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The Awakening by Texas Artist Laurie Pace - Lose the Fear - Spread some Happiness

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2022 The Awakening Commissioned Painting. Sold  by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. The Lotus... my first and only I have painted and it was painted as a gift for a good friend in NYC for his Mom in Singapore. Trying to decide my approach to this painting had me ditching the knife and picking up my brushes. I adjusted the colors on the lotus petals many times to push it to the perfect color.  And yes, I realize the angle of some of the lily pads is off in the back group, it holds up well as they float along and with those I used jewel tones for the pads and the water. It was a painting of precious jewels after that. It was also very large.  38 x 58 inches.  At the arrival to Singapore, it went to be framed. They put a simple frame around it and then defined it with a partial frame to pop the color of the Lotus.  Color is a huge part o