It was too late. I had begun layering new colors over a painting of my heart. She was gone and there was no turning back.
© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2026 Juxtapose Oil on Canvas SOLD by Laurie Pace Two Days Too Late — The Painting I Wish I Had Kept I loved that painting. It was called Juxtapose, an expressive figurative painting filled with color, movement, and exaggerated forms. It was supposed to go to a gallery in La Jolla, California, before COVID changed everything. But the gallery decided the painting wasn't workable at the time, so I never sent it. BUT... I had a commission waiting, and the canvas was exactly the size I needed. So I began painting over Juxtapose. Two days later, the telephone rang. It was the gallery in La Jolla. She had a buyer for my painting! But by then, I had already begun merging colors over the figures. The painting she wanted was disappearing beneath the beginnings of a commissioned horse painting. There was no going back. The canvas eventually became 'Two Together Always'...