Tag Archives: Arizona
May 06
2012
New Friends – Training and Feeding Time
TweetThis morning something very magical occurred in my front garden. A Mama desert wren was instructing her baby who was practicing flying and feeding in the Lysiloma and Paulo Verde trees that are happily in bloom. I thought at first … Continue reading
Posted in For The Birds
Tagged Arizona, arizona desert wren, baby bird, Bird, Lysiloma, Mother, Parent, Tree, Wren
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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
Posted in Creations, paintings, What Inspires Me To Create
Tagged Arizona, created by ILIA, fine art, ILIA, Painting, Travel and Tourism, Warrior
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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
Posted in paintings, What Inspires Me To Create
Tagged Anasazi, Arizona, arizona series, art, desert, fine art, Google, Mask, tonto national park
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Dec 26
2011
Timeless
Tweet Timeless is the name of my newest painting in the Arizona Series that I’m working on. When you look at this painting, you get the feeling of timelessness. It’s very fitting for the series of paintings as this painting … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, arizona series, art, created by ILIA, Ethnicity, fine art, ILIA, Indigenous, Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Painting, United States, Visual Art
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Dec 03
2011
The Three Faces of Mother Earth
TweetI’ve been continuing with my Arizona Series. I find this series very rewarding to create because I have been “finding” the images in the most interesting places. This new painting is from wood grain. Here’s the wood grain that inspired … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Arts and Entertainment, Earth, fine art, ILIA, mother earth, Painting, visages
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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
Posted in Creations, Images, paintings, What Inspires Me To Create
Tagged Arizona, Cave, Caving, Outdoors, Recreation, Show Caves, Tonto National Forest
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Aug 29
2011
I Have a New Friend…
…there was something quite curious going on. Continue reading
Posted in For The Birds
Tagged Arizona, Backyard Birding, Bird, desert garden, Garden, Hummingbird, phoenix, urban
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Jun 09
2011
A New Addition to the Baby Garden
Tweet Another baby is now frequenting my baby garden, a baby desert wren. She’s about the same size as the bathing baby hummingbird. Yesterday morning was the first time I saw the baby wren – she looked like she just … Continue reading
Posted in For The Birds, Gardens
Tagged Arizona, Bird, desert, Garden, Hummingbird, Lysiloma, Wren
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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
Posted in What Inspires Me To Create
Tagged Arizona, Lake, Mountain, Parks, Saguaro, tonto national park, United States
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