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Night Descent - How many Horses do you see?

Night Descent

The painting on my easel is of white horses descending a snowy mountain at night. How many horses can you find?

Dark night painting in palette knife with ridges and paint of night colors and white horses descending the mountain trail by Laurie Pace
©Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2026
Night Descent from Snowy Mountain
Oil on Canvas  SOLD  by Laurie Pace  

The painting on my easel is of white horses descending a snowy mountain at night. The word descent often sounds negative in today’s world — as if moving downward means failure. Yet in life and in art, descent can mark the beginning of deeper growth. Any journey requires both ascent and descent.

There have been seasons in my own life that felt like stepping backward before moving forward. Faith reminds me that God is present in both directions. Surrender is difficult, but letting go often clears the way for something stronger to rise.

In the studio, I paint with a palette knife, moving thick oil paint across the canvas and allowing the work to evolve. The horses descend, but they are still in motion. There is more to this story and the process behind it.

Read more about this painting and the meaning behind “Descent” on my Studio Blog:   Elle

By the way, how many horses do you count in this painting?

John 1: 51 "And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”


• snowy mountain horse art • palette knife oil painting  • Expressive equine art  • Contemporary Horse Painting   • Descending

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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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