KAZAAN VIVEIROS
"Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but in rhythmical motion, chasing everything in endless song out of one beautiful form into another." ~ John Muir (Atlantic Monthly, August 1899)
Protean
1 : of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms
2: displaying great diversity or variety : VERSATILE
My paintings incorporate invention and observation, mind and matter. The work is diverse. Some works focus on the majesty of the landscape, the complex lives of trees, or the roles wild animals play in human lives. The Brighten Up, Passages, and Earth series use geometry to reference varied natural phenomena, evolution, and ecological systems, depicting the ebb and flow of interconnected forces and the mechanisms of the natural world.
Each project I’ve pursued reflects an aspect of my core interests—each has involved the same philosophy and world view. My focus is on the human connection to the natural world, the point of intersection between man and environment; the idea that we are part of, not apart from, Nature; that the difference between humans and other species is one of degree, not kind; that we are connected to all life in a continuum; that there is an underlying pattern and flow to all things; that landscape can be transformative; that we should learn from nature, not commodify it; that you can see the macrocosm in the microcosm—the universe in a single leaf; that, as designer Charles Eames said, "Eventually, everything connects."