Biomimicry and Modern Art

I've been reading Wild Ideas: How Nature Inspires Groundbreaking Innovations by Yael Helfman-Cohen.  Yael is a specialist in the study of biomimicry.  Entering 2025, I've felt a creative pull towards painting surrealism, while reading about engineers borrowing inspiration from nature.  In Oligarchus Atratus, I felt inspiration from nature, thinking of invasive species amid a complete transition to oligarchy in America. The pink flamingo alludes to Florida beaches and the coronation of oligarchs at Mar-a-Lago.  

Tratus is the latin word dressed in black and the scientific name of the Black Vulture:
Coragyps Atratus.  I have been reading Wild Ideas at night until I fall asleep, I've highlighted dozens of passages and phrases I want to echo in my work and potential painting titles.   

As the first days of 2025 revolve, I can't help but look at nature's invasive species, even those on the surface that look beautiful. As the oligarchs descend on private wings to Southern Florida, rewarding and coronating their purchased club, I don't know what to do, but look to history, Berlin by George Grosz, look at his line work, eyes, perspectives, but also his subject.  What did it feel like to live in Berlin?  How does it feel to live in America in 2025?  Anthropomorphized surrealism, drawing inspiration from history, fiction, French Revolutions, greek vases and the algorithms I've been tethered to.  To live in American oligarchy in 2025, I must stay free in my mind. My only fear is the fear of self censorship.  

Biomimicry and Modern Art

Kasey Child