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Coming Full Circle with Circle of LOVE. Elle Pace, The Spirit of the Paint





©Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2023
8 x 8  Oils on Cradled Panel
 by Laurie Pace  

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"It comes in steps before you feel the full power of love surrounding you. Same with this painting... I had an odd beginning with acrylic light layers before the oil joined the circle. I chose horses of course and in their true color of spirit... for me the Spirit of the Paint is God and His unfailing love for us. I bring you Circle of Love to start every day with!"  Elle 

CIRCLES

Circles are important in our lives. I came across an article on circles. Humans are drawn to the shape and even young babies  prefer Circle to straight lines.  A preference for circular shapes is deeply ingrained in all of us from birth.

 "A 2011 eye-tracking study found that at five months of age, before they utter a word or scribble a drawing, infants already show a clear visual preference for contoured lines over straight lines." Science Focus

If you think about it... Sun, Earth, Moon, planets, tree trunks, clocks, bowls, buttons, glass edges for drinking, and the list goes on and on. The article truly is worth reading. 

As an artist, I know straight or angular lines create tension as they break up a surface or a plane. Circles bring together the eye and it feels no tension or threat from it... it is inclusive.

When Terry and I married, we prayed together often and felt our circle of our relationship kept God in the middle. That was many many years ago, and God is still in the center of our love and our marriage.  God's unfailing love stays circular and inclusive. 

How do Circles affect you or what do they mean to you?    


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 “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.." Romans 8:37-39


Laurie Pace - A Texas Artist 



             


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Laurie is an international artist, her paintings are collected in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, DuBai, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, St Thomas, Romania, Greece, Croatia, and Ecuador.  



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