Brush Strokes of Life
Finding My Own Song Again
©Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2026
San Jacinto River Gathering
Oil on Canvas Commission by Laurie Pace
This week I discovered something I didn't even know I had.
While searching through old files, I came across a magazine article written about my artwork several years ago. As I read it, one sentence stopped me in my tracks.
"It took three or four years of raw painting before finding my own song and my own work key."
Those were my words.
Somewhere over the years, I had forgotten them.
At the same time, I had been looking through photographs of some of my old paintings, watching horses emerge from layers of thick paint, color, and discovery. I was reminded that I never painted the horse first.
I painted with open trust.
The horse revealed itself.
It made me realize that perhaps I wasn't searching for a new direction after all.
Perhaps I was simply finding my own song again.
I think life is often like that.
We spend so much time looking ahead that we forget the lessons God has already placed along our path.
Sometimes He doesn't send us somewhere new.
Sometimes He lovingly reminds us of who He created us to be.
This reflection became one of the most personal pieces I've written in my new series, Brush Strokes of Life.
I hope you'll join me over on my website to read the full story. Discover how one forgotten magazine article became an unexpected reminder of God's faithfulness throughout a lifetime of painting.
Elle
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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