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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
BOYS ON THE BEACH Contemporary Palette Knife ART Dog Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD 24 x 48 inches of strength and color, Oil on Canvas FRONT COVER of The Sighthound Magazine Issue 9/10 Winter 2008-2009 :::THE COVER::: "As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God ." Psalm 42:1 It was such a surprise to get the mail in today and find a package with two copies of the newest SIGHTHOUND Magazine in my mailbox. One of the paintings I did last year for a collector in Sweden last year is the front cover of the Winter 2008-2009 Magazine. MY BABIES!!!! I love it! GOD IS GOOD! I truly have to give thanks to a collector in Ohio, Anne, who advised me last year to begin painting these wonderful dogs because of their grace and build being so similar to the horses I paint. Thank you Anne for giving me another purpose and direction with my artwork. When I think of the connections of so many generous people that came together for this to happen, I