Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

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Before The Lights Come On... what happens in my studio? Good Morning!

© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2026 Before the Lights Come On My Art Studio on a Monday Morning “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!” — Philippians 4:4 GOOD MORNING TO YOU!!! ☀️❤️🎨 Every morning, before I walk into my studio, an entire lifetime is waiting for me. The brushes stand in their holders. The palette holds yesterday's paint. The water glass waits for fresh beginnings. Then, usually around six in the morning, the lights come on. And the music begins! My studio is small, but it holds so much more than paint and canvas. There are photographs of my grandchildren, a colored-pencil drawing of my dad, a handmade cross, and a little waterfall painting I created in junior high around 1964. Its frame is made from black-painted yardsticks! A vase from Jackson Hole reminds me of my years with Rare Gallery. Audrey Hepburn has watched over my studio for 38 years, courtesy of a gift from my husband. My cameras, brushes, books, paintings, ...

A magnificent dark pink lotus surrounded by brilliant blue water and floating lily pads.

© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2026 The Awakening Oil on Canvas SOLD by Laurie Pace THE AWAKENING — The Words Beneath the Water An Artist's Story of a Mother's Love and a Son's Devotion Some paintings begin with color. Others begin with love. THE AWAKENING, a 38 × 58 original oil painting, began with a son who wanted something special for his mother in Singapore. I had painted a large, colorful horse painting for him the year before. Those horses found their home above his bed in New York City. Then he commissioned a painting for his mother. A magnificent dark pink lotus surrounded by brilliant blue water and floating lily pads. But before I began painting, I wrote words directly onto the canvas that were his mother's favorite quotes. Words about motherhood, childhood, love, faith, and the beautiful things we cannot always see. One passage read: “The best and most beautifu...

The colors tumble across the canvas like someone emptied the entire candy store onto my palette!

© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2026 Sun Blaze Oil on Canvas SOLD by Laurie Pace SUN BLAZE — A Birthday and a Candy Store! GOOD MORNING TO YOU!!! ☀️❤️🎨 Today one of my grandsons turns ELEVEN! Red hair, beautiful blue eyes, and a love for the little candy store in our town. Oh, that candy store! Bright colors, sugary treats, ice cream, and POP! LOL! Looking at my newest painting, SUN BLAZE, I couldn't help thinking about him. This 24 × 24 palette knife oil painting is bursting with orange, yellow, turquoise, pink, purple, and blue. The colors tumble across the canvas like someone emptied the entire candy store onto my palette! And there's a horse in the middle of it all. The orange reminds me of his red hair, and those brilliant blues bring his eyes to mind. I didn't paint SUN BLAZE as his portrait, but today it feels like the perfect painting to celebrate him. There's something wonderful about the way children experience co...

The flowers seemed to float across the canvas. They were delicate, almost fragile, and I loved the softness of those first layers.

© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2026 The Gathering Oil on Canvas SOLD by Laurie Pace 🌸 The Gathering of the Flowers When a Painting Needs Time to Bloom By Laurie Pace | Elle Pace Sometimes a painting needs time to become what it was meant to be. I began The Gathering, a 30 × 40 oil painting, with a white canvas and the softest touches of pink, lavender, blue, and green. The flowers seemed to float across the canvas. They were delicate, almost fragile, and I loved the softness of those first layers. But something told me the painting wasn't finished. So I set it aside. For nearly two months, those flowers waited in my studio while I wrestled with whether to leave them alone or continue painting. When I finally returned the canvas to my easel, I prayed that I could preserve their delicate beginnings. I began introducing blues and soft purples, building color gradually, layer upon layer. And then something beau...

Beneath the layers of paint, I wrote words that would eventually disappear:

© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2026 Follow the Love Oil on Canvas SOLD by Laurie Pace What if a painting could tell your family's story without showing a single face? Years ago, a collector commissioned Follow the Way of Love, a colorful equine painting in which the horses represented members of her family. She already owned several of my paintings, but this one carried a particularly personal meaning. Beneath the layers of paint, I wrote words that would eventually disappear: Follow the way of love. Today, the painting hangs above her fireplace—a daily reminder of the family it represents. Sometimes the most meaningful portraits aren't portraits at all. Read the complete story and see the painting's progression at Threads of Grace. Laurie Pace | Elle Pace Google photos: Finished painting and hidden words. Blogger labels: Laurie Pace, Elle Pace, Threads of Grace, Follow the Way of Love, horse painting,...

Perhaps one of the hardest lessons an artist learns is knowing when the painting has said enough.

© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2026 First Flowers Oil on Canvas SOLD by Laurie Pace The Painting I Should Have Left Alone Looking through photographs of my painting Fair Flowers, I discovered something about myself as an artist. The finished painting was beautiful, and it sold. But as I studied the photographs of its progression, I realized I loved an earlier version even more. The flowers were merely suggestions. Colors mingled, edges disappeared, and the viewer was free to imagine the blossoms rather than have every petal explained. But I kept painting. I added definition, contrast, and detail until the bouquet was complete. Today, I find myself drawn back to that earlier moment when the painting was softer, quieter, and full of possibilities. Perhaps one of the hardest lessons an artist learns is knowing when the painting has said enough. I want to paint another bouquet soon. And this time, I hope I'll re...

It was too late. I had begun layering new colors over a painting of my heart. She was gone and there was no turning back.

© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2026 Juxtapose Oil on Canvas SOLD by Laurie Pace Two Days Too Late — The Painting I Wish I Had Kept I loved that painting. It was called Juxtapose, an expressive figurative painting filled with color, movement, and exaggerated forms. It was supposed to go to a gallery in La Jolla, California, before COVID changed everything. But the gallery decided the painting wasn't workable at the time, so I never sent it. BUT... I had a commission waiting, and the canvas was exactly the size I needed. So I began painting over Juxtapose. Two days later, the telephone rang. It was the gallery in La Jolla. She had a buyer for my painting! But by then, I had already begun merging colors over the figures. The painting she wanted was disappearing beneath the beginnings of a commissioned horse painting. There was no going back. The canvas eventually became 'Two Together Always'...