Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Three Horses of Color Available at Mirada Fine Art Final Weekend of the show. Email Steve to purchase . Mention seeing it on the blog and get special pricing. 3 ft by 3 ft  Oil on Canvas     ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      COMING SOON.... We are almost to August. I am still battling heat fatigue and temperatures over 106 degrees daily.   I am thinking of what is ahead that I get excited about and giving praises every day. In Sept I begin my FIFTH ANNUAL year of Painting it Forward.... Playing it forward, Paying it forward... etc   For the months of Sept, Oct and Nov if you contact me for commission work, I truly try to paint for your budget. I only do a limited amount of paintings at this discount rate, but I love doing it and every year there are some truly thrilled collectors.   I do it at this time of the year in preparation...

Progression on Racing the Sunset Click here to buy this painting....at Ugallery. 9 x 12 Heavy Palette knife Oil on Board   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Complete Whole Health Optimizer I started drinking a wonderful vegan protein drink from Numedica that has really changed my body and energy level in less than a few days. I have been drinking it for a week now.   It is not the high in fiber drink but the high in protein drink.  24 grams in one shake. Unfortunately I cannot drink a whole shake...so I am only in taking 12-14 grams.  I mix up about one scoop with a banana and some fresh blueberries.  I put in my tablespoon of my Carlson Lemon Fish Oil (NO taste or aftertaste or burping) and my two drops of Carlson Vit D and I am set. I was struggling with the yogurt every morning with my lactose intolerance and I am not a heavy breakfa...

Horse in Day 5 x 7 inches Oil on Board Click the Painting to purchase at Ugallery .     ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie   Who are you? Really, who are you?  Think about it for a few moments. If you were going to guess how people view you, who are you?  Our view of our self is NOT what others actually see.  What do they see? You are a pure reflection of your thoughts. They actually affect your facial expressions, your mannerisms and your speech. So who are you?   You are a product of your thinking... describe yourself by describing how you think.     "I am a rose colored glasses person. Negativity is not my way."   Hey wait I say it is not there, BUT it is there.  WHY?  Because I have negative thoughts through out the day.  I worry and I think of things that I should not dwell on. Even though I do n...

Sunset River Crossing Available at Mirada Fine Art Final Weekend of my show... Contact Steve to purchase this powerful Equine Painting. Mention the blog and he will honor a special pricing for you. 28 x 42 inches framed in a gorgeous gold frame flecked with deep russet reds. Steve can send you a full picture. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Closing Doors and Open Windows Have you ever felt closed in a room and the door was locked?  You tried to open windows and they were basically stuck having not been opened in years?  Often panic will set in as you see only lack and limitation. You lack a way out and you are totally limited by the confines of the room. The door is locked from the outside. There is no key on the table in the room...but if you will slow down and look around... you will begin to see all the wonderful things in the ro...

Looking for Trouble Available 9 x 12   Oil on Board      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie   SOLD at UGALLERY!   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011      WOOLGATHERING  I was reading The Colonel's Lady by Laura Frantz today and came across the term woolgathering.  I had not heard that term in years. The more I thought about it the more I realized we all are intense wool gathers.  As we try so hard in life to make things work our way...our way is the wooly way. It is what we have gathering up in our brain to be the way things should be. You can find the definition as: Indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness. Laura's book was anything but that, and I did not put it down until I finished the last page.  But the term woolgathering stayed with me as ...

Sunbathing Buffalo Available at a special price at Mirada Fine Art . Email Steve and mention you saw the painting on the blog for special pricing. The show ends on Saturday and so does the special pricing. Some of the paintings will go to my new Santa Fe Gallery and some will ship north to the Jackson Hole Gallery.    24 x 36 inches   Oil on Canvas   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Rest and Peace What do you associate these words with?  Some folks might laugh and say death.  No wait, that is Rest in Peace.  You do not have to get so extreme to get rest and peace or even rest in peace.  God offers that peace to us every single second of the day.  It is waiting to be inhaled in a deep breath and held and slowly expelled.  It is in the small humming bird on the feeder or the bee on the rose.  This simple peace passe...

Mountain Appaloosa at Mirada Fine Art Contact Steve for pricing on this beauty... Tell him you saw it on the blog and he will give you special pricing. 20 x 30 inches  Oil on Canvas      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie   Enjoy clicking on the detail shots below. Detail One  Detail Two Detail Three Pearls of Wisdom "I did the best that I knew how to do at the time. When I knew better, I did better."  Jan Wenstrand    When visiting with Jan we spent time catching up on the past few months. She is such a dear faith based friend and so helpful with me staying focused.  At the point I was being miserable about what might be...and what was...she told me to focus on the words above. I felt such relief as I rolled those thoughts through my mind... and felt such an uplifting that I wanted to share her wisdom....

