Next series: blue green pieces of planet earth.
Script Ring III
“The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It’s full of charts and facts and figures
And instructions for dancing
But I
I love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything”
Script ring III.
Hand forged and chiseled with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
This ring is one of a kind. I can cut it to fit any size between 5 and 10.5.
Follow these simple steps to find your measurement.
South America
“I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats.”
South America (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Script Ring II
“At each point in our lives, we are at a crossroads. We are the fruit of our past and we are the architects of our future... If you want to know your past, look at your present circumstances. If you want to know your future, look at what is in your mind.”
Script ring II.
Hand forged and chiseled with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
This ring is one of a kind. I can cut it to fit any size between 5 and 10.5.
Follow these simple steps to find your measurement.
Script Ring I
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
Script ring I.
Hand forged and chiseled with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
I can cut this ring to fit any size between 5 and 10.5.
Follow these simple steps to find your measurement.
Israel, Jordan
“It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one’s inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle. Strange as it sounds, steady, patient growth in freedom is probably the most difficult task of all, requiring the greatest courage. Thus if the term “hero” is used in this discussion at all, it must refer not to the special acts of outstanding persons, but to the heroic element potentially in every (hu)man.”
Israel, Jordan (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Script Rings
In this new series, I pay homage to ancient scripts. Their simplicity –and the meaning they carry (which most of us can’t understand)– has always moved me.
One of these rings may well depict a quote by Aulus Cornelius Celsus:
“Live in rooms full of light. Avoid heavy food. Be moderate in the drinking of wine. Take massage, baths, exercise, and gymnastics. Fight insomnia with gentle rocking or the sound of running water. Change surroundings and take long journeys. Strictly avoid frightening ideas. Indulge in cheerful conversation and amusements. Listen to music.”
Script Rings.
Hand forged and chiseled with recycled sterling silver.
Soon in my online shop.
Asia
“When God wanted to create the horse, he said to the South Wind, “I want to make a creature of you. Condense.” And the Wind condensed.”
Asia (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Persia
“O’ day, arise!
Shine your light, the atoms are dancing.
Thanks to Him the universe is dancing,
overcome with ecstasy, free from body and mind
I’ll whisper in your ear where their dance is leading them.
All the atoms in the air and in the desert are dancing,
puzzled and drunken to the ray of light,
they seem insane.
All these atoms are not so different than we are,
happy or miserable,
perplexed and bewildered
We are all beings in the ray of light from The Beloved.
Nothing can be said.”
Persia (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on Paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Listen to this version of Poem of the Atoms with music by Armand Amar.
Freedom
“To have freedom, be willing to give freedom.”
Pacific Ocean (Atlas Series).
Acrylic on Paper, 2019.
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Aesopus
“To be strong does not mean to sprout muscles and flex. It means meeting one’s own numinosity without fleeing, actively living with the wild nature in one’s own way. It means to be able to learn, to be able to stand what we know. It means to stand and live.”
Aesopus.
13.97” by 10.23” (35.5 cm by 26 cm).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
Wolf
I always believed I was a deer, but I’ve discovered I am a wolf.
Pope Innocent X.
13.97” by 10.23” (35.5 cm by 26 cm).
Acrylic on paper, 2019.
Textured rings
I’m working on a new family of rings.
The Discoverer
“I am the Discoverer of Nature.
I am the Argonaut of true sensations.
I bring to the Universe a new Universe because I bring the Universe itself.”
Atlas Series.
I. Atlantic Ocean.
Acrylic on Paper
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
II. Indonesia.
Acrylic on Paper
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Iconography
“If geography is prose, maps are iconography.”
Atlas Series.
I. Australia.
Acrylic on Paper
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
II. Indian Ocean.
Acrylic on Paper
10.62" by 12.79" (27 cm by 32.5 cm).
Jacaranda
For three weeks a year, this awe inspiring jacaranda tree surrounds my home with color and new life.
Atlas Series
Maps have special meaning to me. They show me where I've been, and where I've yet to explore. They are the visual layout of a place, its veins and arteries. They are also a symbol, because one cannot really trace on paper what is made of life, movement, chaos and feeling. It is the same with art
The paintings I'll be sharing this week are part of a series I began several years ago, where I use the pages of an Atlas from the 1950’s as a canvas.
Thank you!
Beautiful women, thank you for your support and encouragement! You have set my heart ablaze with gratitude and inspiration.
Tomorrow I will ship your jewelry to the United Kingdom, Denmark, Canada, USA and Mexico. May your kindness and generosity return to you a thousandfold!
Shop Updates: New Jewelry
I just added 60 new jewelry pieces to my Etsy shop.
Every piece is one of a kind, if you no longer see the item you are looking for, it means it has already sold.
Burst into Bloom
“I hope you will go out and let stories, that is life, happen to you, and that you will work with these stories... water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.
”
These pieces, and more, available this Sunday at 10 am CST in my online shop.