Kahlia

acrylic, collage 13 x 18 inches





"May the rain fall soft upon your face, and until
we meet again may God hold you in the palm of his
hand, may God grant you always a sunbeam to
warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering
angel so nothing can harm you."
Irish blessing 

Complicity

acrylic, collage, ink  7 X 7 inches

Dreams

acrylic, collage, coloured pencil on paper 13 X 18 inches







"If I knew you and you knew me, 

And both of us could clearly see,

I'm sure that we would differ less,

And clasp our hands in friendliness".

Joaquin Miller  1840

The End is the Beginning

13 X 22 inches, acrylic, collage, ink

"The end is where we start from, and to make an end is to make a beginning.  The beginning is often the end..."

T.S.Eliot

The Fall of Lucifer

acrylic, ink, collage 16 X 24 inches







"A mind not to be chang'd by place or time.  The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.  Here at least we shall be free.  Here we may reign secure and in my choyce to reign is worth ambition though in Hell ...better to reign in Hell than serve in Heav'n." 
Paradise Lost, Milton 


 
 

The Sketchbook Project 2012

Infancy

collage, acrylic, ink on paper, 8 1/2 X 12 1/2 inches

"One cannot live in the cradle forever!"

K.E.Tsiolkovsky

In Gardens

collage, acrylic, ink on paper 8 1/2 X 12 1/2 inches

"In gardens beauty is a by-product.  The main business is sex and death."

Sam Llewelyn

Perfection

collage, acrylic, ink on paper 8 1/2 X 12 1/2 inches









 "Love isn't finding a perfect person.  Its seeing an imperfect person perfectly."
Sam Keen

Just like my Mom

collage, acrylic, ink on paper, 8  X 12 1/2 inches










 "Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise." 
Maya Angelou

Love

collage, acrylic, pen on paper, 8 1/2 X 12 1/2 inches

"Love is often the fruit of marriage."

Moliere 

Strength

collage, acrylic, ink on paper 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches

"Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from indomitable will"

Gandhi