Lily

Lily by Monica Painter.

"If you can figure out where you fit into any particular story, you'll be okay. When you're not quite sure where you fit in, you try to be too many parts of the story. You gild the lily. I see it all the time."

John C. McGinley

Unicorn

Unicorn by Monica Painter.

"A friend told me I was delusional.  I almost fell off my unicorn."

Unknown

Narwhal

Narwhal by Monica Painter.

"A beach is not only a sweep of sand, but shells of sea creatures, the sea glass, the seaweed, the incongruous objects washed up by the ocean."

Henry Grunwald

Palm Tree & Shark scene

Palm Tree & Shark scene by Monica Painter.

"By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You've just got to keep moving. You can't stop."

Brad Pitt

Lotus

Lotus by Monica Painter.

"You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!"

Sai Baba

Orchids

Orchids (client's wedding orchid) by Monica Painter.

"A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year."

Paul Sweeney

Dolphin

Dolphin & names by Monica Painter.

"The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it."

Jacques Yves Cousteau

Lotus Cover-up

Lotus Cover-up (before & after) by Monica Painter.

"I am my own sanctuary and I can be reborn as many times as I choose throughout my life."

Lady Gaga

Palm Tree

Palm Tree by Monica Painter.

"It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened."

Philip Sidney

Memorial

Memorial by Adam Considine.

"When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves."

William Westmoreland

"Modest Mouse" arrows

"Modest Mouse" arrows tattoo by Monica Painter.

"The good times are killing me."

Modest Mouse

Plumeria

Plumeria by Monica Painter.

"Politeness is the flower of humanity."

Joseph Joubert

Lotus

Lotus by Monica Painter.

"The lotus comes from the murkiest water but grows into the purest thing."

Nita Ambani

Princess

Princess by Monica Painter.

"In my dreams, I could be a Princess, and that's what I was. Like most little girls, I believed nothing less than a Prince could make my dreams come true."

Loretta Young