– Anatole France
Copyright Beth Parker Art 2013
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It’s love! Of course, he looks like he’d much rather keep the chocolate. I love you… I love chocolate… I love you… I love chocolate. Of course, we know chocolate is bad for dogs.
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Showing posts with label valentine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label valentine. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Love You Dog – Watercolor
“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”
– Anatole France
I Love You Dog – Watercolor
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It’s love! Of course, he looks like he’d much rather keep the chocolate. I love you… I love chocolate… I love you… I love chocolate. Of course, we know chocolate is bad for dogs.
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– Anatole France
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It’s love! Of course, he looks like he’d much rather keep the chocolate. I love you… I love chocolate… I love you… I love chocolate. Of course, we know chocolate is bad for dogs.
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Friday, February 17, 2012
Valentine’s Dessert 5 – 4.5″ x 4.5″ Watercolor
“When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things
as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the
beginning and end of spiritual practice.”
–Jack Kornfield
Valentine’s Dessert 5 – 4.5″ x 4.5″ Watercolor
Just when you thought you were too full for any more dessert…. I spring the best one on ya! he he This is my favorite of all the desserts. Are you dying to see the original tray of pastries I painted these from? Let me see…. Oh, here it is.
Okay… now here are my versions….
How fun is that? And to answer the question that must be swimming
around in your head…. My only chemical influences are coffee and pure
joy! 
Jack Kornfield is one of the leading Buddhist teachers in America. A practitioner for over 40 years, he is one of the key teachers to introduce mindfulness and vipassana meditation to the West. His approach emphasizes compassion, lovingkindness and the profound path of mindful presence, all offered in simple, accessible ways in his books, CD’s, classes and retreats. Source: www. jackkornfield.com
–Jack Kornfield
Copyright Beth Parker Art 2012
Just when you thought you were too full for any more dessert…. I spring the best one on ya! he he This is my favorite of all the desserts. Are you dying to see the original tray of pastries I painted these from? Let me see…. Oh, here it is.
Photo by Mo at WetCanvas - Betty's Tea Room in York, UK
Copyright Beth Parker Art 2012
Jack Kornfield is one of the leading Buddhist teachers in America. A practitioner for over 40 years, he is one of the key teachers to introduce mindfulness and vipassana meditation to the West. His approach emphasizes compassion, lovingkindness and the profound path of mindful presence, all offered in simple, accessible ways in his books, CD’s, classes and retreats. Source: www. jackkornfield.com
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Valentine’s Dessert 4 – 4.5″ x 4.5″ Watercolor
“Most would not think of work as a prize. That is often due to the concept we have of work.
Work can be that of an artist, the work of creation. Such work is not the response to a whistle or the boring activity that follows a punched time card. Creative work is the fullest human expression of being alive. It comes from the inside out and has no boss other than an inner demand to create a thing of beauty that previously did not exist.
The primary task of human beings is to creatively work at making our lives a remarkable thing of beauty. Whether we be butcher, baker, or candlestick maker there is always the opportunity to make a truly creative effort of a life’s work by pounding out our dents and polishing that which is already beautiful. When we understand that life is the medium and we are the canvas, our efforts to improve become an exciting challenge rather than a boring task.”
–Earnie Larsen & Carol Larsen Hegarty
Valentine’s Dessert 4 – 4.5″ x 4.5″ Watercolor
Yes, it’s another dessert. How fun is that? All the fun of looking without being attempted to divulge. This was painted from that same tray of desserts by Mo at WetCanvas.
About the Authors
Earnie Larsen is the author of Stage II Recovery and Stage II Relationships, and coauthor with his sister Carol Hegarty of Days of Healing, Days of Joy. Sorry, but that is all I could find. While I was searching though, I ended up buying one of their books from textbooks.com. “Believing in Myself – Daily Meditations for Healing and Building Self Esteem”. There should be some great quotes in there for the blog!
Work can be that of an artist, the work of creation. Such work is not the response to a whistle or the boring activity that follows a punched time card. Creative work is the fullest human expression of being alive. It comes from the inside out and has no boss other than an inner demand to create a thing of beauty that previously did not exist.
The primary task of human beings is to creatively work at making our lives a remarkable thing of beauty. Whether we be butcher, baker, or candlestick maker there is always the opportunity to make a truly creative effort of a life’s work by pounding out our dents and polishing that which is already beautiful. When we understand that life is the medium and we are the canvas, our efforts to improve become an exciting challenge rather than a boring task.”
–Earnie Larsen & Carol Larsen Hegarty
Copyright Beth Parker Art 2012
Yes, it’s another dessert. How fun is that? All the fun of looking without being attempted to divulge. This was painted from that same tray of desserts by Mo at WetCanvas.
About the Authors
Earnie Larsen is the author of Stage II Recovery and Stage II Relationships, and coauthor with his sister Carol Hegarty of Days of Healing, Days of Joy. Sorry, but that is all I could find. While I was searching though, I ended up buying one of their books from textbooks.com. “Believing in Myself – Daily Meditations for Healing and Building Self Esteem”. There should be some great quotes in there for the blog!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Valentine’s Dessert 3 – 4.5″ x 4.5″ Watercolor
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order,
confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast,
a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace
for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
–Melody Beattie
Yeah!!! I love that!!
