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IF • Linked

April 12, 2010 · 7 Comments

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.  ~proverb

Linked 

original painting – private collection – Memphis, TN  – USA – "Birds of Paradise"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 38"H x 36"W • © Lisa Rivas
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One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.
~Leo Tolstoy

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IF • Dip

April 4, 2010 · 1 Comment

“For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see,
Saw the vision of the world,
and all the wonder that would be.” ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson

"Blooming Innocence" © Lisa Rivas

original painting – private collection – Portsmouth, NH  – USA – “Blooming Innocence”
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 38″H x 36″W • © Lisa Rivas

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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature
into his pictures.

~
Henry Ward Beecher

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IF • Subterranean

March 18, 2010 · 7 Comments

Where
there is much light, the shadow is deep. ~Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe

Subterranean

original painting – private collection –
Caracas, Venezuela
• "Cadenza" 
• oil on canvas
, 36" x 24" • © Lisa Rivas

You can't tell how deep a puddle is until you step into it…

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A thousand miles starts from beneath one's feet. ~Lao Tzu

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IF • Brave

March 6, 2010 · 7 Comments

An old rat is a brave rat. ~ french proverb

"Out of the Blue" (detail) by © Lisa Rivas

• watercolor, wax, ricepaper and sewn! • Detail • © Lisa Rivas • “Out of the Blue”
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He who is brave is free.~ Seneca


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IF • Perspective

February 26, 2010 · 6 Comments

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may,
– light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful. ~John Constable

Perspective
original painting –
corporate collection – Memphis, TN – USA – "Crossroads"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 38"H x 66"W • © Lisa Rivas

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Laughter can bring a new perspective. ~Christopher Durang

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