Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Always Better Together Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   The Count Down There seems to be a lot of counting going on this time of year. Counting the sleeps until Santa comes. Counting the items we need from the grocery store next week that somehow must be picked up today. Counting how many days are left to wrap presents and grab those last-minute extras. And, of course, counting down the days until we cross into a brand-new year. On this Countdown to Christmas, today was to be full and joyful. The grands were all coming over to ice sugar cookies and make caramel Krispies. What started as a house full of little helpers quickly counted down to just one.  Why? Part of our countdown this year seems to include the flu making its way through our part of Texas. One grand is down—and likely his mom as well.  Two of our dearest friends also had to miss our small Christmas gathering becau...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Mare and Foal Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   "Always be humble and Gentle. Be Patient, bearing one another in love." Ephesians 4:2    HURRY This time of year finds everyone in a hurry. The days feel shorter, the lists longer, and patience thinner than we’d like to admit. From an artist’s perspective, I notice how quickly we move past one another without really seeing what’s in front of us. We rush to judgment just as easily as we rush through our errands. The mother struggling to manage three children climbing out of a shopping cart while balancing a newborn in a carrier becomes a moment of irritation instead of a moment of empathy. We ask ourselves why the children won’t listen, without considering how full her hands—and her heart—might already be. What about the elderly man at the checkout, slowly unloading his basket, each movement careful and deliberate. In our hurry, ...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Topaz Eyes  B y Laurie Pace  Purchase at InterFusion Art Santa Fe, New Mexico Holidaze With just over a week until Christmas, our home feels calm—at least for the moment. This season always brings memories of years past: grandchildren icing sugar cookies, warm cinnamon rolls made from my grandmother’s recipe, and family gathered together. Christmas Eve meant chili, cornbread, and music filling the house as my youngest son and I played guitars and sang carols. Over time, traditions changed. We moved to a smaller home, our children took on hosting holidays, and our house grew quieter. While change is part of life, it isn’t always easy. We miss the laughter, the noise, and the simple joy of grandchildren running through the house. The holidays also remind us of loved ones who are no longer with us. For many, this season can bring both gratitude and grief. As we grow older, caring for ourselves becomes more...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 True Color Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   What is your purpose in life each day? Most mornings I wake up with a list of to do things that cannot be completed.  Question is, are they purposeful things, or just piles of things that even if small, it sucks up 30 min or more.  Philippians 2:1-2  " Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,   2  then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind." I have to admit the number of emails I trash everyday is out of control.  I really need to take the two hours and unsubscribe to most of them. The other things that sucks up too much time is Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Once you start rolling... you are gone and lo...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 In His Heavenly Light Oil on Canvas   by Laurie Pace  for my one million follower Walking with Empathy: A Life of Teaching, Faith, and Service After more than forty years invested in the classroom and teaching, one truth has guided my journey: teaching is not rooted in sympathy, but in true empathy. Sympathy observes from a distance, but empathy walks alongside. To teach—whether children or adults—is to understand the whole person: their struggles, their fears, their joys, and the unseen burdens they carry. The years I spent teaching did more than shape my professional life; they blessed me with a deeper understanding of the people closest to me—my family, my friends, and my community. Teaching opened my heart and sharpened my awareness that every individual brings their full life into every space they enter. Compassion is essential for those who are in pain or facing challenges. As b...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Sun Stretch Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Romans 8:28  “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” "So much to do and so little time.” I think it. I say it. I live it. As a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an artist, a musician, a writer, a website builder, a bookkeeper, a cook, a maid, a counselor, a teacher, a planner—and whatever else the day requires—that phrase runs constantly through my mind and out of my mouth. But what is missing? God. This morning, as I woke from a good night’s sleep, I allowed only a brief thought to yesterday. It was not a productive day by any stretch of the imagination. Nothing went as planned. The day turned sideways and upside down. Family came to visit, schedules unraveled, and we didn’t sit down to lunch until 6:30 in the evening. It was one of tho...