"We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts." -- William Hazlitt

"Renard! It's a piece of heaven down here!" -- Jared Lim

Material Used: brush
Art Technique: watercolor
Topic: nature
Date Created: July 2014

Nature is the place where I seek peace and rest. If there is a heaven, it will resemble the tranquility and amazement of the Earthen forest.

"Is the Mona Lisa an 'accurate' representation of the actual human model for the painting? Who knows? Who cares? It's a great piece of art. It moves us. It makes us wonder, makes us gape - finally makes us look inward at ourselves." -- Tim O'Brien

"Lisa sits there, silently, before all the meaningless disputes and pompous discourses.

When I gazed at her eyes, she knew who she was." -- Jared Lim

Material Used: black marker, Microsoft Word "Marker" effect Photoshop
Art Technique: chiaroscuro
Topic: Mona Lisa
Date Created: February 2012

I'm the only one who deserves the power to define who I am.