals freely.

Let your guests touch them and study,

with guidance, and care just in case.         

          

Part 2 - Relief Painting

 

Birds in the trees

It's painting and sculpture combined,

     with three-dimensional effect;

let thick paint harden on wood palette;

     it's indeed a unique school project.

Pangea, the proto-continent

Like jigsaw puzzle land masses do fit,

through continental drift, scientists say;

Pangea, once the proto-continent split

into seven continents we know today.

                        Part 3 - Imprint on Ceramic Painting 

"E tu Brute?" 

Assassination of Julius Caesar on the "Ides of March". 

Art digs into history, stirs imagination;

the dying Caesar begging his friend; 

a final stab, scene in symbolic action,

brings the story to a sad end.

                              

                           Part 4 - Two-Side Painting

Painting with Two Faces AVR 2024

Part 5 - Fungus Painting 

Fungal mycelia* etching appears like integral part of a wall mural.

Wonder, what is unwanted and destructive,

in art may be beautiful and attractive.  

* Main body of a fungus, consisting of a network of thread-like filaments called hyphae.

Part 6 - Termite Nest Chandelier

  

Two-face chandelier made of wood leftover of termites. 

Chandelier with two faces:

on one, unspoiled nature,

the other, abused, abandoned;

Janus - god man praises.

Part 7 - Plastic Furniture Painting

Green table set painted by the author  

                       Part 8 - Geologic Specimens Painting

Left, rock fragments emitted by Mt Pinatubo's eruption.

Right, rock canon ball shaped and polished by running stream.

Part 9 - Herbarium Specimens Painting 

 

 

  

 

Part 10 - Neo-Pointillism Painting