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May 16, 2008 · 4 Comments

Port of Guanta
Estado Anzoategui, VENEZUELA
I lived here for a few weeks a little more than a couple of decades ago.
It was wide open and amazing…

Guanta © Lisa Rivas

original painting – corporate collection – Memphis, TN – USA • “GUANTA”
• watercolor, wax, ricepaper, quilted • 72″H x 72″W • Lisa Rivas © 1984
The Port of Guanta is a well protected port with calm waters due to the configuration of the coast.

   

Filed In: Fine Art, Travel

Well within…

May 15, 2008 · 2 Comments

…blooms the love of nature!
Or between the grass and the soil the "robin" finds his hearty meal ticket.
Its diet consists of invertebrates, such as grubs, caterpillars and grasshoppers.
Then fruits and berries during the cold months.

Robinheartfelt1

"Heartfelt"
• digital mixed with original printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas • 10" x 10"
Lisa Rivas © 2007

   

Filed In: Fine Art, Las Botánicas, Pattern

A leap to fly…

May 13, 2008 · 2 Comments

…and so I chased after this little robin all over the front yard.
Then over to the neighbors yard…
…saw a dog! swiftly back to my place,
up the steps,
over to the ledge… and then it took a leap to fly!

Outofthenest

Today this little robin flies around and will hop right on up to me…

   

Filed In: Ideas, Mini Events

Peek a beak…

May 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Here is the nest under the eves of my front porch.
Upon peering over the baby robins to take a peek at them,
one of the chicks peeping out…

Inthenest_2

…jumped out of the nest when I took it’s picture!
Oh dear!!! More tomorrow…

   

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Mother…

May 11, 2008 · 1 Comment

 There is only one pretty child in the world, and every “mother” has it.

Chinese Proverb

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 mother robin - illustration by Lisa Rivas ©

A mother who is really a mother is never free. ~Honore de Balzac


   

Filed In: Fine Art, Illustration, Mini Events

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