Our Green Planet in Five Views

Our Green Planet in Five Views

Paintings by Dr Abe V Rotor

Green Planet, acrylic on wood, by AVRotor, 2021. On display 

at San Vicente Botanical Garden, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur

These quotations by world renowned authors, leaders, and environmentalists, inspired me to paint Green Planet and other Nature paintings. - avr

1. “Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.”—John Ruskin 

2. “What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on.” —Henry David Thoreau

3. “The Earth is a fine place and worth fighting for.” —Ernest Hemingway

4. “To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.” —Helen Keller

5. “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt

                           

Valley Stream in acrylic by AVRotor

6. “The Earth is what we all have in common.” —Wendell Berry    

  7. “Away, away, from men and towns,

To the wild wood and the downs, —

To the silent wilderness,

Where the soul need not repress its music.”

—Percy Bysshe Shelley        

Hidden Cave Entrance in acrylic AVRotor 

8. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” —Margaret Mead

9. “One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.” —Leo Tolstoy

                          

                                       A Piece of Eden in acrylic AVRotor 2021

10. “The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.” - Lady Bird Johnson

11. “The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.” —John Paul II

12. “Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.” —Jimmy Carter

13. “Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.” —George Washington Carver

14. “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.” —Jane Goodall

                         

                               White doves soar through the treetops, AVR 2021

 15."As I walk with Beauty

As I walk, as I walk,

The universe is walking with me,

In beauty it walks before me,

In beauty it walks behind me,

In beauty it walks below me,

In beauty it walks above me,

Beauty is on every side."

       —Traditional Navajo Prayer