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Racing the Sunset, Abstract Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace, Chance or Faith?

Racing The Sunset 3 ft by 4 ft  Oil on Canvas SOLD Abstract Horse Painting Comission      Contact me for your own painting. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2011 CHANCE?   When a buyer commissions a painting , they take a chance on me as artist that I can paint and finish something close to what they love in my work.  Often a prospective buyer will ask me to paint for them and always I ask them for the top three or four favorite paintings on my website.  This provides insight to what attracts them to my work and makes it easier to see if we can work together.  It becomes CHANCE on my side when they email pictures from other artists or photographs off the internet.  Working from Photographs without copyright release is not professional or legal. Working from other artists' paintings is not legal or ethical either.  Chance begins to flow on both sides and I get nervous. I have never cared for chance.  I have never been a