Baseball is similar to an island of activity amidst a sea of statistics.
Author Unknown

original painting – available – contact Lisa Rivas – "Jupiter's Inning"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, blue foil, glazed • 24"H x 24"W • © Lisa Rivas

According to the World Resources Institute,
more than 80 percent of the Earth’s natural forests already have been destroyed.
DID YOU KNOW? An area of forest equal to 50 baseball fields is lost every minute!

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Much of the vitality in a friendship lies in the honoring of differences,
not simply in the enjoyment of similarities. James Fredericks

The "balloon" seems to stand still in the air,
while the "earth" flies past underneath.
Alberto Santos Dumont (early pioneer of aviation)

original painting – private collection – Memphis, TN – USA – "Up Above!"
watercolor, wax, ricepaper, then quilted! • 36"H x 24"W • © Lisa Rivas

The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly. Friedrich Nietzsche