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THE GAZE ~ Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace

18 x 24 inches, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas
SOLD on Daily Painters the first two hours this morning! Thank you.
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Okay some before and after pictures. This before picture was taken from the opposite end of the room and you can still see the white carpet and peach colored walls. The room was very French Provincial.



We added mahogany floors and gray walls in different values. The garden room is not cleared out yet, but with this early morning picture, you only see the reflections of the tree.




The room where the tree is, is an entertainment room for musical instruments. It is constructed with a high ceiling for acoustics. I have my harp in there right now but it was built for a baby grand. In the next month I will shop for a used one here in Dallas. I sorely miss playing. It is something I do daily. I have been playing my harp, but it is just not the same. I have played the piano since the second grade. My parents encouraged me to and I loved playing. I even took organ as a teenager, but I do not remember as much from that...but I have always played the piano. One of those zone out things I can do for two or three hours and not know time has passed.

They say meditating and praying is the same way. If you are NOT in a hurry and you take the time for preparing with breathing and centering yourself and then listen for awhile for God, then speak your heart....you become unaware of time. Everything around you looses it's urgency. Piano does all of the above from me....When I am whizzing through my old church hymnal, fingers flying through the continual chord changes, I can feel my Grandmother in the room and can hear the sound of her clicking knitting needles. I cannot tell you how much that fills my heart. Music is another one of my gifts I am every so grateful for.

Have you ever prayed while doing your most unfavorite tasks? I highly recommend that. Follow the guidelines of meditating in your mind as you begin, then concentrate on the listening etc...the job is done in no time, you are refreshed in the spirit and full of joy. Beats feeling out of sorts and complaining about the thing you have to do.

Give up complaining today. When you open your mouth to be disagreeable or wanting to say something negative, hold it in check and purposely find something positive about that SAME situation or person. Doing that today will probably add another day of life...life worth living with JOY.

Quick note on Billie and our visit. She has been a bit under the weather, but is truly loving our warm temperatures. She is a tremendous cook. Oh my. There has been no, Laurie make food for company...it has been, "Billie, what are you making today?" She is a fabulous house guest. I hope we paint together today...she has been waiting to do that.

GRACE to you and yours,
Laurie

“While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2:6-7