Flying Colors

IF • Focused

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest.
I do not judge the universe. ~Dalai Lama

original painting - corporate collection - Memphis, TN  - USA - "Breakfast in Bed"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 38"H x 48"W • © Lisa Rivas

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The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. ~Brian Tracy

IF • Wilderness

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.
~Henry David Thoreau (quoted in 1862)

• 36" x 36" • Lisa Rivas • "Tin Ti Neo"
• digital and mixed media on ricepaper and mounted on canvas

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In wilderness I sense the miracle of life,
and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. ~Charles Lindbergh

IF • Confined

Do not let fear confine your life inside a shell of doubt;
A turtle never moves until his head is sticking out.
~Charles Ghigna

detail of original painting - private collection - Nashville, TN - USA - "Odalisque"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 36"H x 54"W • © Lisa Rivas

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Greater than scene is situation. Greater than situation is implication.
Greater than all of these is a single, entire human being, who will never be confined in any frame.
~Eudora Welty

IF • Renewal

Upon the awakening of 'Spring' there is a lot more than what "beholds the eye". Most of this activity unfolds underground, below the surface, deep within, pushing upward like rising bubbles.
A fresh and 'anew' sweetness lingers awaiting for the sun's warm touch,
by then filling the air with "gems of life."

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

Nature often holds up a mirror so we can see more clearly the ongoing processes of growth,
renewal, and transformation in our lives. ~Mary Ann Brussat

Happy New Year!!!

Best wishes for many blessings in 2010!

  

I will not be governed by the tyranny of immediacy.
~Mary Anne Radmacher