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Water-bottles featuring…

December 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment

…original artwork of mine, a Lisa Rivas design on a Liberty Bottleworks bottle!
It is an aluminum water bottle with one of my inspiring images and they are of a very high-quality.

•   Made in the United States from 100% recycled aluminum.
•   All materials used are 100% BPA free.
•   Food-grade polyester powder coating on the inside of the bottle.
•   Screw cap is made with food-grade polypropylene;
•   O-ring helps prevents leaks and is made with food-grade silicone
•   Water bottle holds 24 fl. oz. or 32 fl. oz.
•   Water bottle features original artwork by Lisa Rivas

6 original designs to choose from and you can purchase them!

Essence / © Lisa Rivas • aluminum water bottle by Liberty Bottleworks
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Dialogue / © Lisa Rivas • aluminum water bottle by Liberty Bottleworks
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Gems / © Lisa Rivas • aluminum water bottle by Liberty Bottleworks
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Growth / © Lisa Rivas • aluminum water bottle by Liberty Bottleworks
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Haven / © Lisa Rivas • aluminum water bottle by Liberty Bottleworks
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Thirst / © Lisa Rivas • aluminum water bottle by Liberty Bottleworks
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Durable, Easy To Drain, Good Capacity, Good Grip, No Plastic Taste

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark.
The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
~Rabindranath Tagore

Bodhi Day,

December 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Bodhi Day is on Dec. 8th, a Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautauma experienced enlightenment, also known as Bodhi in Sanskrit or Pali.

According to tradition, Siddhartha had recently forsaken years of extreme ascetic practices and resolved to sit under a Pipul tree (known today as “The Bodhi Tree”, a Ficus religiosa or Bo-Tree) and simply meditate until he found the root of suffering, and how to liberate one’s self from it. Siddhartha finally found the answers he sought and became Enlightened, and experienced Nirvana.
He then became the Buddha or “Awakened One”.

“A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and protection to all living things.
It even gives shade to those who wield an axe to cut it down.” ~ Buddha
Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.

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The Buddha describes his Enlightenment in three stages:
1. During the first watch of the night, the Buddha discovered all of his past lives in the cycle of rebirth, realizing that he had been born and reborn countless times before.
2. During the second watch, the Buddha discovered the Law of Karma, and the importance of living by the Eightfold Path.
3. During the third watch, the Buddha discovered the Four Noble Truths, finally reaching Nirvana.

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Spirit of the River… for Nashville Flood

October 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Earlier this year the Metro Arts Gallery of Nashville to conmemorate the “historic flooding” of the Cumberland River in May of 2010 made a call to artists for artwork related to this eventful date.
The exhibit was called “Spirit of the River“, in regard to the Nashville Flood

The never ending rainstorm of 2010 was the “cleanse” of Nashville.
It was more rain than some had ever witnessed and so much more…
Many saw their love ones, their homes, their work, their animals and pets
struggle with the overwhelming stream of this downpour.

A deluge, where no dust was left unsettled, a rain that turned to dust their efforts.

And if there was any plant or tree that had missed out on some water,
it then received it from the heavens thus satisfying it’s thirst.
So for the remaining part nature thrived forth with verdant life.
Lisa Rivas 2010

Here was my submission and it was acquired by the Tennesee State Museum last quarter. Click Here

“The Flood” -original painting • 30″H x 72″W • 2011 © Lisa Rivas
watercolor, inks, black walnut ink, rice paper, mounted on birch panel
Tennessee State Museum permanent collection – Nashville, TN
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What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday,
and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.
~Buddha quote

Never forget…

May 30, 2011 · 10 Comments

Ah! Never shall the land forget.
How gushed the life-blood of her brave –
~ William Cullen Bryant

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
~ Maya Angelou

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The sap of the Aloe is effective in the treatment and healing of wounds.

…connecting branches!

May 2, 2011 · 5 Comments

Last fall I was invited by an online blogger
to participate in a collaborative project, The Paint-by-Number Exchange. Each participant was to select a Paint-By-Number kit to complete by hand and then to alter the image, giving it their own personal "twist" or embellishment according to their artistic expression. I chose "The Almond Branches in Bloom", Saint Remy – circa 1890 a phenomenal piece by my champion, painter
~ Vincent Van Gogh. (view here)

This "Paint-by-Number Exchange" was proposed by fellow artist blogger Jacquelyn Berl.
You can view the other 10 entries at her blog: www.AscenderRisesAbove.com

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After painting the image (provided by Famous Art Kits) by hand, I scanned the image to digitally incorporate clothing buttons as flower buttons and alter the image with a flowing ribbon of text.
I then converted the entire image into an e-Stamp.
The "All Mundi" part of the title for this e-Stamp is both a play on words (Al-Mond)
and a reference to the "All World" scope of the e-Stamp.

If friends were flowers, I would pick you!

You can purchase this print here, it would be a wonderful gift!

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So what is an e-Stamp? It's my original concept of a virtual postage stamp for emails. I envisioned the e-Stamp as an art stamp with a global intention, as a way to honor "the internet" which has helped to connect us humans. The nationality of the e-Stamp is www—World Wide Web—and the denominations are in kB for kilobytes or mB for megabytes.
My e-Stamps also exist in the tactile "real" world as prints, produced as giclees on a 9-color archival digital printer. Their formats can be totally variable and printed on different substrates.

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.
~ Elizabeth Foley

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