Nascent Earth 16 X 20 inches Oil on canvas painting by Hyacinth Paul

Nascent Earth is an original oil painting of a photograph from one of my travels to Iceland.  Let me know what you see.  It is exactly as the name suggests.  The reason why this landscape painting of Iceland is named Nascent Earth is because you can imagine what earth would have looked like in the beginning.  The crystal clear waters are deceptively beautiful, unpolluted and are flowing with reckless abandon over the rocks.  Notice the rocks are not all rounded – some still have jagged edges.  It probably means the waters here have not flown this way for centuries.  The heat emanating from the ground below is heating this water, and steam arises from the ground and is visible in the horizon.  The colors of the sky are reflected in the waters in the foreground, and seem almost surreal.  It is not something we see every day.  The hills behind are devoid of any plantation and are dark and dreary.  The light, almost cream-colored silicic rock called rhyolite sticks out in sharp contrast to the dark basalt in the background.  Icelandite is seen as the grey, pink and yellow rocks in the painting.  You will also see interspersed several red colored rocks that are rich in iron. The brown rock is a result of oxidation when the iron and sulfur react with atmospheric oxygen.  If you could smell this painting, you would get a whiff of pungent hydrogen sulfide gas emanating where the sulfuric acid is dissolving the basaltic rock, resulting in the grey colors of this landscape.  Iceland is quite the experience, and the beauty in the landscape has to be seen to be believed.

Please take Note:  This original oil painting is in the BoldBrush Art Contest in May of 2020.  The painting is trending in the Popular entries.  If you like this painting please vote here:  https://faso.com/boldbrush/painting/209599  I thank you for your vote!

  
Please note that the sale of this original art will generate funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) to help raise money for cancer research.  I was introduced to the work of LLS in 2017.  This organization that has climbed up 30 points in one year on the Forbes charity navigator.  It is run by highly competent scientists and physicians who I have personally met.  They believe they can cure cancer within our lifetime, and I agree.  Study and look at the progress they have made since their inception nearly 70 years ago! The cure rate of blood cancers in 1960, the year I was born, was 3%.  Today it is 94%. 

The research continues to happen at a feverish pace all over the world to bridge that gap.  I raise money for Aparna who sadly lost her fight to cancer.  We are losing many more as we speak whose lives have been cut short by these dreadful diseases.  Just within the last week we have lost two of the greats, Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor, to this deadly disease.  Every life is precious.  It is our responsibility to help fund the fight and propel discoveries.  We are the product of such discoveries.  We enjoy a longer life expectancy because of the discoveries of people who came before us.  I am a product of scholarships that were provided to me when I was a young, bright-eyed, enthusiastic PhD student who put in nearly 15 hours a day toward research.  So I ask you unabashedly, on behalf of these scholars who toil, to help find those discoveries that will finally beat cancer.  

Dr. Lou DeGennaro said "It’s our job to cure blood cancer and put the society out of business."
Everyone has a cause they support. LLS is mine because I believe in them.  To learn more, visit https://www.lls.org/. To contribute, you can either buy a painting or any of the products associated with the painting that are provided in the links.  100% of the profits are pledged to LLS through Jun 05, 2020.

My blog is really a collection of my thoughts on the effect of  color in art on the health and well being of society.  This initial study  will help me get seed data upon which other studies will be based upon.  If you fill out this questionnaire and send it in to [email protected] you will be entered to win an original painting of mine on November 30, 2020.  If you sign up for my monthly newsletter you can stay abreast of news pertaining to my study, my art and some ideas that form food for thought.

The predominant colors in this artwork are earth tones of brown, blue and yellow ochre.  The size of the original artwork is relevant for a cozy nook.  If you prefer a larger size, I recommend buying a print from the site that allows for purchasing several items not just prints.  Also, sales of any of the items help the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as 100% of the profits are donated until Jun 5, 2020 and 25% thereafter.

In order to see the original artworks visit Viridian Artists https://www.viridianartists.com/ or call me for more information at  Ph No. (937)829-4652 email: [email protected]