Ah! Never shall the land forget.
How gushed the life-blood of her brave -
~ William Cullen Bryant
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
~ Maya Angelou
Aloe succotrina - digital • 2009 © Lisa Rivas ~ RAISED TO THEM!
• • • • • • • • • • •
The sap of the Aloe is effective in the treatment and healing of wounds.
★
...The sign of Christmas is a star, a light in darkness.
See it not outside yourself, but shinning in the Heaven within,
and accept it as the time of Christ has come.
"Blessed Be All"
★ ★ ★
He comes demanding nothing.
No sacrifice of any kind, of anyone, is asked by Him...
from “A Course in Miracles" (page 327-329) combined volume, third edition.
Chapter 15, The Holy Instant, Subchapter XI, Christmas as the End of Sacrifice.
★
People tend to focus on the here and now. The problem is that, once global warming is something that most people can feel in the course of their daily lives, it will be too late to prevent much larger, potentially catastrophic changes. ~ Elizabeth Kolbert (American journalist - author)
original painting - private collection - Memphis, TN - USA - "The Dip"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, sewn • 24"H x 24"W • © Lisa Rivas
All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it's here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster. BARACK OBAMA, speech, Apr. 3, 2006
Today I harvested my very first watermelon and then I dropped it!
This watermelon spilled sweet juice everywhere...
...all over my shoes, it was like a downpour of ❤ "pink rain" ❤
When one has tasted watermelon, one knows what the angels eat. Mark Twain
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | •
Watermelon rinds are also edible, and sometimes used as a vegetable. In China, they are stir-fried, stewed, or more often pickled. When stir-fried, the de-skinned and de-fruited rind is cooked with olive oil, garlic, chili peppers, scallions, sugar and rum.
For the past few months, while focusing on the diverse / unique structures of cacti and rendering their forms, a very dear professor of mine would come to mind often, her name is Gertrude Goldschmidt, also known as GEGO.
Gego taught a course called "Three-Dimensional Form & Spatial Solutions" at the Hans Neumann School of Design in Caracas, Venezuela where I studied Graphic Design. I took this in depth course of hers for 3 consecutive years and worked extensively with spatial concepts... that explains why I think of her so often when I look at these cacti and succulents.
Upon pondering it came to me how spatially interconnected we all are and thus with nature also. And that thanks to the web and art we have been able to express it in so many a wonderful ways, like this Cactus Monday group has done!
• 10" x 10" • (thelocactus) • © Lisa Rivas • "Tribute to GEGO"
• watercolor, digital, printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas
Gego is a very well known artist, she played with the idea of the stable and the unstable elements of art. The stable elements of art was the sculpture itself, while the unstable elements consist of the constantly changing shadows and the slight movement in her design. She used scraps of metal that she would bend and weave together in order to evoke movement, experimentation and spontaneity. (Venezuelan, born Germany. 1912-1994)
She did a whole series called "Drawings without Paper"...
...to read more about her click GEGO
The creative economy is giving rise to a new spatial fix and a very different geography
– the contours of which are only now emerging...
I painted 2 different pieces ÷ (divided) ea. into 2 groups = odd strips / even strips,
or - (subtracted) the odd strips or the even strips from each painting!
Then I + (added) the even #s (numbers) with the even #s (numbers) for 1 painting,
also I + (added) the odd #s (numbers) with the odd #s (numbers) for 2nd painting.
I ended up = with 2 similar paintings = they went to 2 different art collections!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
original painting - corporate collection - Boston, MA - USA - "Translation"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, foil, quilted • 39"H x 31"W • © Lisa Rivas
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Result = ½ half of each image has been "subtracted" from this final piece!
Math can be confusing or tricky at times and one can lose tract easily of something.
No legacy is so rich as honesty. William Shakespeare
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The abacus, also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool used primarily in parts of Asia for performing arithmetic processes. It is still widely used by merchants, traders and clerks in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere. Many blind people find this number machine a very useful tool throughout life.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"Nowruz" marks the first day of spring and the New Year in the Iranian calendar.
It is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed.
The tile to the right was created by drawing onto a glass surface that had been coated with very thin layer of colored glass powder. I drew the image by scratching into the surface with a sharp tool, I also used 2 different colors of powder glass and drew again. Once the drawing was finished it was annealed / fused in a kiln. This glass piece measures 6" x 6".
I then scanned the
tile and changed the colors and texture digitally.
Next will be to print this
and then do a photo transfer onto another surface.
More to come...
ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº...ºº
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~Maya Angelou
... of my painting area
➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙
... of an initial start
➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙
... of further progress
➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➙
I'm trying to connect the sky and the earth through the winding maze of "La Bruma"
Bruma ➙ brume ➙ fog ➙ mist ➙ murk ➙ smaze ➙ a mixture of haze and smoke!
The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze.
Buddha, Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. Henry David Thoreau
original painting - private collection - Memphis,TN USA - "Passage of Time"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 36"H x 72"W • © Lisa Rivas
• *** • *** • *** • *** • *** • *** • *** • *** • *** • *** • *** • *** • *** • *** • *** • *** • *** • *** •
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
Albert Einstein
... First Blogversary give-a-way!
A set of 15 Art e-Stamps honoring the experience, the friends & joy of this blog world...
Win a sheet of Flying Colors e-Stamps that you could actually tear apart, lick and stick!
To win this custom set of e-Stamps leave me a comment at this post.
This gift/prize is a courtesy and a thank you! 100% Free!
All countries are welcomed! No shipping fees I will send it to the winner :-)
Last day
to leave a comment to participate in the drawing of names will be Monday, February 9th.
15 stamps (1.75" x 2" ea.) - Flying Colors blog e-Stamp set
Printed on perforated - dry gummed paper • 8.5" x 11" • Limited Edition
A name will be drawn and the winner will be announced on Wednesday, February 11th!
@ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @ • @
Thank you for your visit & comment... there will be 6 more gifts coming up!
...a correlation between Cacti and Coral?
Maybe in their appearance? Or is it "their" fantasy?
"Coral Cacti"
6" x 8.25" • watercolor, pastel, pencil on paper • Lisa Rivas © 2009 •
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it,
write it in the sand near the water's edge.
Napoleon Hill
☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼ * ☼
Putting up your laundry was never so exotic!
^--**-^^^--*--*--^^^---**-^^----*----^--**--^^^--*--*-^---^-*--^^^---**---^--*----^^--*--^
I have been out of town all this last week and I'm still in Chicago for an exhibit, so didn't have time to create artwork for this Monday post. But I found this "sophisticated Saguaro clothesline" and thought it be a perfect showpiece for the "cactuteers" of Monday Cactus :-) Enjoy!
Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
original painting - private collection - Chicago, IL - USA - "For the birds!"
• watercolor, wax, ricepaper, then quilted! • 72"H x 72"W (triptych) • © Lisa Rivas
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird
and not enough the bad luck of the early worm. Franklin D. Roosevelt
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion. Winston Churchill
Snapping Twig creates and sells beautiful photo artwork!
and an amazing eye for composition and for unique finds!
Today, she put this Etsy TREASURY together called: thin air.....
Now with the holidays coming up it's a fabulous place to find That Gift!
Etsy is an experience in itself with over 20,000 vendors of handmade items.
Recent Comments