Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Little Yellow Flowers Backyard Blooms Gallery Series 2011 Yellow Daisies Oil Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace 5 x 7 inches Oil on Gesso Board     ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      ROUNDING CORNERS IN LIFE I have to laugh as I began to think about this subject for the blog this morning. It is one of my last images of Lady L on her bike with Bampa behind her helping her round her first corner. She had been riding very well in a straight line but we were introducing turns and rounding corners, something she had to practice to negotiate without tipping over. Square corners in life are all about efficiency and control. Ninety degrees is ninety degrees and a square corner is a square corner...but what does that mean about rounding corners?  When you look back at this past week or past month of your life there are probabl...

Epsilon Two Horse Race Available at Adeib Khadoure Fine Art in Santa Fe on Canyon Road. This intense Abstract Horse Painting is 30 x 40 inches of Layered Acrylics. If you email Adeib and tell him you saw it on the blog you can expect a special price on the painting.  He will ship it out to you immediately.    ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Details below:   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie       HIS MERCY The sound of rain on the roof awakened us early this morning.  I had prayed all the way home from Dallas yesterday asking God in His Mercy to bring some change to our weather patterns. This summer has devastated our beloved state of Texas. A type of anxiety and depression looms over the population with the now 74 days of temperatures over 100 degrees compared to the average of only six days at 100 or above.  Seventy four days will probably ...

Study of Trees  SOLD Thank you Ugallery! 5 x 7 Oil on Canvas Tree Painting in Brilliant colors.  ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Times they are a Changing....   Well this weekend marked several important moments. One was Jon's 14th birthday and the other was Lady L learning to make those pedals go around on her bicycle. Wahoo the princess is loose in the house on her wheels now and you better watch out. The more she goes in circles around the living room and kitchen the more daring she is. We bought this bike for her a few months ago and although she could reach the pedals, she could not get enough pressure on them to get the idea of pushing and pedaling...until Saturday.   Mom and Dad are really good about no riding with out the helmet.  She wears it constantly like a mini biker. On our way to Jonathan's birthday we passed ...

Yellow Flowers Painting  at Rare Gallery in Jackson Hole Contact Hollee to purchase. This is a gorgeous Palette Knife Flower Painting framed  and ready to hang in your home.    20 x 20  Oil on Canvas      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Passing the Good We are traveling again...in Dallas for the weekend and dear Carol is house sitting and caring for the dogs.  We  love Carol! So do Paddy and Annie.  We stopped at Whole Foods on Friday to shop for Mom who is on a 10 fibers a day diet.  Of course we picked up the things WE are not suppose to eat.... and we came across TOMMY... really Tommy in person.  I had seen this man standing behind one of those food things they have set up giving out samples.  Made me wonder because he did not have on the typical apron the servers usuall...

White Hydrangea Abstract Flower Painting   20 x 20 inches Acrylic on Canvas   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie REACHING OUT We all have our uniqueness about us. Our way of coping when we are upset or sick or even how we react when we are happy.  I have come to realize in my years of life that there are those that want to be left alone and those that absolutely drain you of life if you do not set boundaries. How do we get this way? Are we born like this or do we learn it?  It seems like it is inset in us like we cannot learn to change...but I believe we can change.   Learning to reach out to others when you are in need can be humbling when you are a very private person.  On the other hand, learning to do things on your own and not be so dependent on others is scary.  Both are accomplished first by learning to reach out to God.  E...

Three Ponies Racing SOLD Horse Painting Watercolor by Laurie Pace. 6 x 6 inches Watercolor on Board    ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie       Harmony The spiritual beginning of each day is with a prayer to the Lord to bless the day and to provide the gifts needed for that day. Working together in harmony reflects divine order...a spirit that is everlasting in the work being done. From the moment it starts through the finish, this divine order reaches out to many lives. Helping hands working together to finish something brings joy and harmony blended with goodwill. This was an Easter Cross built of flowers by the youth in our church. A rider must be in harmony with his horse to participate in competition. The beauty of riding and jumping as one is incredible to watch. God wishes to be  with us every day in our lives... moving together with Him as one. Think ...

In His Eyes   Wolf Wildlife Painting by Laurie Pace  18 x 27 inches       Oil on Canvas     ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      His Simple Grace  In the distance yesterday we heard the thunder.   It had thundered and turned dark the day before but the storms scooted around us.  The thunder I heard late yesterday afternoon was deeper and the wind in the trees was stronger.  It sounded like an army marching toward us with cannon fire. God wanted to make sure we heard Him coming.   The marching of the raindrops on the skylights in the den made the arrival of His rain official.  I was in the kitchen making salmon with yams and a fresh relish of red and yellow peppers with onions served on sliced romaine lettuce and a small side of yellow squash.  We topped ...

A Pair of Horses 22 x 28 inches Acrylic on Stretched Canvas   Available...   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie     SEEDS to plant.... In this non-relenting heat watermelon has become our friend. We buy the seedless one and usually pick up a smaller mellon so it does not go to waste. Nothing tastes better than a shake of salt on a slice of cold watermelon. YUM!  This new variety of seedless makes me wonder how they keep growing them if there are no seeds from the fruit to spread and create new plants.   Morgan called earlier and was sharing his day and mentioned he and Kelly might do some community service together on the weekends.  We were talking about planting seeds of kindness in our days.  Simple seeds go back to my typical adage of share a smile it goes a mile... or as I suggested to Morgan open a door for someo...

Progression on In His Eyes 18 x 27 Oil on Canvas      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie     The Heat of The Season   So many heat related sayings...The heat of the moment, the heat of the battle and they still all boil down to the heat of the season. Texas remains under a scorching sun literally drying up water resources for many towns and killing the trees and forests in the state. Many cities are on water rationing and some have had water sources totally disappear.  The Sun Burns on. Our little pond still has some water in it but I doubt there will be any left in the next few weeks. We had about 1/2 inch two weeks go but that evaporated last week.   "They were seared by the intense heat and they cursed the name of God, who had control over these plagues, but they refused to repent and glorify him." Revelation...

Horizon Blue Horses SOLD 18 x 27 inches Oil on canvas     ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Climbing Stairs Sometimes life feels like climbing stairs...often taking two steps up and then stepping back one... trying hard to make it to the top. What do we think we will find at the top?  What are we climbing for? Is this what it will be like at the top of the stairs?  Looking down through windows of time seeing where we have been, catching glimpses of times past? Perhaps we are so busy climbing we miss out on the things around us. We miss valuable moments to make new memories and share thoughts and love with our family and friends.   Currently we are on the road between home and Dallas.  Larry, our son-in-law, lost his mother Friday.  It was unexpected and she died blessedly in her sleep.  I have known her for several years now....