Gaia - The Living Planet

Recent Work

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  Have You Seen God by stephfine

  I have seen God though his beautiful creations, / I have touched his wonderful colors of life, / I have tasted his sweet rain drops on my tongue, / I have heard his cracking thunder and lightening, / I have felt the wonderful gift of childbearing, / I have seen God! (c) 2008, Stephine Arriaga

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  Out of the shadows by morpheus71

  climbing out into the sunshine from an overhanging slate climb (available as a t-shirt!)

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  a short story............The Interlude…No Simon & Garfunkle, Bach-inspired, canticle

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  Shroom's For Rent by handprintz

  Wanted very small tenants for neat new tropical style apartments,applications only considered if under 1/4 inch !!

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  The Rose Garden (Painted Wood Carving)- by Robert Dye

  This work was created on a one inch thick wooden panel. The composition was drawn out, some areas were primed, and some negative spaces were left for removal. I used an electric hand saw to cut the spaces of the image out, after drilling pilot wholes in these areas. Then I used a variety of hand held carving blades to add line work within the roses, leaves, and stems. The facade was then sanded and shapes were cleaned up and smoothed out. Then I painted in various layers with acrylics. I used some gold acrylic paint to accent selective shapes, and leaves. There was a very satisfying feeling while working in the wood, leaving some areas (and the boarder) to show the true nature of the grain. The overall piece was finished with a lacquer, which added a nice reflective sheen. The work was photographed at a slight skew to reveal the actual thickness of the wood and the depth of the shapes. The dimensions of the work are 24in. X 18in. It was created in 2007.

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  Reflected Tulips by Tom Vaughan

  Tulip time in the Skagit Valley, WA. These are reflected in a puddle in a brief sunny period between heavy rains. Canon D60. Click for more flowers: / Click for more water images: / Click for all images: /

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  Nightwalkers…Here in these lands of golden / airiness, no one understands / talk of the moon, / her melancholy rituals / of fog, cicada, dusky pearl.

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  Badener-Höhe…A whole plateau, freshly headless and accusatory.

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  Return to Me…“All ye who have gathered, a story will be told. It is an old one, but one that shall always be told.”

  The Story of Man and Earth

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  Gaia's Hope by JosephCClose

  / 15ft x 8ft / Oil Enamel on Steel / / This is a modification of the Greek Gaia. She holds the thread of humanity that runs through seven books of sacred knowledge: primitive art, early tools, agriculture, science, war, religion, and technology. The amphora vase on the figure is symbolic of the womb, and the capacity to carry life.This is the 5th panel of a 89ft structure depicting human evolution and the significance of mythology in our daily lives. The thread is a conduit that ties our reality to myth structure and how it informs human understanding. /