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Sunset's Solitude, a painting by betsisanders

Title: Sunset's Solitude

Size: 5 x 7 inches

Medium: Acrylic on Museum Wrapped Canvas

Artist: betsisanders 2013

Quote from Paulo Coelho's Manuscript Found in Accra

(on pages 32 &33)

"For those who feel oppressed by solitude,it's important to remember that in life's

most significant moments we are always alone.

Take the child emerging from a woman's womb:

it doesn't matter how many people are present;

the final decision to live rests with the child.

Take the artist and his work:

in order for his work to be really good,

he needs to be still and hear only the language of the angels.

Take all of us, when we find ourselves face-to-face with that

Unwanted Visitor, Death:

we will all be alone at that most important andmost feared moment of our existence.

Just as Love is the divine condition,

so solitude is the human condition.

And for those who understand the miracle of life,

those two states peacefully coexist."
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Paint a picture...How do I paint a picture?

I use 6B pencils, watercolor, acrylic or oil paint, even pastels.

Title: Kois in PondSize: 12 x 16 inches

Medium: AcrylicArtist: betsisanders 2006

This painting is home, where it is safe,truly appreciated and will be cared for.

More lessons learned.********

How do they paint a picture?
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This was posted in FB this morning by someone whowas called a "crazy evil whore" by her Narc.

Narc means narcissistic partner/relative/friend.I just paint pictures, real ones

and NOT A DARK PICTURE.

Flowers by betsisanders

Title: FlowersSize: 8 x 10 inchesMedium: Acrylic


"My mind is a garden. I choose to cultivate it as I please." (Anonymous)I will plant happy thoughts and feelings, nurture them til I am able to harvest beautifulthings, like these flowers. I will not allow anyone, specially those who paint that darkpicture of me, to control me. Shall I forgive??? ... Remember that forgiveness isn't aboutthe ones who hurt me. If others tell me this ... "forgve and forget, Betsy!" I say, "you think itis easy? why not work on your own issues? I have better things to do and will work on

myself. My thoughts and feelings shall be transformed into simple art work."

"How can one hate people who have ceased to exist? Lovethose who love you back!"
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Title: My painting is back where it belongs ...

Size: 9 x 11 inches

Medium: Acrylic


Another painting that's back where it belongs!Lessons learned ...

...don't trust too much.

... don't give everything.

... leave some for yourself.

Quote: "Love doesn't lie or cheat, selfish people do."

Scarlet Macaw, a painting by betsisanders

Title: Scarlet MacawSize: 8 x 10 inches

Medium: Acrylic


Iyanla says, Sometimes keeping things inside makes them seem worse than they are. A

wound needs air in order to heal. There comes a time when it becomes necessary to open

ourselves up for review and examination by talking about our pain. It's not easy. We don't

want to face the pain, fear, anger, shame, or guilt attached to our deepest thoughts and

feelings. Yet when what is going on inside hinders what we are able to do, we must talk

about it.

Rooftops, a painting by betsisanders
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Title: RooftopsSize: 30 x 36 inches

Medium: Acrylic on Museum

Wrapped CanvasArtist: betsisanders 2013

(Inspired by a photograph of the beautiful village of

Sarlat in the Dordogne Valley, So. France.Taken by Dr. Tess Cuajunco

********I finally finished this painting today. I started it a year ago and

just forgot about it. Never had enough time or patience to work on it. Painting is like meditation. It keeps me calm. The quiet time

gives me the much needed break from my thoughts andfeelings. Makes me forget about the people who hurt me, those

who continue to talk, those who paint a dark picture of me, those who took advantage of my trust, those who do not deserve

my friendship, those who used friendship for personal gain.********

This was how it looked in March 2013.It was "a work in progress" and this was what I wrote ...

What I learned today...

..... "God is real. Faith works." Devon Franklin... and that, We are all a work in progress.
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At the end of Super Soul Sunday several weeks ago, they featured the Art of Bonsai. They showed anelderly man trimming the bonsai trees. Some of the trees are hundreds of years old. Have lived longer

than the old man. The trees were on exhibit at a museum in Chicago.The bonsai trees were compared to each one of us. It took years, hundreds of years, for these trees tobecome beautiful, and they are still being trimmed, groomed, taken cared of 'til today. They are still a

work in progress. Just like you and me, we are work in progress.This too is a work in progress ... I hope to finish this painting one day .... hopefully, soon!

Have a blessed Holy Week everyone!... and a Happy Easter !!!

Rainy Day, painting by betsisanders

Title: Rainy DaySize: 8 x 11 inches

Medium: WatercolorArtist: betsisanders 2013

My favorite author, Paulo Coelho, posted this photoon his FB timeline about two weeks ago.

So that's what writing does to his mind and his heart.********

Hemingway says, ".. that there is nothing to writing.All you do is sit down on a typewriter and bleed."

I can never really write as good,but I try to do what I can.

