Bring it on…

April 14, 2019

Celebrating the return of “Game of Thrones” dragons; design by Meredith Eliassen, 2019.
“Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, this painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings, whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, yet wit ne’er tastes, and beauty ne’er enjoys.” Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, Prologue to the Imitations of Horace, (1734) l. 309. Design by Meredith Eliassen, 2019.

A Foo-ey kinda day…

March 6, 2019

Stylized Foo dog drawing by Meredith Eliassen, 2019.

Love is the color…

February 14, 2019


Words by Prince (1958-2016), “Paisley Park,” and design by Meredith Eliassen, 2019.


Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) said, “The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.”
Design by Meredith Eliassen, 2019.

Conversation:

Chirp! Emerson, chirp… chirp…

Chirp! Look! Chirp”

Chirp! Agreed!

Yep! The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.




Birds of a feather…

January 23, 2019

“Birds of a feather flock together…” quote by George Wither (1613) with design by Meredith Eliassen, 2019. https://www.zazzle.com/birds_of_a_feather_notecard-256198505056489818

Eclipse time… a quote

January 5, 2019

A picture has come to thought… inspired by a quote from Paradise Lost by John Milton (1608-1674): “The sun… in dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds on half the nations, and with fear of change perplexes monarch.”

I picture fish in an ocean oblivious to human concerns…

Solar eclipse design with fish by Meredith Eliassen, 2019.

Welcome to Cat Nation…

January 4, 2019

Cat Nation came about after my uncle suggested that I do a design with "a lot of cats." For me, it is reminiscent of Venetian byways where working cats congregate. Design by Meredith Eliassen, 2019.
Cat Nation came about after my uncle suggested that I do a design with “a lot of cats.” For me, it is reminiscent of Venetian byways where working cats congregate. Design by Meredith Eliassen, 2019. https://www.zazzle.com/cat_nation_poster-256974371417316134

Trusting Porcupine

November 26, 2018

porcupine

Stylized little California porcupine greets a butterfly, drawing by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.

I used to come across porcupine quills along country paths as a child. Like the otter, the porcupine is a gentle and playful, its quills are only used when trust has been broken. Porcupine quills appear to be vectors going into all directions, neither poisonous nor ejected in battle, they are buoyant, helping the little critter to keep afloat in troubled waters.

Bible tells

“Jesus Loves Me” is a hymn written by Anna Bartlet Warner (1827–1915) based upon 1 Corintians 6:18. The lyrics first appeared as a poem that her older sister Susan Warner (1819–1885) used in a novel called Say and Seal (1860), in which the words were spoken comfort a dying child. The Warner sisters often collaborated, and Susan is best remembered for her The Wide, Wide World (1850). “Jesus Loves Me” design by Meredith Eliassen, 2018.

A little Gospel may help, the tune is easy… Here are the complete lyrics:

Jesus loves me—this I know,
For the Bible tells me so;
Little ones to him belong,—
They are weak, but he is strong.

Jesus loves me—loves me still,
Though I’m very weak and ill;
From his shining throne on high,
Comes to watch me where I lie.

Jesus loves me—he will stay,
Close beside me all the way.
Then his little child will take,
Up to heaven for his dear sake.