Painting living organisms lays a path at the border of Realism and
Abstractionism (presentation of objects and ideas in abstract terms.)
As a biologist, I tried painting specimens such as these shown below, as I saw them through the lens magnified several times. It's a wonderful world that reveal more mysteries than what man has discovered so far. To me, this kind of exploratory painting has a unique scientific significance, while beating a new path or movement in the arts.
Dr Abe V Rotor
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Daphnia larva also called Phantom midge larva.( 15" diameter painting,
in acrylic on glass, AV Rotor)
Daphnia, a genus of small planktonic crustaceans, 0.2–5 millimetres in length. Daphnia are members of the order Cladocera, and are one of the several small aquatic crustaceans commonly called water fleas. Daphnia pulex is the most common species of this group of organisms. A drop of pond water is a world in itself: it reveals a myriad microorganisms in various species and stages of their life cycle, and on closer examination, the role of each one in an ecosystem. Daphnia for one is an omnivore, principally predator, while it is itself a prey of bigger organisms, primarily fish.
Germinating spore of Pteris fern after breaking away from the sorus or
spore cluster. (15" diameter painted with acrylic on glass, AVRotor)
What happens when the embryo of a spore or seed wakes up may be explained by chemical reaction, involving respiration. Calorie is released as energy in the form of heat and other forms to enable the new plant to break away from its confine. Such a transformation is exaggerated in this painting - a little bit of the sun captured during photosynthesis and stored as energy is released which is represented here as a fiery glow. Hereon the embryo undergoes cell division and differentiation, until it assumes the structure of a new and independent plant.
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