Son says, "Mom, it takes practice." That's easy for him to say.He was educated at the ADMU, graduated with honors

and now a university scholar at the UP.Thanks Son, I try to do my best.

********
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Today is the second day of September 2013.It's been raining non-stop for days andwe almost missed our trip to Palawan

due to the storm and the monsoon rains.I love the rain. .. and that rainy days on Monday

never get me down. I even like songs about the rain, "raindrops keep falling on my head..."

"... sa tuwing umuulan at kapiling ka..." I know I have blogged about the rain many times.

http://betsisanders.blogspot.com/2012/08/rainy-monday.html(That's a blog entry about a Rainy Monday.

******** ... and this quote was posted in the blog. So true.

I have had lots of lessons in my life!********

This is another photo from the FB timeline of Iyanla Vanzant.

Iyanla says, We all have somebody in our lives who has the uncanny ability to push our buttons. We

think it is the other person. Surprise, surprise! The problem doesn't lie in the other person, it lies in us!No one can push our buttons unless the buttons are connected. Detach whatever fear, guilt, shame, or

anger we have attached to the issue and people will be unable to push us.
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The only way to happiness and peace is to detach one's thoughts and feelings from people, things,

issues, events. Focus on the self. Focus on healing. I know how to heal myself. I've done it before.Detach. Cut the Cords. Close the doors. Turn away. Don't look back. Ignore.

Love yourself. Love those who love you back.Just have to remind myself all the time!

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I paint, I write then I blog. These activities silence my mind, fill the empty holes in my heart and nurture my soul.

/ betsisanders 2013

Yellow Dress, a painting by betsisanders

Title: Yellow DressSize: 8 x 11 inches

Medium: Watercolor on PaperArtist: betsisanders 2013

Blue Dress, a watercolor painting by betsisanders
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Title: Blue DressSize: 8x11 inches


********Took me only an hour to finish this watercolor painting.

Saw some sketches at Pinterest and made my own version. Thank you to talented people who share their work on the internet.

I am also sharing my work in the www.This is what I do. I paint. I write and I blog.

I do not even sell my paintings. I either donate them, or give them away as gifts .

***I am the most 'transparent' person, for lack of a better adjective.

What you see, what I do, what I say is who I am.No lies, no pretensions.

Lipstick Lady, a watercolor painting by betsisanders
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Title: Lipstick LadySize: 8 x 11 inches


********I saw this sketch on Pinterest about a month ago.

Just love how she puts her red lipstick on,with her pinky finger resting on her chin.Tried it but my little finger was too short,

the red lipstick landed on my nose. Hahahaha!That's comic relief.

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I just have a red lipstick, to put a big smile on my face. To cover up. To pretend that everything is alright.

To mask the hurt and anger that I feel. To be strong and face others,

who believed their story.They painted that dark picture of me so

they can keep their perfect 'pretty' image.

Sunflower Lady 2013, a watercolor painting by betsisanders
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Title: Sunflower Lady 2013

Size: 8 x 11 inchesMedium: Watercolor

Artist: betsisanders 2013********

I have made several versions of this Sunflower Lady.One was sold on opening night. Others were given

away as gifts. This one will be displayed in my bedroomfor a while, until I find someone, a friend,

who will give it a home.***

I have been consumed with hurt, anger, and hatred

towards people who took advantage of my trustand my kindness. I've written about closing doors,

losing trust, lies, deception and 'thieves'.I have been painting a lot, reading, writing,

blogging .. such solitary activities.I do it to heal my soul. That's what I think I am doing.

It's been almost six months and it seemslike it is taking forever to heal.

***I've been praying a lot too. Praying my novenas

and reciting the twenty mysteries of the Holy Rosary. I even went to the Blessed Sacrament,

but just ended up crying the moment I stepped inside

the chapel.***What else can I do to heal?

I have forgotten the very basic thing to do.Stop. Pause. Think of happy thoughts.

Smile. Choose to be happy.Choose JOY!

...Be still. Know that He is with me.

Keep quiet. Keep calm.
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.. and the most effective.No thoughts!

Think of your next thought.By doing this, you end up having none.

No unhappy thoughts.Silence. Peace.

Naked Truth, a watercolor painting by betsisanders

Title: Naked Truth

Size: 8 x 11 inches


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I love painting nudes.

I am still learning how to blend and use the

right colors to paint the perfect skin tone.

Door, an acrylic painting by betsisanders
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Title: Door

Size: 16 x 20 inchesMedium: Acrylic


Thanks Sir Paulo Coelho for your words of wisdom.

Red Lips, a watercolor painting by betsisanders
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Title: Red Lips

Size: 8 x 11 inchesMedium: Watercolor


I made another watercolor painting of the Lipstick Lady.I am in the process of making an acrylic version

of this painting and probably make a ballerina with red lipstick.

Red Lips, an acrylic painting by betsisanders

Title: Red LipsSize: 8 x 11 inches

Medium: Acrylic
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