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Carousel Ponies . The Pain in Life . Laurie Pace . Contemporary Abstract Horse Paintings . Pure Justus

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Herd of Carousel Ponies 30 x 40  Oil on Canvas  SOLD  Pure Justus . Contemporary Abstract Horse Paintings  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.” Richard Paul Evans "The Carousel"   We are often faced with great pain throughout our lifetime. It can be physical with our bodies or something hurting deep inside of our mind or heart.  It is a fact that times in life are uncertain. I have written often, the only thing you can count on is change in our lives. Pain is part of that change.  What if life is stagnant?  What if your pain is caused b...

'Escape of the Carousel Ponies' Abstract Horse Painting by Laurie Pace

'Escape of the Carousel Ponies' 30 x 30 inches Acrylic on Canvas SOLD before it was even dry in the studio. Contact me for commission work: Laurie ©Laurie Justus Pace Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting : I painted this in two days with layering. The first day was Saturday as I placed two layers of drippy acrylics. Then on Sunday I began working on two Arabian horses that just were not working on the canvas and I wiped over the surface with more colors. By Sunday afternoon I began to see what was evolving was a playful scene and the two ponies looked like escaped horses from a carousel. Hence the name. My mom named them. She was helping me cover paintings for my two NY gallery openings on Sunday and I was working on this composition. She always has a good comment to make. I am trying to encourage her to take some painting workshops with me. I have never taken any as I teach them... but it might be fun. ANY WAY, a collector had purchased another painting and wanted ...