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Love this year!

January 1, 2009 · 27 Comments

Another fresh new year is here!
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!

New Branches

 

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest!
To daily grow and try to be,
My highest and my best!

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I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!

William Arthur Ward

She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad,
but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short.

 

Filed In: Fine Art, Friends, Illustration

Showers & Stars…

December 31, 2008 · 13 Comments

When clouds appear like rocks and towers,
The earth’s refreshed by frequent showers.

Old Rhyme

Shower of Stars by Lisa Rivas

“Shower of Stars”

• watercolor, wax, handmade paper, sequins and thread • 13″H x 18″W • © Lisa Rivas

A leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars...
Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)

Shower of Stars -banner- by Lisa Rivas

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land,
or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
Helen Keller (1880 – 1968)

Filed In: Fine Art, Pattern

a head start…

December 29, 2008 · 10 Comments

A new year is about to unfold,
—like a blossom with petals curled tightly
concealing the beauty within.

As we make our resolutions for the year ahead,
let us go forward with great hope
that all things can be possible
—with Gods help and guidance.
Anonymous

Luna-Sun-Drops-LisaRivas

• 10″ x 10″ • © Lisa Rivas • “Luna & Sun Drops”
• watercolor, digital, printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
Hamilton Wright Mabie

Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower.
Shigenori Kameoka

Filed In: Cactus & Succulents, Fine Art, Las Botánicas, Pattern

IF • Clandestine

December 26, 2008 · 13 Comments

Clandestine

original painting – corporate collection – Chicago, IL – “Clock Watch”
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 24″H x 24″W • © Lisa Rivas

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets. Paul Tournier

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Nature hides her secrets because of her essential loftiness,
but not by means of ruse. Albert Einstein

Filed In: Fine Art

An ornament…

December 24, 2008 · 6 Comments

The nut doesn’t reveal the tree it contains.
proverb – ancient Egypt

Inner Gem by Lisa Rivas

• 10″ x 10″ • © Lisa Rivas • “Inner Gem”
• watercolor, digital, printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas

Nuts are a big part of many holiday celebrations, whether it’s pecan pie, chestnut stuffing
or just a handful of mixed nuts grabbed at the office party.

Do not be afraid to go out on a limb … That’s where the fruit is.
Author unknown

Filed In: Fine Art, Las Botánicas, Pattern

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