The forest shimmers with the energy of life. A sheen on the leaves suggests a life-giving rain has just
fallen. Just as in the real thing, your eye darts from one secret corner to another, trying to absorb all
the detail. For me, this painting, offers as close a feeling as is possible to the real thing. Dominating
the foreground are the leaves of heliconias, a widespread plant of the forest understorey. The artist is
Pablo Cesar Amaringo, one of the best known of the Pucallpa School. He titles this painting "Selva
Silenciosa" (= Silent Forest)—tribute to the forest's serenity. This work was painted June 8, 1998 with
gouache on Arches paper. Actual size is 18 x 24 inches.
ARTIST'S DESCRIPTION
Selva Silensciosa: "At left down are the plants 'situlle'—they are in bloom. In front at right is the
tree called "chimicua" (Perebea chimicua). This is a tree and its wood is used in industry and from the
fruit the animals feed. In the center we see the tree of Moenaneegra (Ocotea in Spanish). This wood is used
for carpentry in general, fine furniture, and is very special for walls of the houses. The other trees at
the left are the same because these trees grow in a group. This panorama is at eleven o'clock am."
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photos of heliconias
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