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Movement with the Violin


The Quiet Voice of the Violin. 

I am not as knowledgeable about the voice of a violin as I am with piano or guitar.
But perhaps that is why this painting stayed with me so deeply.

She is a 10 year old blonde violin player that was brought up with many instruments with Dark red background and she has soft blonde hair and a light white shirt as she plays her violin by Laurie Pace
©Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2026
Violin Player
Oil on Canvas  SOLD  by Laurie Pace  


Movement

The flowing sleeves of this young musician caught my attention first — the way fabric moves with the arm, rising and falling as the bow travels across the strings. That gentle wave feels like the music itself, lifting and settling, shaped by the smallest change in pressure or speed.

This is an oil painting, a commissioned piece, and I loved every hour spent on it — about four days of complete focus. Painting her felt like listening without trying to name the notes. Just watching. Just following the motion.

The sound of a violin can lure us — sometimes to dance, sometimes simply to stay very still and listen. It invites you to notice variance: the difference in bow, the pause between phrases, the subtle changes that carry emotion more than volume ever could.

I have never tried to play the violin. It feels like it would demand a level of patience and precision that commands respect.

Music keeps finding its way into my life, even when I don’t expect it.

The violin speaks softly compared to some instruments, but it asks us to listen more closely. And perhaps that is why painting this piece felt so complete — because the music was already there, moving through the motion of her arms, waiting to be seen.  Elle
 
oil painting of violinist    music inspired art     figurative oil painting   violin music and art   commissioned oil painting    painter inspired by music    fine art musician painting

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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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