Five on the Run, Wild Horse Western Art Oil Painting By Laurie Justus Pace
18 x 72 inches
Oil on 3 inch deep Gallery Wrap Canvas
Contemporary Art for Your Home!
SOLD
This is the sketch in charcoal before I start painting.
This is the beginnings...note my dog Paddy UNDER MY FEET. I literally have to dance and step around him to work at my big easel.
I posted some on the way pictures today. I normally do not stop once I am painting but I had to in order to MOVE the dog out of the way! LOL He had a hurt paw yesterday and I kept him inside...his job is to protect me and stay velcroed to my side and he does that well!
Today I begin my fall art classes for my students. I am still awaiting supplies to arrive today and I hope they get here BEFORE class and not during! My classes are not as full as normal but I did not advertise this summer because my large studio is not complete yet and in this small mini house it is difficult to mange a large group with art.
My friend/adopted sis has a son driving across country and he will be arriving this afternoon too. I am hoping he will stay a few days before he heads on. I have never met him but know he has a heart like his mom! He is moving from CA to Virgina and will have his life in tow with him.
That sends me off reflecting each of our journeys in life. I once was speaking to a friend describing how tired and worn out I was mentally and physically. I described it as being on a walk and every neat stone or rock I found I picked it up and put it in my pocket. Vision is I am wearing overalls...I am an artist. SO those pockets are many and they become sooo full as I walk and gather. I come up to a large lake and want to swim with my friends in the lake and swim across to the other side where EVERYONE is having fun. I step into the water and find I am sinking...really sinking. The rocks are so heavy they have weighted me down. I am drowning. I have to give up the rocks...heck I made the decision to leave the overalls, popping off the snaps and shedding my self free from the wet weighted down denim. Apply that to your life. Think of how many rocks you pick up EVERY DAY...ALL DAY. You go to sleep and you have all the rocks in bed with you too. Hard to sleep when you roll over on a boulder. Question is, how do we get rid of all the negativity we gather during the day? That is something to ponder for yourself today.
Personally I am doing a little better...I pick up some of the rocks admire them, but place them back down for someone else to pick up and enjoy! But I am not there yet...my pockets are too full right now. It is time to empty them.
Grace,
Laurie
“The Lord is faithful in all his words, and gracious in all his deeds.”—Psalm 145:13
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Good luck.