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Patterns and tiles,

July 29, 2008 · 1 Comment

In every civilization and culture,
colored tilings and patterns appear
among the earliest decorations…

Art is the imposing
of a pattern on experience,
and our aesthetic enjoyment
is recognition of the pattern.
Alfred North Whitehead

The word "tessella" means "small square".
A tessellation or tiling is the careful juxtaposition of shapes in a pattern. The act of adorning with mosaic as by using small squares of stone, ceramic, glass or just a drawing.

Each child is an adventure into a better life – an opportunity to change the old pattern and make it new.
Hubert H. Humphrey

IF • Canned

July 25, 2008 · 17 Comments

Empty coffee cans can be very functional after the fact. Use them to mix paint, store items. I keep my varnishing brushes suspended in solvent with the lid holding the brush. Here you can see some of my supplies and tools.
Many of my paintings were painted on the floor since they were of a very large format and I could move and visualize better.

original painting – private collection – Caracas, Venezuela • (Paint, paint!) “Pinta, pinta!”
• watercolor, wax, ricepaper and then quilted! • 36″H x 36″W • © Lisa Rivas
If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
Vincent Van Gogh

IF • Enough

July 18, 2008 · 15 Comments

Earth provides “enough” to satisfy every man’s need,
but not every man’s greed.
Mahatma Gandhi

original painting – private collection – Chicago, IL – USA • “Ubiquity”
• watercolor, wax, ricepaper • 36″H x 24″W • © Lisa Rivas
I exist as I am, that is enough. Walt Whitman

Fly by sky…

July 8, 2008 · 5 Comments

I drew and drew. Then they grew and grew.
Until one morning with the morning dew
a few of them took off and flew!

And this is absolutely true…

Above all else: The Sky

Blueberry Season…

July 3, 2008 · 4 Comments

…peaks in July! And they are native only to North America.
July is “National Blueberry Month” in the United States and Canada.
Blueberries, prove that good things can come in small packages.
They are one of the richest sources of antioxidants,
full of anthocyanins
— the compounds responsible for their blue hue —
known to reduce heart disease and cancer in humans.

Your mother may have told you carrots would keep your eyes bright as a child, but as an adult, it looks like fruit is even more important for keeping your sight. Eating 3 or more servings of fruit per day may lower your risk of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), the primary cause of vision loss in older adults.

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