Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.– Lao Tzu

Tulips from my Valentine are my favorite flowers.

Infinite Love

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,

My love as deep; the more I give to thee,

The more I have, for both are infinite.”

- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

 

9"x12" watercolor and ink on paper

How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you ... I could walk through my garden forever."
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson

9"x12" watercolor and acrylic on paper

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.– Aristotle

100 Day Painting Project

I did some dirty paint pouring last week,
inspired by the red wine and coffee sitting in front of me,
my freshly painted bright red fingernails, finally dry enough, while
tatting more on the pink and white doily, that is taking too long to make,
contemplating indulging in chocolate cake for lunch, instead of actual healthy food,
and thinking about Valentine's day approaching.

8"x10" and 18"x24" and 12"x36" acrylic on canvas

I am also working on a series of 9"x12" watercolor paintings, painted on top of papers that I first hand write Bible verses all over. I have actually painted 9 of them, but here are the first 6. You can see the other 3 on Instagram or wait until I paint the next 3 and post those 6 here.

9"x12" watercolor on paper

I did not, however, finish the 24"x48" piece yet,
but I am having fun working on it and will post it when it is finished.

A hopeless romantic,

is there any such thing?

Aren’t all romantics

full of hope?

by:  Paula D. Nevison

Do You Think of Me?

I know that when you go to work you have

things you need to concentrate on,

machines that need your attention,

problems you need to solve,

complicated, all engrossing,

people asking you questions,

phone calls to answer.

Do you ever think of me

between or during things?

You are always on my mind.

I miss you all the time

that we are not together.

by:  Paula D. Nevison