Rosita's Garden Diwata

I created this large scale painting for my collaborator, experimental musician-composer Anne Perez’ new building in Catbalogan, Samar. This was a special opportunity to paint a mural that extends my own series of Phyllotaxis Earth Guardians to a new location. This painting is a composition of botanical renderings with plant growth algorithmic patterns surrounding the Plant Diwata – a spirit force of nature – in this image it is a memorial based on an image of Rosita – Anne’s mother. She uses the plant growth pattern – which makes visible a system that creates life – to oppose corruption and extractive exploitations. The jagged rocks represent the mining that has damaged the natural environment of this beautiful island in the Philippines.