Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Pinoy's Pride in Isabella Kirkland's Understory
This magnificient oil painting is entitled Understory by Isabella Kirkland.
The painting features dozens of species, from mammals and birds to insects and plants discovered during the last 20 years.
I saw it from Seed Magazine.
What amazed me the most about this painting is that it includes newly-discovered animals from the Philippines: three butterflies (Delias Hedicoea, Delias Noydaorum, Papilio Hermeli), Camiguin hanging parrot, flying lizard, Panay cloudrunner.
If you visit Isabella Kirkland's site, you'll find a scaleable copy of the painting and ID tags of each featured animals (so you can see what a Panay cloudrunner looks like -- it's actually a rat which, for me, looks more like a tarsier!).
After you've marvelled at her work, consider this: we will only know some of them for a short period of time because most of these newly-discovered species will soon be extinct. Says Seed Magazine: "It represents a moment that is likely to be brief: a moment when the euphoria of scientific discovery still outweighs the losses driven by our unrepentantly techno-optimistic culture".
Ang galing! Napagsama sama nya sa isang painting. I'm heading to the site. Thanks for sharing.
Our country is blessed with rich fauna and flora, our appreciation to these countless God's creation is not enough unless we and our Government learn to raise our awareness and understanding of the importance of conserving wildlife among local communities and the general public.
Thank you for sharing this post.
ang galing...
such a great art!
thanks for sharing!
may kamukha ka sa painting nya kuya! (jokeness!)
Don't make me hate you Azel...! Sabihin mong yong paru-paro! Sabihin moh!
This is very nice nebz, ninakaw ang time ko, mga 10 minutes sa pagzozooom pero sulit naman, at ice breaker sa mga naiisip sa isip na isip-isipan. hehehe Salamat.
Zel, alin dun kamukha ni Nebz? Hinanap ko din eh.
And buti na lang hindi ko nakita ang butterfly na kasing kulay ng PEBA, so hindi pa pala ito Extinct or endangered...hehehe
wow naman buhay na buhay ang pagkakagawa.....alin kaya doon ang kamukaha ni kuya nebz?
Azel, ibangon mo ang puri ko!sino sa mga naggagandahang paruparo ang kamukha ko!
Talagang kung saan-saan pala kayo nakarating sa www! Ayos na ayos natuklasan niyo itong painting na 'to.
Maganda ang painting. Bagong discover din kaya 'yang shrub na hindi man lang bumaluktot kahit na kinakapitan at inuupuan ito ng napakaraming mga hayop.
salamat po sa post.. ang ganda..
thanks for sharing this nebz. i'm a big fan of visual arts, specifically paintings. isa ito sa passions ko. :)
i'm sure yung butterfly ang sinasabi ni azel na kamukha mo. yung endangered na... :)
o, o, ang pikon talo. takbo na enjoy.... :P