Second Nature: Mariposa
152.4 x 122 cm / 60 x 48 in.
in oil on canvas, 2011
Collection of Carlo Lopez

Second Nature

Art critic Cid Reyes writes, "These current abstractions are emanations of his ardor and passion for nature, rooted in the landscape paradigm of so many abstractionists, from Hans Hoffman ("I bring the landscape home with me"), Joan Mitchell ("I carry my landscapes around with me") to Jackson Pollock, who thundered "I am Nature!" With such awesome forbears, no wonder that abstraction has become second nature to Edwin Wilwayco."