Flying Colors

IF • Perspective

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

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

IF • Propagate

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation,
nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. ~ Mohandas Gandhi

• watercolor, wax, handmade paper and sewn! • 18"H x 13"W • © Lisa Rivas • "Sweet Flowers"
SPRINGTIME
Oh, spring came to my garden
And caught it unaware
Wearing just a few old leaves
And a dejected air.

But when spring left my garden,
Its work so deftly done,
Many, many Daffodils
Were dancing in the sun.
~ Velma D. Bates

IF • Adrift

Clouds come drifting into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm,
but to add color to my sunset sky. ~Rabindranath Tagore

• 36" x 108" (triptych) • Lisa Rivas • "Windswept"
• digital and mixed media on ricepaper and mounted on canvas

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Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility. Effective leaders are able to ~Rosabeth Moss Kanter

IF • Muddy

“The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.”
E. E. Cummings (American poet 1894-1962)

"Mud Pie V" • Lisa Rivas © 2010

HYDROS was the Greek protogenos of the primordial waters. Water was the first being to emerge at creation alongside Mud. The primordial mud solidified into GAIA (Earth) and with HYDROS produced KHRONOS the primeval god of time.

"Whoever speaks in primordial images speaks with a thousand voices. . . ." ~ Carl G. Jung