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Abstract Figurative Horse Painting At the Races by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

At the Races? Not for long...visit back tomorrow to see where this painting journeyed to. I turned a corner and climbed out of the box again. I use to paint nudes like these only usually one per painting... but then I decided to just paint today and this is the direction it went. I want to explore it more and see what else I can do with people. Maybe the next one won't be nudes exactly but just figures. BUT it does not stay like this so come back tomorrow to see how it evolves...from here. I decided it was too harsh to abrasive for me. While it stands up well in Photoshop, I had a day to study it, I read a book or two and came back and it is different for tomorrows blog.   24 x 36 inches  Oil on Canvas   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011  Sample of a nude from my collections of past paintings.    Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Crowded Spaces Mind Filled Races Do you ever crave peace and quiet in
Leaving Behind Contemporary Art Horse Daily Painting By Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 36 inches Contact me if you are interested and please mention the title of the painting: Laurie Close ups: My mind is back on Mary and Joseph on their long trip into Bethlehem of Judeah. I am certain we could attach the word "weary" to the journey. I am hoping they were not hungry as well, and most certainly hoping they were not attacked by bandits along the way. The journey is not detailed in any of the gospels. Our daily journey is very real to each of us, often painful and confusing and for some, it is rarely filled with joy. God provides everything we need for our journey, why do we not use what He has for us? Paul tells us in the Bible that we are citizens of heaven. We belong. Right now we are simply sojourners in a world filled with danger. When God sent us here He equipped us with the tools we needed to survive. Our provisions vary with each of us and some of us ignore what we have b