Paintings

Key

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.
— Winston Churchill

Key.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Acorn

There is nothing more lovely in life than the union of two people whose love for one another has grown through the years, from the small acorn of passion, into a great rooted tree.
— Vita Sackville-West

Acorn.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Genius

Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience.
— Pam Brown

Genius.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Peace

If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.
— Lao Tzu

Peace.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Gaze

The eyes those silent tongues of love.
— Miguel de Cervantes

Gaze.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Ignite

The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire.
— Carl Jung

Ignite.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Broad

We’re not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.
— Joseph Campbell

Broad.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Force

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.
— Ayn Rand

Force of Nature,
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


In the buddhist tradition we say, there are three gifts you can give, you can give the gift of teachings, the gift of a material object, and the gift of no fear.
— Frank Ostaseski

Bold.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Lucid

Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love.
— Rabindranath Tagore

Lucid.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


She

The woman who needs to be liberated most is the woman in every man, and the man who needs to be liberated most is the man in every woman.
— Magnus Hirschfeld

She.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Flair

A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.
— Tom Waits

Flair.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Sing

May your heart always be joyful. May your song always be sung.
— Bob Dylan

Sing.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Space

You’ve been somebody long enough. You spent the first half of your life becoming somebody. Now you can work on becoming nobody, which is really somebody. For when you become nobody there is no tension, no pretense, no one trying to be anyone or anything. The natural state of the mind shines through unobstructed - and the natural state of the mind is pure love.
— Ram Dass

Space.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Current

We have never arrived. We are in a constant state of becoming.
— Bob Dylan

Current.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Crucible

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.
— Luis Barragán

Crucible.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Heft

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.
— Bob Marley

Heft.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).


Travel

If one completes the journey to one’s own heart, one will find oneself in the heart of everyone else.
— Thomas Keating

Travel.
Acrylic paint on vintage paper.
12” by 9.25” (30.5 by 23.5 cm).