31 A Silent Delight - acrylic on board

 

A Silent Delight    20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'The moon like a flower in heaven's bower,

With silent delight sits and smiles at the night.'

                                                                                                 William Blake

Available in my Folksy store

30 Serenade of flight - acrylic on board

 

Serenade of Flight   10x10cm acrylic on canvas   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec 

'...gentle

serenade of flight,

snow arrow, serene

ship in a transparent storm...'

                                                                     

                                                                    Ode to the Seagull Neruda

Available in my Folksy store.

Serenade of Flight   10x10cm acrylic on canvas   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

29 Winged banner - acrylic on board

 

Winged Banner   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'Sail,

bright boat,

winged banner'

                                                                             'Ode to the Seagull - Neruda

A memory of a Summer's day moon..

Available in my Folksy store.

Winged Banner   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

28 A Vast Space - acrylic on board

 

A Vast Space   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'..a vast space in which you become aware of the turning of the earth

and the insignificance of man.'

                                                                                                                  Fred Cumming

Available in my Folksy store.

A Vast Space   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

27 Drinking the Moons Reflection - acrylic on board

 

Drinking the Moons Reflection   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'Thirst drove me down to the water where I drank the moon's reflection.'

                                                                                                                                     Rumi

Available in my Folksy store.

Drinking the Moons Reflection   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

26 Wading in Silence - acrylic on board

 

Wading in Silence   10x10cm acrylic on board ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'...silence has a sound you hear it only after hours of wading in it.'

                                                                                                                  Anne Spollen

Available in my Folksy store.

Wading in Silence   10x10cm acrylic on board ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

25 The colour of longing - acrylic on board

 

The colour of Longing   20x20cm acrylic on board ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'Blue is the colour of longing for the distances that you never arrive in.'

                                                                                                                                 Rebecca Solnit

Available unframed in my Folksy store.

The colour of Longing   20x20cm acrylic on board ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

24 Scintillating Seas - acrylic on board

 

Scintillating Seas   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'...the sea in the darkness calls;

The little waves, with their soft white hands,

Efface the footprints in the sands,

And the tide rises, the tide falls.'

                                                                       Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Available unframed in my Folksy store.

Scintillating Seas   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

23 Sitting in Silence - acrylic on board

 

Sitting in Silence   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'When you sit in silence long enough, you learn that silence has motion.

It glides over you without shape or form, exactly like water.'

                                                                                                                       Anne Spollen

Available in my Folksy store.

Sitting in Silence   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

22 Blue on Blue - acrylic on canvas

 

Blue on Blue   10x10cm acrylic on canvas ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time,

into deeper and deeper shades of night.'

                                                                                                          Haruki Murakami

Available in my Folksy store.

Blue on Blue   10x10cm acrylic on canvas ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

21 Blue at the Edges - acrylic on board

 

Blue at the Edges   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'The world is blue at it's edges and in it's depths. This blue is the light that got lost....'

                                                                                                                           Rebecca Solnit

Available in my Folksy store.

Blue at the Edges   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

20 Smudge of Sky - acrylic on board

 

Smudge of Sky   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'...there is nothing more surreal and nothing more abstract than reality.'

                                                                                                    Morandi

Available in my Folksy store

Smudge of Sky   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

19 Neither stir nor motion - acrylic on board

 

Neither Stir Nor Motion  10x10cm acrylic on canvas board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'Lies a calm along the deep,

Like a mirror sleeps the ocean,

And the anxious steersman sees

Round him neither stir nor motion.'

                                                                                                   Goethe

Available in my Folksy store.

Neither Stir Nor Motion  10x10cm acrylic on canvas board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

18 Cure for boredom - acrylic on board

 

The cure for Boredom   20x20cm acrylic on canvas

'...above all, go and look at the sea. There you have the certain cure for boredom,

a sight of which one can never grow weary.'

                                                                                                                        Eugene Delacroix

Available in my Folksy store.

The cure for Boredom   20x20cm acrylic on canvas

17 A light divided - acrylic on board

 

A Light Divided   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'A light divided the swollen clouds

And lay most perfectly

Like a straight narrow footbridge bright

That crossed over the sea to me'

                                                                                         Edward Thomas

Available in my Folksy store.

A Light Divided   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

16 Great storm - acrylic on board

 

Great Storm   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'...great storm,

put all your winds to work

blowing their horns,

Set the whole night

galloping with its horses,'

                                                                                               Neruda

Available in my My Folksy store.

Great Storm   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

15 Bounding to the shore - acrylic on canvas

 

Bounding to the Shore   20x20cm acrylic on canvas   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'Just enough wind to keep the whole sea in motion, to make the waves come

bounding to the shore, foaming and sparkling, as if wild with glee.'

                                                                                                                            Anne Bronte

Available in my Folksy store.

Bounding to the Shore   20x20cm acrylic on canvas   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

14 Sparkles in the water - acrylic on board

 

Sparkles in the Water   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLe Quelenec

'The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something,

and tell what it is in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think,

but thousands of people can think for one who can see.

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion - all in one.'

                                                                                                                                   John Ruskin

Something that I strive to accomplish...

Painting available in my Folksy store.

Sparkles in the Water   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLe Quelenec

13 The air was bright - acrylic on board

 

The Air Was Bright   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'The air was bright for looking:

Most far in blue, aloft,

Clouds steered a burnished drift;'

                                                                        Song for a Summer's Day - Sylvia Plath

Available in my Folksy store.

The Air Was Bright   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

12 Tranquil Beauty - acrylic on board

 

Tranquil Beauty   20x20cm acrylic on canvas   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin,

one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; one would not

willingly remember that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang.'

                                                                                                                  Herman Melville

Available unframed in my Folksy store.

11 That blue - acrylic on board

 

That Blue    10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'That blue will always be there as it is now, after all man's destruction is finished.'

                                                                                                                          Georgia O'Keeffe

Available in my Folksy store.

That Blue    10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

10 Loveliness of Nature - acrylic on board

 

Loveliness of Nature   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'How despairing it is to view the loveliness of nature toward sunset

and know the impossibility of imitating it!'

                                                                                                       Ford Maddox Brown

Available in my Folksy store.

Loveliness of Nature   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

9 A shining new day - acrylic on board

 

A Shining New Day   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'Each dawn before my eyes I see

A shining new day spread for me;'

                                                                                            Annette Wynne

Available in my Folksy store.

A Shining New Day   10x10cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

8 Today is new - acrylic on board

 

Today is New   acrylic on board  20x20cm    ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'The significance of what appears today is sharpened by the image

lingering in our minds from yesterday.'

                                                                                                                   Jane Atkinson

Available in my Folksy store.

Today is New   acrylic on board  20x20cm    ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

7 All our yesterdays - acrylic on board

 

All our Yesterdays   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon we are never tired of

so long as we can see far enough.'

                                                                                                                   Emerson

Available unframed in my Folksy store.

All our Yesterdays   20x20cm acrylic on board   ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

6 Sound of silence - acrylic on board

 

Sound of Silence   10x10cm acrylic on board    ©2022LisaLeQuelenec

'When you sit in silence long enough, you learn that silence has a motion.

It glides over you without any shape or form, exactly like water.

Its colour is silver. And silence has a sound you only hear after hours

of wading in it. The sound is soft, like flute notes rising up,

like the words of glass speaking.'

                                                                                                                              Anne Spollen

Painting available in my Folksy store.

Sound of Silence   10x10cm acrylic on board    ©2022LisaLeQuelenec