Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Progression on the lady and her love! Carrying on with this painting..more layering but much to go. These paintings are truly a labor of love.  The plan was to capture the spirit of love between the woman and her horse. Hopefully I am on my way there. Sometimes I hold my breath while I am painting...just waiting and watching.      Winding Stairs I have to go backwards to those Winding Stairs and twisty roads.  Just look at this picture again: Now think about your life.  When I was double checking my blog yesterday before posting it, I realized there was a whole different direction to go with the 'journey' of my blog.  Watching for a second in my mind, the highway on this image... making its way uphill curving and twisting as it goes, it is just like our lives. I am sure the Father's plan for us is a bit less twisty and every time we take off bent to control and go our ways, we are putting in those huge 180 degree curves.  When you st...

Progression on Lady and her Love. Commission Painting of a Woman and her Horse. 24 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas I had to reverse the drawing... Diane wanted this side of Zappa's face in the painting.   This is Zappa... What a beauty!!  © Diane Holt 2011      Hospitality  When we were driving home from Fayetteville AR yesterday, we were driving through the Winding Stair Mts in the Ouchita National Forest area in Oklahoma . Winding Stairs is not for the faint of heart.  Click this picture to find out more online.  I literally could not shoot with my Iphone as it would blur.  We were doing S curves that were 180 degrees each way or more. One on top of another one.  And that was not on flat territory...that was on climbing and descending.  When we first hit this area on Friday... the first speed reduction with arrows was 45... and I said, "Honey try and keep it at least at 55." We were doing 70. The Passat handles rea...