Eye On The Rainforest
The Artwork of 3t Vakil
Paintings - Draw-tings - Digital Works - 3t Vakil

The Eye on The Rainforest & Kinetochore 'Draw-Tings' are the latest in a body of work that are an experiment in visual acuity and the response of the brain-to-hands when the mind is cleared of clutter and chatter. The aim is to follow forms, exploiting the rapidity of the drawing process that is accessed in a state of intentional attention, or noesis, and the result can be seen as a universal download of patterns.

My medium of choice is paint for its fluidity as my foundation, and subsequent color pencil & pen-work allows my drawing hand to capture fine detail. A Draw-Ting is finished when there are no 'elbows sticking out'.

Having lived on the sea, as a diver studying coral reefs & the marine environment, and living & working in the rainforest of Puerto Rico, these latest pieces capture and examine the detail and beauty that the natural environment informs me of. I hope my work inspires further curiosity of all and everything that we can see, and all that we cannot see, and moreover, a profound respect for our biosphere.

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Eye On the Rainforest # 19
Left/right panels: 3'3" x 1'3" Center: 3'4" x 3'3"
Medium: Acrylic and Color Pencil on Canvas © April 2008
Currently on show at Las Casas de la Selva,
Patillas, Puerto Rico

Triptych $4,000


Detail #19

Eye On The Rainforest # 18
3'9" x 1'5"
Medium: Acrylic and Color Pencil on Canvas ©March 2008
Patillas, Puerto Rico
In the private collection of Binaifer and Dina Motashaw

Eye On The Rainforest # 18 detail

"Bang, the rainforest just hit me again..."

3' x 3'
Medium: Acrylic and Color Pencil on Canvas ©January 2008
Currently on show at Las Casas de la Selva,
Patillas, Puerto Rico

Price: $2,000



Bang...detail

This triptych from the ‘EyeOnTheRainforest’ Series takes a forest-view of encroaching urbanizations that are spreading rapidly over the island of Puerto Rico. The need to house people is not in question. It is the impact of transforming rainforest land to urban land that is highlighted, and the necessity for intelligent decisions based on sound environmental and planning policy. Urban development affects local and regional climate; causes damage on the periphery of the forest; has a direct effect on wildlife; temperatures around  urbanized areas tend to be higher than forestland altering the balance of water, threatening biodiversity and the balance of forest ecosystems.

Eye On the Rainforest # 15, 16, 17
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas © 2007
Patillas, Puerto Rico
Currently on show at Sattva, Caguas, Puerto Rico
Triptych $4,000

Eye On The Rainforest # 16
2' x 4'
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas ©2007
Patillas, Puerto Rico


Eye On The Rainforest # 15 and details
Size: 2'6"' x 4'
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2007
Patillas, Puerto Rico

Eye On The Rainforest # 14
Size: 3' x 3'
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©Sept 2006
Patillas, Puerto Rico
Price: $2,000


Eye On The Rainforest # 11
Size: 3' x 2'
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©Aug 2006
Patillas, Puerto Rico
Price: $1,500


Eye On The Rainforest # 12
Size: 3' x 2
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©July 2006
Patillas, Puerto Rico
Price: $1,000

Eye On The Rainforest # 13
Size: 3' x 2'
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©July 2006
Patillas, Puerto Rico
Price: $1,000


Kinetochore # 2
Size: 3' x 2'5"
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2005
Patillas, Puerto Rico
In the private collection of S.Kranzler


Kinetochore # 1
Size: 3' x 2'5"
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2005
Patillas, Puerto Rico
In the private collection of S.Kranzler


Eye On The Rainforest # 10
Size: 3' x 2'
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2005
Patillas, Puerto Rico
Price: $1,500


Eye On The Rainforest # 8
Size: 3' x 2'
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2005
Patillas, Puerto Rico
In the private collection of Lars and Lorraine


Eye On The Rainforest # 7
Size: 3' x 2'
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2005
Patillas, Puerto Rico

Not for Sale


Eye On The Rainforest # 5
Size: 3' x 2'
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2005
Patillas, Puerto Rico
Price: $1,500


Eye On The Rainforest # 4
Size: 3' x 2'
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2005
Patillas, Puerto Rico
Price: $1,500

Eye On The Rainforest # 3
Size: 15.5" x 13"
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2005
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Price: $1,500

Eye On The Rainforest # 2
Size: 2'10" x 2'4"
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2005
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

In the private collection of D. Kranzler

Eye On The Rainforest # 1
Size: 2'10" x 2'4"
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2005
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Price: $1,500

Self Experiment # 1
Behaviour Peeper Pattern Seeker Imprint Leaper
Size: 19.5" x 15"
Medium: Color Pencil on Museum Card ©1998.
San Francisco, California, USA
In the private collection of W.Malten

Keta Keen
Size: 10" x 7" (Medium: Ink on Paper)
Only as Digital Image on Archival Paper ©1997
Kilifi, Kenya, East Africa
Original - lost on a train in London, 1998

Everything Everywhere All Over All At Once
Size: 2'3" x 1'9"
Medium: Ink & Color Pencil on Paper ©1998
Ashland, Oregon, USA
Price: $200.00

Djemma el Fna, Marrakesh
Size: 15.5" x 13"
Medium: Watercolor on Paper © 2002
Morocco, North Africa

In the private collection of D.Snyder and J. Dolphin

Chefchaouen Berbers
Size: 19.5" x 15"
Medium: Watercolor and Pen on Paper © 2002
Rif Mountains, Morocco, North Africa
Price: $120.00

 

Vector Inbound # 1
Size 2' x 1'6''
Medium: Ink & Color Pencil on Paper ©2004
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

In the private collection of S. Lockwood

 

Vector Inbound # 3
Size 2' x 1'6''
Medium: Ink & Color Pencil on Paper ©2004
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

In the private collection of S.Lockwood

Vector Inbound # 5
Size 3' x 2'
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2004
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Price: $600.00

Vector Inbound # 6
Size 3' x 2'
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2004
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

In the private collection of B.Walker

Vector Inbound # 7
Size: 5' x 3'1"
Medium: Acrylic & Color Pencil on Canvas ©2005
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Price: $1,500


Rave
Size: 9" x 7"
Original Medium: Ink on paper ©1994
Electronic copy available by email $15.00
London, UK


All images are © of the artist, but use them freely, distribute widely.

Photographers: Joe D'Alessandro, Marie Harding, Reka Komaromi, Robert Townsend, Jim Klukkert, 3t Vakil

Bio & Contact

Gracious thanx to:
Andrés Rúa, Jal & Piloo Vakil, Synergetic Press, Tango Snyder, Synergia Ranch, Marie Harding, Sierra Silverstone, Abigail Alling, Johnny Dolphin, Laser Van Thillo, Mark Nelson, Kathelin Gray, Freddy Dempster, Andrés Rúa, Emily Derr, Corinna MacNeice, Chilli Hawes, Reka & Priska Komaromi, Margaret Augustine, Abdel Assi, Little Raindrop, Jim Terr, The October Gallery, UK, Dan & Sally Kranzler, E. Taiwo Jegede, The Zippys, Cindy Griff, and to all my friends and family around the planet.

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