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Bold Ink Drawings…

April 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment

I started doing these bold ink drawings a few years ago with a class I took with Carla Sonheim,
it was fascinating how one can break the ice (fear) of the blank page!

And how these bold ink marks generated new ideas and concepts,
which came about, as this “Personitas” series (little people)

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Once again, I have committed to the #The100DayProject2019 on IG, which started on April 2nd.
Here is more info.

We are now on day 19, you can follow me here: #100daysofboldink
I did start ahead so to have a bit of a back up in the posting,
and I’m not planning on doing 100 consecutive days, that is too difficult! Plus…

…my observations on this challenge is that you do discover a lot about your style,
but you stop being authentic and motivated after about 65 to 80 days in the project.
It also takes over your life and affects your true flow, it becomes a numbers game.

BoldMarks by Lisa Rivas

The little people must be sacred to the big ones,
and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.
~Victor Hugo

…more FLORA in the Shop!

April 23, 2019 · Leave a Comment

A new flora collection is being introduced in my SHOP, the KINDRED BOTANY!

This new botanical collection is from 100 small drawings of fantastic flora.
Each small drawing in itself turns to meet the possibilities of the digital world
where it is reborn in a related image. A very limited edition of 5 prints of each image.

Visit: KINDRED BOTANY at my shop, it is a very easy shop to navigate and super secured!
More on this specific collection here: https://lisarivas.com/kindred-botany/

I want to create a market where people from all walks of life can encounter each other
in an atmosphere of beautiful chaos, the coming together of kindred souls. ~Rei Kawakubo

Serendipity …is a happy-dance!

May 6, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Creating art is often a happy situation, but it requires a certain stance.

One of pushing the envelope of serendipity, with a bit of photographic memory…
eventually (quicker than expected) it will reach that “imaginative” image.

And then (maybe) see a little story coming thru.

I wish that it could be as simple as that, but usually,
it takes, even more pushing and nudging, to make that magic happen!

Here is an example of setting forth:

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Start with forcing a branch… tis a Dogwood!

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…so lovely, look at it’s lines + shadows…

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It’s an ever-flow of song and dance…

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..and a bit of “solo” in the umbras!

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Now let that imagination fly, one will see all kinds of activity!

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Outline all that pertinacity spotted…

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…also exalting shapes into view!

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…this got ever so very complicated!

Almost Puzzle-Like…

Now for even more considerate scrutiny, finding the stanzas…

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The Tip © Lisa Rivas
Is located in the upper left hand corner.

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What secret is that? © Lisa Rivas
Is spotted towards the middle left-hand side.

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Did you know? © Lisa Rivas
Sits on the bottom left corner.

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“What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open.“ ~Jose Manuel Barroso

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…happy spent bulbs!

February 15, 2018 · Leave a Comment

…among discards and rejects there are treasures,
tiny trees, small stars, dots of color,
…when recovered and loved,
they turn into gems of hope!

Spent bulbs for the garden, hidden gifts.

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Now in my shop!

Pied á Coudre means sewing foot in French

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Almost discarded paperwhites… stopping waste!

February 6, 2018 · 1 Comment

…but not so discarded after all!

Upon the emergence of Social Media with FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram, personal blog posts, have fallen to the wayside like these discarded paperwhites. Today, most blogs feature posts that are very commercial, lacking authentic substance, words that are about selling.

My “part-time” job at a “high-end” floral shop in a grocery store is almost the same story. The amount of flowers and plants that go through that shop is mind boggling. Very few get to a home or even last, so many are discarded! It’s more than an impermanence thing.

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Discarded paperwhites & a blue chair, both get a second chance.

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Paperwhites transferred to a planter for overwinter holding.

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Within the chaos of replanting comes to light a certain beauty.

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I personally drag home all kinds of discards. Here’s a bag of spent paperwhites that were trying to entice customers with there fragrance and lovely freshness. But these bagged ones never made it anywhere, they came to live with me.

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Paperwhites repotted in a holding bed for the winter.

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Madison, my dear kitty being undercover in the bag.

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A little clean up is a good thing.

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I purchased a few window boxes to use as holding beds for these sweet plants. If they make it inside through the winter, they will be planted outside again, returning to the earth. With hope they may bloom again, but in 2 years. All because someone cared.

Hidden within my home exists the Paperwhite Angel

..and there are hearts and crowns in there, somewhere!

Almost Puzzle-Like…

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…but not so discarded after all!

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