Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Earth Day 2011 • variable size • © Lisa Rivas • “Speak”
• digital / mixed media on ricepaper and mounted on canvas
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Seek first to understand, then to be understood. ~Stephen Covey
“It is good to have an end to journey toward;
but it is the journey that matters, in the end”
~Ursula K. LeGuin
original painting – private collection – Caracas, Venezuela – "Excursión"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 36"H x 72"W • © Lisa Rivas
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“Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with
which one undertakes and continues the journey.” ~Alex Noble
“Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter.
Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom,
but we hope it, we know it.”
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Pink Wings – photo of Red Maple Seeds / Centennial Park, Nashville TN
Opening Leaf – photo of budding leaf / Centennial Park, Nashville TN
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A couple of the new designs I did for Liberty BottleWorks
where I was invited to create some "Bottle Art"… a sneak peek of 2 / 6 designs!
They will be available later this year…
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The ONLY "American Made" metal water-bottle in the marketplace!
100% Recycled Aluminum • BPA Free Materials — That is Cool…
My botánica print titled “Attraction” was included in a very unique and interesting treasury on Etsy
titled “Microscopic for Fine Art Friday“ by lauraprill
Laura Prill is a published illustrator and award winning fine artist. Her paintings, collages and drawings are in many private and public collections. She also worked for many years in the licensed greeting card world as an artist, designer and copywriter. Check her Etsy store
A wonderful collection of minute worlds.
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Visit my Etsy stores “Lisa Rivas” and “Flying Colors”on the web to purchase some of my work!