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Biophilia
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Artist: Ken Charon
Medium: Acrylic on Hemp
Dimensions: 40 X 18 in.
Artist Statement: The title of my painting, “Biophilia” is also the title of a book and a scientific hypotheses by E. O. Wilson. He defines it as “Our inate tendency to focus on life and life-like processes”. It may be that our love of nature is what will save us from our own abuse of the environment in the end. I have not tried to create a scientific illustration of an ʻŌhia tree but an accurate depiction of a human feeling, the feeing of Biophilia. Pablo Picasso once said, “Art is a lie that helps us see the truth”. It is my hope that this image will be a reminder of or inate love of nature.
Featured Species:
ʻŌhiʻa|Metrosideros polymorpha
Nalo meli maoli|Hawaiʻi Cuckoo Bee|Hylaeus sphecodoides
ʻIʻiwi|Vestiaria coccinea
Uluhe|False Staghorn|Dicranopteris linearis
Medium: Acrylic on Hemp
Dimensions: 40 X 18 in.
Artist Statement: The title of my painting, “Biophilia” is also the title of a book and a scientific hypotheses by E. O. Wilson. He defines it as “Our inate tendency to focus on life and life-like processes”. It may be that our love of nature is what will save us from our own abuse of the environment in the end. I have not tried to create a scientific illustration of an ʻŌhia tree but an accurate depiction of a human feeling, the feeing of Biophilia. Pablo Picasso once said, “Art is a lie that helps us see the truth”. It is my hope that this image will be a reminder of or inate love of nature.
Featured Species:
ʻŌhiʻa|Metrosideros polymorpha
Nalo meli maoli|Hawaiʻi Cuckoo Bee|Hylaeus sphecodoides
ʻIʻiwi|Vestiaria coccinea
Uluhe|False Staghorn|Dicranopteris linearis
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