Awakening in Painting

Awakening in Painting

Painting and Verses by Dr Abe V Rotor 

Evolution in acrylic AVR 2016

Emerging from a once arid earth, 

where the elements of life are dearth; 

welcome the sun, water, warmth and care , 

lightning and thunder, and prayer. ~

Get out of your confine, love the sun

Dr Abe V Rotor 

Dr Anselmo S Cabigan examines pine saplings in Lipa Batangas, 

Why do living things behave as they do;
what trigger plants to bloom profusely;
insects metamorphose in their mid cycle,
midges swarm, like the locust do?

Why is the pine confined on the highland,
save a few acclimatized on the lowland;
the desert suddenly blooms after a rain,
returning barren in the scorching sun?

Why the firefly's lantern the purest light,
plankton glow in the deep, eyes flash;
silk the finest textile, honey the sweetest;
boundless, flawless the birds in flight.

Ask the naturalist, and if you are one,
talk to the trees, sing with the breeze,
crickets, greet the first rain in May,
get out of your confine, love the sun. ~

One Hundred Islands Fantasy

                                         One Hundred Islands Fantasy                                 
                                                     Dr Abe V Rotor

"Tres Marias" before a wall painting One Hundred Islands, 

by the author at his residence, San Vicente Ilocos Sur 2016 

Photo with Sony Cybershot 1080, unedited,

Imagination takes these kids to a place of fantasy,

so real they dream to go there someday; 

in fact they're there now, hopping island to island,

riding on the wind and waves over the bay,

while we grownups believe only by our senses,

insatiable at a high price we've to pay. ~ 

Beauty and Fury

Dr Abe V Rotor

Beauty and Fury in acrylic (36"x 48") AVR 2016

Tranquility reigns on her face,

rage in her breast;

If beauty exudes best

from a spring of force,

I do not wonder at the shyness 

of a crest,

and the power of a single rose. ~

Goya's Two peasants fighting and sinking in quicksand

They are so concerned with their quarrel that they do not appear to realize that they are sinking into quicksand.

Dr Abe V Rotor   

Two Peasants Fighting. Oil on plaster transferred to canvas (481/2" x 105"), Museo National del Prado, Madrid (1819-23) by  Francisco Goya, Spanish painter and muralist.

Explanation:

Goya painted the two peasants as an indictment against stubborn pride and senseless temper. A merciless critic of man's cruelty and folly, he attacks the ignorance not only of the nobleman, but the senseless dueling, but the peasant too, for there is no excuse for general brutality. 

They are hacking at one another with cudgels. Another painter might have soaked us in blood, but this picture is all browns and blues, and the restraint in his handling of the broken head is all the more telling. (Bernard Myers, Goya 1970) 

Applications:

• Talangka or crab mentality
• Matira ang matibay (Darwinian syndrome)
• American Civil War

Cite and critique specific examples you are familiar with.

Quaint Talipapa - People's Mall

Quaint Talipapa - People's Mall

Dr Abe V Rotor

Tahong and talaba

Shrimps and crabs

Shellfish and lobster

Pusit

Arusip (Caulerpa)

Talangka

It's people's market, a spontaneous institution;

Everywhere, anywhere it rises in communion

With all walks of life converging into a ganglion,

Serving felt needs, the yardstick of satisfaction;

Name it: seaweeds, hito, giant grouper, tahong,

Variety for all culinary, or just a meal's portion;

Buffer against force majeure and economic recession;

By any measure, sans dollar-peso conversion,

Life goes on and on, so with the whole nation.~