Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Size: 8 x 8  Oil on Panel. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Inside a barn is a whole universe, with its own time zone and climate and ecosystem, a shadowy world of swirling dust illuminated in tiger stripes by light shining through the cracks between the boards. Old leather tack, lengths of chain, rope, and baling twine dangled from nails and rafters and draped over stall railings. Generations of pocket knives lay lost in the layers of detritus on the floor.” ― Carolyn Jourdan My grandparents had a farm in St Louis.  I know there must have been a barn but I mainly remember the main farmhouse, the 'outhouse' and the

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Who Me?  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ― Winston S. Churchill Ever notice how our cats and dogs and other pets never seem to worry about what they need in life? They do not worry about shelter, or food or making money at their job... they just live.   We are suppose to be the same way... trusting in God to provide for us.  He gives us exactly what we need, so why do we always want more? New shoes, a new phone or a new television... we are constantly 'wanting' something. What we truly only need is food, she

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Mine was the twilight and the morning. Mine was a world of rooftops and love songs.” ― Roman Payne What adventure lie before you this day? What lessons will you learn as you rise from your bed? There are endless possibilities waiting to be discovered. You have the freedom to explore these and learn from them. Unlimited good lies ahead. When I face a new canvas I often have sketches in one of my 200 sketchbooks.   Sometimes I am brave and just walk up to begin a painting with no concept... only the freedom of color and movement. Those are always my favorites.  My heart is free to

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015   Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Two Trees A portion of your soul has been entwined with mine A gentle kind of togetherness, while separately we stand. As two trees deeply rooted in separate plots of ground, While their topmost branches come together, Forming a miracle of lace against the heavens.”  ― Janet Mills This beautiful tree was first layer on a painting that evolved into another painting....  My hands want to paint other things but then when I stand back... I see new things and it changes.  Color pushes sensations throughout me when I paint. It is a pulsing of energy that I c

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Size: 8 x 8  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Dusk is just an illusion because the sun is either above the horizon or below it. And that means that day and night are linked in a way that few things are there cannot be one without the other yet they cannot exist at the same time. How would it feel I remember wondering to be always together yet forever apart?” ― Nicholas Sparks Always together and forever apart...wow. It covers a lot in those five words. Day and night, man and wife, artist and canvas, parents and child.... God and man.     Click here and tell me what you think. "Seek the Lord and his strength, seek

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Sunrise  Size: 9x 12  Oil on Panel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I miss painting my painted pony pulls. You may see more of them in the small collectibles.  I will be changing my painting habits too! So yes, every night begins the day. When you go to sleep tonight, think about the story you want to have unfold in your life tomorrow. Only you have the power to change your own story and what is happening in your life. Only you can change your world and possible the entire world. Only you can make new habits by doing new things and giving up the old destructive ones.  What can you do different tomorrow?  Smile more? Laugh more? Live

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Horse 29 Breaking Out Midnight 8 x8     Oil on Panel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best.” ― Robert McKee Every so often, we fall short of our highest and best selves. We have to believe in our heart that God will forgive us because we literally do not realize what we are doing.  We have to accept that at times we will not be the best we can be, but at the same time, know that we have the ability to accept God's gifts of wisdom and understanding and if we fail, it might be right here that it begins.  We each are respo

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 By the Sea .  Sold  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.”  ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow This is one of my older paintings of a group of five siblings.  I have not painted children in years and really miss it. I shake my head in disbelief that the older two have to be maybe 16 now?  Wow. Time flies. Life is spinning by so fast. Do you get nervous before a trip?  I am always dreading the whole event until I begin packing and getting everything together...and THEN... you get in the car or on the plane and go go go. The

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Summer Horse 82 (2012) 9 x 12  Mixed Media on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just a quick note this Monday. It is my mom's birthday so I am still in the birthday mode. This was one of my favorite mixed Media pieces from 2012 when I did paint 100 horses in 100 days.  Whew... I remember how tense it was in our household that summer!  That is why I do not do that anymore. I simply try to paint small collectibles throughout the year. Blessings to you. Laurie #horsepainting  #lauriepaceart  #equineart Laurie Pace A Texas Artist   My Blog          My Website          Giclees on Canvas,