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What is beauty? Contemporary Iris painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Size: 10 x 30 Sold   Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “True beauty is a ray That springs from the sacred depths of the soul, and illuminates the body, just as life springs from the kernel of a stone and gives colour and scent to a flower.” ― Rumi What is true beauty?   I remembered a quote from Kahlil Gibran “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” How right this rings in my heart.  I am blessed with many friends of such great beauty. One of my older friends is my heart sis "Jan".  She is my go to mentor for everything and anything. I respect and love her and look to her as she leads her life a

Continuous Small Treats - Fall Iris Painting by Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Fall Iris  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.” ― Iris Murdoch Cleaning Day.  We all face it and more often than not.  Yesterday we cleaned out the entire refrigerator... all of it emptied out on the counters, the island and the table. I scrubbed drawers and glass and Terry scrubbed out the sides and doors with their slide in containers.  Took us two hours to clean it all and put it all back together. But dang... it feels rich to open the door and see everything you need to see.  Moving back to cleaning... the house.  We have a plan that has been in place fo