It’s story time. . .
Fall 2020, I took a trip to PA to visit a dear friend… Suffice to say, I took a lot of photos during my stay (as always when I travel to new places). As I rifled through the images back home there was something familiar about them… I looked back at the photos my PA friend had sent me earlier that year in the summer. Comparing my photos to hers, I realized that my photos were of the same exact railroad, trails, and streams captured at roughly the same angles as her photos… Super weird discovery and definitely not planned!
This project is a tribute to friendship and all kinds of relationships. I handpicked some quotes to pair with these paintings in order to shed light on some authors I had enjoyed reading at the time. Hope you enjoy them too!
“Fellow Travelers” Feb. 2021, acrylic on matt board 16 x 16″ (framed)
“Fellow Travelers”
𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 (𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯). 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯…𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯–𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦.
-CS Lewis
“Water Crossings”
𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵.
𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥…
– the Tao of the Tao Te Ching
“Water Crossings” Feb. 2021, acrylic on matt board 16 x 16″ (framed)
“When Leaves Fall”, Mar. 2021, acrylic on matt board 16 x 16″ (framed)
“When Leaves Fall”
𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨
𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.
-T.S Eliot
“Stepping Forward”
𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦…𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘱. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘰𝘶𝘵-𝘰𝘧-𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘱 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘨𝘰. 𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴.
-Leslie Knope
“Stepping Forward” June 2021, acrylic on matt board 16 x 16″ (framed)
“Rambles and Roads” July 2021, acrylic on matt board 16 x 16″ (framed)
“Rambles and Roads”
𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘸𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬, 𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯… 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ysabel Flores Art 
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