Valentine’s Dessert 3 – 4.5″ x 4.5″ Watercolor
Yummmm. Now I’m hungry. Not a good way to start the day. Yesterday, I was surprised with a dozen red roses from my hubby. He doesn’t normally do flowers and I was thrilled!! The last time he sent flowers was to mark my first Valentine’s day as a married lady. That was 9 years ago. He’s pretty wonderful and I’m a lucky girl!
This painting was done from a photo reference of a tray of desserts by Mo at WetCanvas.
Melody Beattie
Melody Beattie is one of America’s most beloved self-help authors and a household name in addiction and recovery circles. Her international bestselling book, Codependent No More, introduced the world to the term “codependency” in 1986. Millions of readers have trusted Melody’s words of wisdom and guidance because she knows firsthand what they’re going through. In her lifetime, she has survived abandonment, kidnapping, sexual abuse, drug and alcohol addiction, divorce, and the death of a child. “Beattie understands being overboard, which helps her throw bestselling lifelines to those still adrift,” said Time Magazine. Source: melodybeattie.com
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order,
confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast,
a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace
for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
–Melody Beattie
Yeah!!! I love that!!
Copyright Beth Parker Art 2012
Yummmm. Now I’m hungry. Not a good way to start the day. Yesterday, I was surprised with a dozen red roses from my hubby. He doesn’t normally do flowers and I was thrilled!! The last time he sent flowers was to mark my first Valentine’s day as a married lady. That was 9 years ago. He’s pretty wonderful and I’m a lucky girl!
This painting was done from a photo reference of a tray of desserts by Mo at WetCanvas.
Melody Beattie
Melody Beattie is one of America’s most beloved self-help authors and a household name in addiction and recovery circles. Her international bestselling book, Codependent No More, introduced the world to the term “codependency” in 1986. Millions of readers have trusted Melody’s words of wisdom and guidance because she knows firsthand what they’re going through. In her lifetime, she has survived abandonment, kidnapping, sexual abuse, drug and alcohol addiction, divorce, and the death of a child. “Beattie understands being overboard, which helps her throw bestselling lifelines to those still adrift,” said Time Magazine. Source: melodybeattie.com
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Valentine’s Dessert 2 – 4.5″ x 3.5″ Watercolor & Sharpie
The more you love, the more love you are given to love with.
–Lucien Price
Valentine’s Dessert 2 – 4.5″ x 3.5″ Watercolor & Sharpie
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here is your second calorie free dessert for Valentine’s week. The pastry was from a reference photo by Mo at WetCanvas. The plate and doily are all me!
Sophie at Just4Crafters has a cool tutorial for a Valentine’s Day card. I may try my hand at it today. It looks like so much fun. She had a cool birdhouse (The Love Shack) tutorial before that, if you have a little more time on your hands. Thanks Sophie!
Junius Lucien Price (January 6, 1883 – March 30, 1964), who also published under the name Seymour Deming, was the author of more than a dozen books and a writer for publications such as The Boston Evening Transcript and The Atlantic Monthly. At the time of his death at age 81 he was still writing for the Boston Globe. Source: Wikipedia
With love comes promises of sentiment as rapturous as fall’s splendor of color and as delicate as a crystal of snow. Love empowers us to handle the struggles that bind us, the struggles that stretch us to grow. The familiar sights and muffled sounds of each moment vibrate with greater intensity when we’re giving and receiving love.
We’re deluded to think the love of others will complete us, so we strive for it; we long for it. But we receive love only when we’re unselfishly offering it. It is one of life’s wonderful mysteries that we must first give love away if we hope to get it.
Loving another tests our patience, strength, and security. Love spurned is dreaded and perhaps too familiar, but we must risk it once again if we are to find the love we deserve.
The gifts of love are many and guaranteed when the act of love is honest, unselfish, whole, and unconditionally offered.
– Karen Casey
Karen Casey
Millions of people around the world spend a few moments in quiet reflection with Karen Casey every day. Karen is the best-selling author of Each Day a New Beginning, the first daily meditation book written expressly for women in recovery from addiction. Published in 1981, Each Day a New Beginning has sold more than three million copies and has been translated into ten different languages. Over the years, readers around the world have come to regard Karen as a trusted companion on the recovery journey. Among her other best-selling inspirational books are Keepers of the Wisdom, A Woman’s Spirit, Fearless Relationships, and A Life of My Own. In her newest book, Serenity (Hazelden, 2007), Karen shares favorite passages that gently convey simple lessons for living with greater peace, hope, and trust. Karen enjoys golfing and riding her Harley with her husband. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Naples, Florida.
–Lucien Price
Copyright Beth Parker Art 2012
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here is your second calorie free dessert for Valentine’s week. The pastry was from a reference photo by Mo at WetCanvas. The plate and doily are all me!
