Category Archives: What Inspires Me To Create
Mar 17
2012
The Warriors Pride
TweetI love Tonto National Park, Arizona. It’s filled with reminders of ancient civilizations that lived off the land, came up with brilliant solutions and were very spiritual. You can still feel that spiritual-ness when you visit the ruins. That’s what … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, created by ILIA, fine art, ILIA, Painting, Travel and Tourism, Warrior
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Jan 30
2012
Fairies Do Exist…
TweetFairies do exist and I have one in my front garden. Here’s her picture: Isn’t she pretty? I like her little crown and I think her dress is nice, too. I’m really glad that she decided to grace my garden!
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Jan 16
2012
Warrior – Next Painting in the Series
TweetI’m presently working on the next painting in the Arizona Series – it’s an Indian Warrior. I “found” him in the ruins in this image: If you look at the cave wall directly over the ruins you will see two … Continue reading
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Tagged Anasazi, Arizona, arizona series, art, desert, fine art, Google, Mask, tonto national park
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Nov 15
2011
Indian Lady – Cave Guardian
TweetI tried different ideas to communicate a great “find” of what appeared to be an American Indian woman being a guardian of a cave. The area in Arizona is “Natural Cave” and park of the Tonto National Forest. Arizona is … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Cave, Caving, Outdoors, Recreation, Show Caves, Tonto National Forest
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Jul 16
2010
Indian Spirits Present at Indian Ruins
TweetSince the very first time that I have visited Indian Ruins here in Arizona, I have been impressed with the spiritual aspect of the different ruins. It is very inspiring to me and I have created paintings and tales because … Continue reading
Jul 16
2010
Hiking Back From the Indian Ruins
TweetI took some interesting shots on the hike back down the mountain after we visited the Lower Indian Ruins. The first one was of a cave that someone was definitely using but that furry critter didn’t pop out to say … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Lake, Mountain, Parks, Saguaro, tonto national park, United States
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Jul 16
2010
Tonto National Monument
TweetAfter saying farewell to the dirt road, encountering a large vehicle with boat on trailer on the too narrow road and passing by Lake Roosevelt, we headed to the Tonto National Monument which is an Indian Ruin. Actually there is … Continue reading
Jun 14
2010
Nature Maestro
TweetI found a new name for those with a green thumb…Nature Maestro! My inspiration today came from the gardens I’m growing. First I checked the front garden with the 3 new plants and a tree as I like to make … Continue reading
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Tagged Cucumber, Garden, Garden design, green thumb, Home, ILIA, Plant, poem, Tree, Vine, Watermelon
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Mar 08
2010
For The Birds…
TweetSeems that I have been inspired once again by birds – this time by a sea bird, an egret. I was sitting in a park and this fashionable lady decided that it was time for a snack. She passed by … Continue reading
Feb 22
2010
Rain & The Birds
Tweet Image via Wikipedia The trees right outside my front doors are filled with many desert birds. I’m positive that we have desert birds (and not birds that only flew south for the winter) because it doesn’t matter what time … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Bird, birds, desert, Feather, inspiration, poetry, singing, tweets, Woodpecker
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