The flowers seemed to float across the canvas. They were delicate, almost fragile, and I loved the softness of those first layers.
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The Gathering
Oil on Canvas SOLD by Laurie Pace
🌸 The Gathering of the Flowers
When a Painting Needs Time to Bloom
By Laurie Pace | Elle Pace
Sometimes a painting needs time to become what it was meant to be.
I began The Gathering, a 30 × 40 oil painting, with a white canvas and the softest touches of pink, lavender, blue, and green.
The flowers seemed to float across the canvas. They were delicate, almost fragile, and I loved the softness of those first layers.
But something told me the painting wasn't finished.
So I set it aside.
For nearly two months, those flowers waited in my studio while I wrestled with whether to leave them alone or continue painting.
When I finally returned the canvas to my easel, I prayed that I could preserve their delicate beginnings.
I began introducing blues and soft purples, building color gradually, layer upon layer.
And then something beautiful happened.
The flowers literally grew from the underpainting and bloomed.
The painting became a rich gathering of flowers, filled with movement and color. It eventually hung in my living room for six months before one of my collectors purchased it.
Yet I still love that first, fragile version.
Perhaps that's why this Scripture speaks so clearly to me:
Matthew 6:28–29
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.”
Sometimes we need to give beautiful things room to grow.
And sometimes, we need to trust the quiet beginnings.
🌸 See the photographs of the painting's transformation and read the complete story on Threads of Grace:
The Gathering of the Flowers — Laurie Pace | Elle Pace
From my heart and my easel,
Laurie Pace | Elle Pace
The Spirit of the Paint
Laurie Pace shares how The Gathering grew from delicate flowers on a white canvas into a richly layered oil painting through patience, prayer, and color.
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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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