Sophie at Just4Crafters has a cool tutorial for a Valentine’s Day card. I may try my hand at it today. It looks like so much fun. She had a cool birdhouse (The Love Shack) tutorial before that, if you have a little more time on your hands. Thanks Sophie!
Junius Lucien Price (January 6, 1883 – March 30, 1964), who also published under the name Seymour Deming, was the author of more than a dozen books and a writer for publications such as The Boston Evening Transcript and The Atlantic Monthly. At the time of his death at age 81 he was still writing for the Boston Globe. Source: Wikipedia
With love comes promises of sentiment as rapturous as fall’s splendor of color and as delicate as a crystal of snow. Love empowers us to handle the struggles that bind us, the struggles that stretch us to grow. The familiar sights and muffled sounds of each moment vibrate with greater intensity when we’re giving and receiving love.
We’re deluded to think the love of others will complete us, so we strive for it; we long for it. But we receive love only when we’re unselfishly offering it. It is one of life’s wonderful mysteries that we must first give love away if we hope to get it.
Loving another tests our patience, strength, and security. Love spurned is dreaded and perhaps too familiar, but we must risk it once again if we are to find the love we deserve.
The gifts of love are many and guaranteed when the act of love is honest, unselfish, whole, and unconditionally offered.
– Karen Casey
Karen Casey
Millions of people around the world spend a few moments in quiet reflection with Karen Casey every day. Karen is the best-selling author of Each Day a New Beginning, the first daily meditation book written expressly for women in recovery from addiction. Published in 1981, Each Day a New Beginning has sold more than three million copies and has been translated into ten different languages. Over the years, readers around the world have come to regard Karen as a trusted companion on the recovery journey. Among her other best-selling inspirational books are Keepers of the Wisdom, A Woman’s Spirit, Fearless Relationships, and A Life of My Own. In her newest book, Serenity (Hazelden, 2007), Karen shares favorite passages that gently convey simple lessons for living with greater peace, hope, and trust. Karen enjoys golfing and riding her Harley with her husband. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Naples, Florida.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Wiener Dog Love
“You must lose a fly to catch a trout.”
–George Herbert Mead
Wiener Dog Love
5″ x 7″ Watercolor & Sharpie
Another Valentine for you. I just love the expressions that dogs get on their faces. What is this one saying to you? Comment and tell me what you think.
George Herbert Mead (1863-1931), American philosopher and social theorist, is often classed with William James, Charles Sanders Peirce, and John Dewey as one of the most significant figures in classical American pragmatism. Dewey referred to Mead as “a seminal mind of the very first order” (Dewey, 1932, xl). Yet by the middle of the twentieth-century, Mead’s prestige was greatest outside of professional philosophical circles. He is considered by many to be the father of the school ofSymbolic Interactionism in sociology and social psychology, although he did not use this nomenclature. more…
–George Herbert Mead
Wiener Dog Love
5″ x 7″ Watercolor & Sharpie
Another Valentine for you. I just love the expressions that dogs get on their faces. What is this one saying to you? Comment and tell me what you think.
George Herbert Mead (1863-1931), American philosopher and social theorist, is often classed with William James, Charles Sanders Peirce, and John Dewey as one of the most significant figures in classical American pragmatism. Dewey referred to Mead as “a seminal mind of the very first order” (Dewey, 1932, xl). Yet by the middle of the twentieth-century, Mead’s prestige was greatest outside of professional philosophical circles. He is considered by many to be the father of the school of
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Ruv Roo
“Love is the miracle cure. Loving ourselves creates miracles in our lives.”
-Louise Hay
Ruv Roo
5″ x 7″ Watercolor & Ink
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Louise L. Hay is a bestselling author, speaker and inspirational teacher whose healing techniques, affirmations and positive thinking have inspired millions worldwide. She is the founder of Hay House Publishers. Visit LouiseHay.com to learn more.
-Louise Hay
Ruv Roo
5″ x 7″ Watercolor & Ink
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Louise L. Hay is a bestselling author, speaker and inspirational teacher whose healing techniques, affirmations and positive thinking have inspired millions worldwide. She is the founder of Hay House Publishers. Visit LouiseHay.com to learn more.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Valentine Bears
“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
–Winston Churchill
YEAH!!
Valentine Bears
5″ x 7″ Watercolor
Love is in the air. I have recently completed 6 different Valentine’s paintings, so I thought I’d share them with you. I really had fun doing them.
Top Valentine gift ideas, according to www.askmen.com.
British prime minister ; he laid the groundwork for welfare in England, helped set the boundaries in the Middle East, became a symbol of the resistance against the Nazis in Europe, and was a central force in the Allied victory in World War II. He was born in 1874 near Oxford. He was known for his courage, his stubbornness, and his powerful personality. He was also an accomplished painter and writer. He died in 1965.
Here is a site with some Winston Churchill trivia.
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YEAH!!
Valentine Bears
5″ x 7″ Watercolor
Love is in the air. I have recently completed 6 different Valentine’s paintings, so I thought I’d share them with you. I really had fun doing them.
Top Valentine gift ideas, according to www.askmen.com.
About Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill was an extraordinaryHere is a site with some Winston Churchill trivia.
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