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Pretty in Pink…

May 21, 2008 · 3 Comments

Zelma Fudge
…is the case of “Zelma Fudge”.

When I was looking for a house to buy I looked and looked and looked. It was hard to find something that really appealed to my sense of space, aesthetics and “budget”.
Finally I found a house that met my needs but it was in a neighborhood that was not at all fashionable.
What convinced me to purchase this house was the home situated across the street, it had an amazing and beautifully landscaped garden.
I thought this is definitely a “good sign“,
for who ever lives there really loves plants and flowers and I want to know them. And so I closed the deal and finally became a homeowner!

So it was Zelma Fudge!
Pinks from Zelma Fudge's garden
Here she is smiling framed by her plants and with spade in hand.
Also I have showcased a small selection of pretty pinks from her garden!

More tomorrow…

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Well within…

May 15, 2008 · 2 Comments

…blooms the love of nature!
Or between the grass and the soil the "robin" finds his hearty meal ticket.
Its diet consists of invertebrates, such as grubs, caterpillars and grasshoppers.
Then fruits and berries during the cold months.

Robinheartfelt1

"Heartfelt"
• digital mixed with original printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas • 10" x 10"
Lisa Rivas © 2007

Filed In: Fine Art, Las Botánicas, Pattern

IF • Seed

May 6, 2008 · 5 Comments

I am using my weekly post of a “BOTANICA”
for this weeks topic of Illustration Friday which is “SEED“

I had been working on a new image “for seed”,
but it got so complex and convoluted that it started to choke!
Creativity can not be rushed nor forced, it needs to evolve…
it is sacred and…
I need a breath of fresh air…

Breath

“SACRED“
• digital mixed with original printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas • 10″ x 10″
Lisa Rivas © 2007
 

Filed In: Fine Art, Las Botánicas, Pattern

Supple boughs…

May 1, 2008 · 1 Comment

Upon pausing and observing the resilience and beauty
of a simple branch or of a delicate flower
nature shows us how compliant, obsequious and lithe it is.

Most branches bend readily without breaking,
nor do they become deformed or ugly.

Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break. Jane Wells

Flowering

"Flowering"
•
digital mixed with original printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas • 10" x 10"
Lisa Rivas © 2007
Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend.

Filed In: Fine Art, Las Botánicas, Pattern

In a Nutshell…

April 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Earlier this week we honored “EARTH DAY”,
as “today“ is the “last“ Friday in April this date was assigned as the official “ARBOR DAY.”
“A day to celebrate trees”

I feel that this piece holds both observances in a nutshell!

Eden © Lisa Rivas

“Eden” • digital mixed with original printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas • 10″ x 10″ Lisa Rivas ©

Arbor Day is an excellent date to “Plant a Tree!”

Filed In: Fine Art, Las Botánicas, Pattern

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