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Like a globe!

December 8, 2008 · 15 Comments

Cacti
are succulents, a group of plants with peculiar shape and size and
mostly adopted for desert life. They have a highly specialized anatomy
to enable them to survive prolonged drought. Their bizarre appearance reflects a unique evolution, in which plant form, function and survival are inextricably linked. Here's a globular stem cacti!

"Globe" (original)
• watercolor, black walnut ink on ricepaper

I made the BLACK WALNUT INK used in this piece.
Click for the recipe!

• 10" x 10" • © Lisa Rivas • "Globoid"
• digital print on ricepaper and mounted on canvas

A
sphere (a globe) is the optimum shape for a stem succulent as it has the smallest
possible surface area in proportion to volume, keeping water loss to a
minimum.

IF • Similar

December 5, 2008 · 22 Comments

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

2 Legged Table

December 2, 2008 · 7 Comments

2 legs is what I see.

2 legs that are very blue.

2 legs that hid behind the …

2 legs that support this tabletop.

2 legs that stand straight up and upon.

2 legs that we think do exist but are not seen.

2 legs that are needed to walk in order to get here.

2 legs placed the basket of “ripe red fruit“ upon this table.

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original painting • private collection – Memphis, TN – USA • “Next Door”
watercolor, wax, ricepaper, then quilted! • 36″H x 36″W • © Lisa Rivas

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I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.
Henri Matisse

Living Bridges

December 1, 2008 · 9 Comments

Ants comprise one of
“the most cohesive societies on earth"
because of their incredible
cooperative behavior!

Like this remarkable feat where
a group of ants build "themselves" into
a living bridge
so other ants can pass and cross over!

I found this photo coincidentally of
Ant Bridge by Jacinda Brown upon
searching for images & info of cacti.

It inspired me to create the following piece,
for Cactus Monday…

A wonderful example of survival of group interests above individual interests.

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself;
for every man has the need to be forgiven. Thomas Fuller

IF • Balloon

November 28, 2008 · 19 Comments

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

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