shine through.....

It brings me much joy when I 

sketch and paint one of my favorite flowers:

the Lotus..

and here's another piece with
mixed media...

"Reality, enlightenment or the divine must shine
through every moment or it is not genuine"
Jack Kornfield



Have a wonderful weekend and a happy PPF everyone!!

steph

Tea Tuesday

It's been a while since I last posted on  T Tuesday

where Kimmie and other Tea friends

gather to share their tea adventures...

I've been going on my little "sketchcrawls" lately

and here are some photos taken along the way.....

First stop: Clarke Quay

then off to lunch at the Empress Place.

Lunch was lettuce wrap with grilled meat, Indo Chinese style...

and in tropical Singapore, a glass of cold iced tea..

and here's a little greeting to usher in

the Chinese Lunar New Year of the dragon....

Happy Tea Tuesday!!!

steph

Being human....Rumi

the mini sketchbook is filling up fast and I'm left with the last 3 pages.

each sketch and painting came with an experience I would not trade for anything....

and at the end of each,

a renewed spirit..

and an insightful exploration of this

wonderful medium of making art....

 I am loving every bit of it.......

“This being human is a guest house. 
Every morning is a new arrival. 
A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...
Welcome and entertain them all. 
Treat each guest honorably. 
The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. 
Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.” 
― Rumi

Happy Friday!!!

steph

Courage

"You cannot be truthful if you are not courageous.

You cannot be loving if you are not courageous.

You cannot be trusting if you are not courageous.

You cannot enter into reality if you are not courageous.

Hence courage comes first... and everything else follows.”

Osho, 1931-1990

~steph~



Plein air sketching....

Happy friday everyone!!

here's a couple of sketches done onsite.....

Have a good weekend!!!

steph

 

Being You....

You suppose you are the trouble

But you are the cure

You suppose that you are the lock on the door

But you are the key that opens it

It's too bad that you want to be someone else

You don't see your own face, your own beauty

Yet, no face is more beautiful than yours.

Rumi

Happy PPF and a Happy 2012!!!

Steph

Love without limits...

The garden of


Love

is green without

limit

and yields many

fruits

other than sorrow

and joy.

Love is beyond either

condition:

without spring,

without autumn,

it is always fresh.

-- Jelaluddin Rumi


HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
steph