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Alan Kapuler
Modern Artist - Public Domain Plant Breeder - Organic Seedsman
September 3rd 1942 - November 11th 2023
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Unwinding Infinity
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Art and Science fit together like a figure 8.
I began growing orchids and learning about plants from my pre-teen years.
Then I treated some epiphytic orchid root tips with colchicine and watched
the doubling of the chromosomes and giving me a successful Science Talent Search project.
From these youthful beginnings in science to 6 years at Rockefeller University in organic biochemistry,
molecular biology, cell tissue culture, virology, nucleic acid experiments and further developments led
me to a PhD in 1968.
While in a museum in Paris France a year later there was an exhibition of
paintings by Picasso, Braque, Mondrian, Delauney, Magritte, Ernst,
and others 'moderns' of artistic genius.
After sitting in the room for more than 6 hours I walked
out with the personal insight that I could paint original and creative artwork
of merit to humanity.
The union of science and art was in process.
While becoming an organic gardener in order to have healthy food I had to
learn a considerable amount about the 420,000 species of flowering plants
and how they are related to one another.
At the same time I had to decipher which food crops were best for my
environment, for my health and for a successful collective future.
The greatest discovery of the 20th century spoke up: We need a unique set of 20 free amino acids
to build our proteins.
So increase these 20 amino acids in our vegetables and fruits and eat less protein.
Hundreds of analyses were performed and improving the human food system became a reality.
The structure of biodiversity became increasingly important.
Maps of plant relationships were developed and insight to improving
the health of humanity a valid potential.
Then came the necessity of innovative plant breeding for the public well-being.
Generate new cultivars of beauty, vigor, originality, and nutritional merit that
have no patents or ownership rights.
Develop new kinds for backyard gardeners, for
organic appreciators, for us to survive, thrive and strive for peace, love and good health.
Then comes the realization of the need for more biodiversity.
Next comes the need for more organic land with good water and healthy surroundings.
So this leads to a conjunction of seeds, foods, biodiversity, nutritional science and art.
I have done more that 1400 paintings during the recent decades.
I would like to sell most of them to support the purchase, development and organization of 20
acres of biodiversity resource gardens in Benton County, Oregon.
I began growing orchids and learning about plants from my pre-teen years.
Then I treated some epiphytic orchid root tips with colchicine and watched
the doubling of the chromosomes and giving me a successful Science Talent Search project.
From these youthful beginnings in science to 6 years at Rockefeller University in organic biochemistry,
molecular biology, cell tissue culture, virology, nucleic acid experiments and further developments led
me to a PhD in 1968.
While in a museum in Paris France a year later there was an exhibition of
paintings by Picasso, Braque, Mondrian, Delauney, Magritte, Ernst,
and others 'moderns' of artistic genius.
After sitting in the room for more than 6 hours I walked
out with the personal insight that I could paint original and creative artwork
of merit to humanity.
The union of science and art was in process.
While becoming an organic gardener in order to have healthy food I had to
learn a considerable amount about the 420,000 species of flowering plants
and how they are related to one another.
At the same time I had to decipher which food crops were best for my
environment, for my health and for a successful collective future.
The greatest discovery of the 20th century spoke up: We need a unique set of 20 free amino acids
to build our proteins.
So increase these 20 amino acids in our vegetables and fruits and eat less protein.
Hundreds of analyses were performed and improving the human food system became a reality.
The structure of biodiversity became increasingly important.
Maps of plant relationships were developed and insight to improving
the health of humanity a valid potential.
Then came the necessity of innovative plant breeding for the public well-being.
Generate new cultivars of beauty, vigor, originality, and nutritional merit that
have no patents or ownership rights.
Develop new kinds for backyard gardeners, for
organic appreciators, for us to survive, thrive and strive for peace, love and good health.
Then comes the realization of the need for more biodiversity.
Next comes the need for more organic land with good water and healthy surroundings.
So this leads to a conjunction of seeds, foods, biodiversity, nutritional science and art.
I have done more that 1400 paintings during the recent decades.
I would like to sell most of them to support the purchase, development and organization of 20
acres of biodiversity resource gardens in Benton County, Oregon.