Racing the Fence Line Available at Mirada Fine Art . Contact Steve to purchase this. Mention seeing it on the blog and he will special price it for you. I have included some awesome close ups... click on them each. 30 x 40 Riding the Fence Line   Oil on Canvas  © Laurie Pace 2011 Close Up 1 Top Horse in Painting Close Up 2 Lower Horse in Painting Close Up 3 Far left side of painting Close Up 4  Lower left Side of Painting Close Up 5 Far right side of Painting ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Through God's Grace We receive all through God's grace. It appears around us in countless ways when we least expect it and often do not even see it. Our Father loves spoiling us and it gives Him pleasure to pleasure us with the desires of our hearts.  You won't see it or feel it though if you have not opened your heart and body to Him. Be ready...

Golden Rod SOLD at Mirada! 30 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie       We are traveling... so short blog... but I was excited to hear from Steve Sonnen at Mirada that Golden Rod was on his way to a new home in Pennsylvania.  I am thrilled. This is a very powerful painting and one of my own favorites. Between Jackson Hole Rare Gallery and Mirada that is five pieces in this past week! I am leaving you with simplicity today... Joy is not in things; it is in us. For me that means God is joy.  If God is in you, joy, love, light, peace and love are in you.   Laurie           Psalm 97:11 Light shines on the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. My Blog    My Website     Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards      The Five Graces     The...

Six Pack Out of the Woods This is the new one I finished to send to Jackson hole...I have a few touch-ups on it but I am close to being finished. Wolves in the snow ... A Contemporary Wildlife Painting. Contact Hollee at the Rare Gallery if you are  interested in this painting. 24 x 36 inch  Oil on Canvas ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Love and Contentment Feeling good... what does it take?  What small things give you goose bumps? Sometimes when Lady L takes my hand and smiles at me... I get goose bumps. The pureness of her unconditional love moves me literally from where ever my mindset is, to a point of pure love affected and conquered by nothing. Those times are few in our lives and we need to nurture more of them. When I taught fourth grade way back in the nineties, I would pick up my class after lunch and we wo...

Three Pack in the Snow 24 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas     ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Soaring Spirits Have you ever awakened in the morning with soaring spirits?  You literally bound out of bed ready to face the world, or you have something really special about to happen that day? That excitement comes from your perspective at the time. Our human brain is limited and that does influence how we react to things around us. The hope is we learn to seek a wholeness when we are ill; to believe in abundance when our financial situation is tight; to work with the knowledge we have gained in our lifetime to be wise in our decisions. Last few weeks I have been struggling with a confused state of mind. (My siblings would probably say I stay this way...) but usually I am very directed and assertive like my father and mother.  I am lear...

Return of the Wolf Pack SOLD last week at Rare Gallery Jackson Hole! 24 x 36 inches  Oil on Canvas    ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      THE PATH Some mornings when you wake up you have no idea where the day will be going.  This morning when I stumbled out of bed, Terry was already up.  He came back into the bedroom and announced we had to clean out the entire china cabinet and move it.  I admit I looked at him and wondered if I was dreaming, but I ask why and was told Paddy had decided it looked like a tree in the middle of the night. We have wood floors and we knew the liquid would be under as well as against the cabinet.  After I showered we got busy... or I should say he did. Bless him as he removed EVERYTHING; His Grandmother's China, all of our crystal, our Christmas Crystal and serving dishes, our special collectible from the ...

McKenzie Painted Ponies Commissioned Painting SOLD  This collector sent pictures of her rugs, drapes, fabrics, walls, furniture and her current artwork.  This helps so much when doing a commissioned painting. 3 ft by 4 ft  Oil on Canvas   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      JOY is Mine. As I reflect more on the wisdom of not worrying... substituting joy instantly into my thought process when it begins to waver into forbidden worry area... I find that JOY is mine...and it is but a blink and a positive thought away. How easy could that be? There are times in our lives that our spirits ebb and drop into a low area. I believe it must be normal because if we did not have our lows we would not have our highs.  Days of deep sadness are balanced by days of laughter and love with family or friends.  Some days we find depressing thoughts creeping into ou...