Arrival...Refrigerator?

Buffalo Pull ~ Wildlife Art by Laurie Justus Pace

22 x 28 inches
Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas

Contemporary Art for the Home

SOLD

It is early. Terry was not sleeping well and woke me at three....so now it is almost four thirty and he is snoring away and I am wide awake. Figure it was a good time to blog. He worked physically too hard yesterday moving heavy refrigeration equipment at his dad's house. I am concerned he has hurt himself. The house is under contract and we have but 11 days to finish cleaning out the remainder of the garage. Our second concern is his dad working over there too much as well. I believe Terry is way over tired.

This is a buffalo pull with oils. Painted from pictures I took this summer. Painted with the same patterns of pulling the paint and finding what flows from the set up. Somehow that seems to be life as well...so much happening and pulling around us and since we have such little control, we have to make life out of what is around us. There are seasons in my painting just as there are seasons in our lives. Most children cannot stand to lose the freedom of summer and no school and less responsibilities. Fall comes around and school starts back up and their lives change...rigid control, bedtimes, homework etc. As adults we are no different. When a season change comes we do not want to change.

The seasons in our own lives are so hard to evolve through at times. We have finally adjusted to the last change of seasons and another one rolls around. We feel unable to cope as we struggle with the environment around us trying to figure out how to dress and what the weather will be for the day. I am amazed how even I look at my self in the mirror and wonder why I can't be the same weight I was when I was 18 or even 25. Seasons change, my body has changed. The freedom from stress is to stop and look at where we are in life today, not yesterday. It doesn't mean we have to act older and ready for that pine box my mother keeps talking about, but we must be able to accept our bodies aging and changes that occur with those loved ones around us. As the paint flows onto my canvas in pulls of colors gently blending, I know not what I will see or form in the paint. I must allow the Holy Spirit with in to guide my hands as I am blind to what is truly before me in the paint until in time it is revealed to me. God has provided what we need for this season in our life. Sometimes we cannot see it because we are tripping over it trying to get to something we should not be doing.

Shalom,
Laurie

As per normal, I write my thoughts led by my prayers each day and then I will go to Dailyword.com to pick up a verse to list...I am totally amazed at their message today. If you have time click over to www.dailyword.com and read today's message... I will paste only the last line and the bible verse...go read the whole thing!

"I move forward with wisdom and clarity. Led to see the whole picture, I understand how important each part is to the whole. With assurance and confidence, I make right decisions on my path of discovery and inspire others on their own chosen paths.

“The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord, searching every innermost part.”—Proverbs 20:27"