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Yellow Flower Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace Rounding Corners in Life

Little Yellow Flowers Backyard Blooms Gallery Series 2011 Yellow Daisies Oil Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace 5 x 7 inches Oil on Gesso Board     ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      ROUNDING CORNERS IN LIFE I have to laugh as I began to think about this subject for the blog this morning. It is one of my last images of Lady L on her bike with Bampa behind her helping her round her first corner. She had been riding very well in a straight line but we were introducing turns and rounding corners, something she had to practice to negotiate without tipping over. Square corners in life are all about efficiency and control. Ninety degrees is ninety degrees and a square corner is a square corner...but what does that mean about rounding corners?  When you look back at this past week or past month of your life there are probably things you might have done differently. As much as w
Blue and White Flowers Palette Knife Flower Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 24 inches Just finishing up for Hong Kong Summer Show at the SR Gallery. This is one of eight florals making the trip. Contact: SR Gallery for more information . SR GALLERY HONG KONG " 'I will now rise up,' says the Lord; 'I will place them in the safety for which they long.'" Psalm 12:5 This is Terry and I probably in 1966. We were swimming at a friends house and he had just handed me a yellow lollipop to eat. Today is our wedding anniversary. Not sure where the years have gone, but I cherish each and every memory of our journey. I meet him officially in 7th grade, but he did go to the same elementary school, we just didn't cross paths there. He came to the district in 4th grade and I had been here from the beginning. Have I ever told you he has every note I ever wrote him? When I read through them years ago, I decided I was definitely an insecure teenager and easily
SPRING KISSES OF COLOR Contemporary Floral Flowers Art Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 24 x 2 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me if you are interested! Laurie SOLD! Thank you. "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" Matthew 21:9 Think back in life to your younger years; although something like this might have happened recently. Has there been a time you were walking into a room and everyone was waiting for you? It could have been your birthday, or a special family dinner and you were running late...or you were a guest speaker... but everyone was excited as you walked through the door. They had been anticipating your arrival and were ready for you.... no different than when Jesus entered Jerusalem during the last week of His earthly life. The crowds were cheering and waving palm branches carried on by their excitement and joy of seeing Jesus. It would only be days later that He was arrested and crucified. These same people that were