Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall…
~ Ray Bradbury
original painting – private collection – Memphis, TN – USA – “Midstream”
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 72″H x 72″W • © Lisa Rivas
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It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and
creativeness,
and the playground is the optimal milieu for the
unfolding of his capacities and talents.
~ Eric Hoffer
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We talk of our mastery of nature,
which sounds very grand;
but the fact is we respectfully
"adapt ourselves", first to her ways.
Clarence Day
original painting – private collection – Boca Raton, FL – USA - "…neither Fish nor Fowl"
watercolor, wax, ricepaper, glazed • 30"H x 72"W • © Lisa Rivas
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Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation. Mahatma Gandhi
Arrange whatever pieces come your way. ~ Virginia Woolf
…straight, strong and tall support the tender, soft and beautiful.
For it is the style in the "Mundo Vegetal".
A realm so full and sustaining, the source of abundance and well being.
Petals paper thin are meticulously arranged crowning the heads of these pillars.
Called "corollas" (little crowns) they open and unfold presenting,
a splendid offering of scents, hues and colors plus
an amazing golden possibility…
"Petal"
• digital mixed with original printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas • 10" x 10"
The trick to juggling is determining which balls are made of rubber
and which ones are made of glass. Anonymous
"Squares and Odd Balls" • digital • 72"H x 36"W • © Lisa Rivas
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There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators.
The only place where your dream becomes "impossible" is in your own thinking.
Robert H. Schuller
original painting – private collection – Memphis, TN – USA – "Bird's Eye View"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 60"H x 45"W • © Lisa Rivas
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible;
and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)