Archive for October, 2014|Monthly archive page
aceo, animals, gretchen del rio, mystic, native american, red fox, sacred, spirit totem animal, watercolor, wildlife
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Fox, Wild Things on October 30, 2014 at 8:09 pm
watercolor aceo 10/2014
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
….Blackfoot
‘Tokala….Lakota name for fox
aceo, animals, gretchen del rio, kermode, mystic, native american, sacred, spirit bear, spirit totem animal, watercolor, wildlife
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Black Bears, Wild Things on October 25, 2014 at 9:18 pm
watercolor aceo 10/2014
‘Great Bear Spirit,
I seek your lessons.
Show me how to sink
deep within myself
to find the answers I seek.’
aceo, animals, cat, domestic animal, gretchen del rio, kitty, meditating, spirit totem animal, watercolor
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Zenkats on October 23, 2014 at 1:21 pm
watercolor aceo 10/2014
‘Dance like no one is watching’
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aceo, animals, gretchen del rio, meditating, mystic, native american, polar bear, sacred, spirit totem animal, watercolor, winter
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Ice Bears, Wild Things on October 21, 2014 at 9:50 pm
watercolor aceo 10/1014
Smell of the snow, warmth of the sun……an ice bear meditation.
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aceo, animals, gretchen del rio, horse, mystic, native american, pony, sacred, spirit totem animal, watercolor
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Painted Ponies on October 20, 2014 at 2:58 pm
watercolor aceo 10/2014
‘Treat the Earth well.
It was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors,
we borrow it from our children.’
aceo, animals, black panther, gretchen del rio, mystic, native american, sacred, shaman, spirit totem animal, watercolor
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Big Cats, Wild Things on October 19, 2014 at 2:18 pm
watercolor aceo 10/2014
The black panther is very mystical. She is the embodiment of lunar energy…..feminine in all her aspects…..child, virgin, seductress, mother, warrioress, seeress, and old wise woman.
aceo, animals, cat, goddess, gretchen del rio, meditating, moon, mystic, sacred, spirit totem animal, watercolor, woad
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Zenkats on October 15, 2014 at 2:41 pm
watercolor aceo 10/2014
Sultry dark goddess drawing her power from moon energy.
aceo, animals, coyote, desert, gretchen del rio, meditating, mystic, native american, sacred, spirit totem animal, watercolor
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Coyote, Wild Things on October 14, 2014 at 1:14 pm
watercolor aceo 110/2014
‘Walk as tall as the trees
Live strong as the mountains
Be gentle as the spring winds
Keep the warmth of summer in your heart
And the Great Spirit will always be with you.’
animals, dog, gretchen del rio, Lakota story, mystic, native american, sacred, spirit totem animal, watercolor
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Dharma Dogs on October 9, 2014 at 1:35 pm
watercolor 15 x 12 10/2014
This commissioned painting illustrates a Lakota creation story about Dog. I hand printed the story around the edge of 15″ x 12″ piece of 300lb watercolor paper.
‘So angry was the Creator over man’s mistreatment of animals that he drew a line wit his finger upon the ground. On one side were the beasts and on the other were the people. The line grew so deep and so wide that neither side could be near the other ever again. But at the last moment, Dog jumped over, to remain forever at man’s side.’
Wonderful story isn’t it?
aceo, animals, cat, domestic animal, gretchen del rio, kitty, meditating, spirit totem animal, t s elliot
In Art Watercolor Gallery, Zenkats on October 9, 2014 at 12:23 pm
watercolor aceo 10/2014
‘When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name.’
……..T.S. Elliot
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