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Snow or Sun? Memories of winter when you cannot race the sun.



Three horses running across the canvas in browns and golds and russet reds

©Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2024
Racing the Sun
Oil on Canvas  SOLD  by Laurie Pace  

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Do you remember racing home from a friends house, running as fast as you could? It gets more exciting when others are racing with you to see who gets to your front porch first! It is especially fun in the snow and I believe there is snow on the ground in this painting.  I painted this when my studio overlooked the waters of Lake Cypress Springs, and we had a three or four acre cat fish pond in our backyard. East Texas trees soared all around our home.  My studio had six windows and a glass door leading out to the deck and the trees. Often we could watch the dear scamper across the land dam between the lake and the pond while snow flakes floated through the air. Here was our home. 

Winter Snow at the Lake

We had bird feeders everywhere, passion vines growing in the summer with yellow and red roses.  We also had Crepe Myrtles and oaks everywhere. There were no planes overhead and no highways with cars and trucks and noise and dirt.  I would 'race' right back there right now if we were not held here by family.  The last two years of our lives have pushed us to an unknown. What we do know always is God's love and He will guide us.  I want to be free enough to paint like I have the last 24 years.... Something is not in place still. I feel like I am racing time left to create and waiting for the answers to arrive from Heaven hoping for a postcard from God. 

Red Bird Cardinal on the bird feeder at the lake

Philippians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
Laurie Pace - A Texas Artist 

L Pace standing in snow jacket at Lake Cyrpess Springs with 8 inches of snow on the ground

             


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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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