Caution is the eldest child of wisdom. ~ Victor Hugo
original painting – artist collection – Nashville, TN – USA – "Soaring"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 36"H x 50"W • © Lisa Rivas
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The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution,
is more vulnerable than guilt and oftener assailed. ~ Nathaniel Parker Willis
People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped. ~Nadine Gordimer
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It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key!
original painting – private collection – Caracas – VENEZUELA – "Disfrutado"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 38"H x 36"W • © Lisa Rivas
A hug Is Two Hearts wrapped in arms. ~Author Unknown
A dynamic modern painting is occurring on Jupiter…
…plus the "Great Red Spot" is being challenged! imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope in May 2008.
Jupiter's Great Red Spots,
Credit NASA,
ESA,
M. Wong, I. de Pater (UC Berkeley),
et al.
The Great Red Spot is a great anti-cyclonic (high pressure) storm akin to a hurricane on Earth, but it is enormous (three Earths would fit within its boundaries) and it has persisted for at least the 400 years that humans have observed it through telescopes.
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An upstart storm now (since 2006) rivals the gas giant Big Red Spot as king of storms. A third red spot has appeared alongside the Great Red Spot and Red Spot Jr. in the turbulent Jovian atmosphere.
NASA/ESA/U.C. Berkeley
“The pine tree seems to listen, the fir tree to wait: and both without impatience,
they give no thought to the little people beneath them devoured by their impatience and their curiosity.”
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
“Curtains of The Lake” • 36″ x 72″ – watercolor, wax, rice paper • Coral Gables, FL • © Lisa Rivas
When someone is impatient and says, “I haven’t got all day,”
I always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?
~ George Carlin
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This evening at 6:30 pm is the “Opening Bash of The Tomato Art Fest” a happening here in East Nashville, TN. Please join me if you are in the vicinity! This event will be going on the whole weekend and it will be all about tomatoes!
https://tomatoartfest.com/
I will be exhibiting my commemorative Tomato Art Fest e-Stamps at the Art & Invention Gallery, with many other artists and their fabulous “TOMATO ART”.
• “The Yellow Tomato” / e-Stamp (NEW) – click to purchase
Wonderfully delicious and fun, the Yellow Heirloom Tomatoes are open-pollinated rather than genetically modified – and are safe! They have less acid and with a lemony taste, perfect for someone suffering from ulcers who doesn’t want to give up on that delicious, home-grown tomato taste!
Try a Yellow Tomato Gazpacho with Avocados and Cilantro!