Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Wolf Painting Progression I continued painting yesterday...and took pictures as I went. The painting has changed quite a bit.  The gallery wanted brown and not white, so this tracks the intensity of painting with the progression shots.  Nothing is done until I feel the entire painting has reached a certain point and I have captured what spirit I am looking for in this wolf painting. It is not done yet, Color overlays must change and shapes have to be adjusted.     ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Change "Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."  Maria Robinson They reported on the news as we are ending this month that it was nicknamed the month of Junuary... instead of January.  Very little snow in the USA and very little cold weather.  It...

Wolf Painting in progress So being away.. I realize the nose is not right... I will be working on that today. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Claiming God's Good Plans After a week of travel we were so happy to be home in our own bed last night.   For some reason my Dad's words are stuck in my head right now.  He always encouraged us (the siblings) to believe in ourselves; to write down our goals; to cross them out as we achieved them. Heck I remember at age 17 he gave me one of those pocket books about achieving the most you can from life. He was way before his times. This was Lady L last year... she has on her bakers hat and is working diligently in her own little kitchen.  This trip to her house she has a new kitchen... got it from Santa.  She served me special tea made with watermel...

FACING THE SUN SPECIAL OFFER PRINT     Limited Time Promotion: Facing The Sun Stretched Canvas Print fineartamerica.com Buy a 16.00 x 20.00 stretched canvas print of Laurie Pace's Facing the Sun for $75.00. Only 9 prints remaining. Offer expires on 01/30/2012.  ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      My Blog    My Website     Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards      The Five Graces     The Artists of Texas      Daily Painters      Contemporary Fine Art International    Artists of Texas Blog     Daily Painters of Texas Blog     GALLERY LINKS Mirada Fine Art Denver CO ,   The Rare Gallery Jackson Hole WY   The Dutch Art Gallery Dallas TX ...

 Dancing in the Moonlight SPECIAL OFFER Limited Time Promotion: Dancing In The Moonlight Stretched Canvas Print fineartamerica.com Buy a 20.00 x 16.00 stretched canvas print of Laurie Pace's Dancing in the Moonlight for $75.00. Only 10 prints remaining. Offer expires on 01/30/2012.   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012    Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Having a Birthday?  It's my Birth Day Too! Our youngest son turns 31 today.  I told him it was my Birth Day too. I was there giving birth on that day...so doesn't that qualify? My Dad would say he was in his 32nd year already, but that truly makes me feel older and I feel old enough already.  We have watched him grow from a tow headed toddler into teen and then off to college.  Now we are seven years after college graduation... and with the bumps and challeng...

 BATHED IN GOLD Limited Time Promotion: Bathed In Gold Stretched Canvas Print fineartamerica.com Buy a 16.00 x 20.00 stretched canvas print of Laurie Pace's Bathed in Gold for $75.00. Only 10 prints remaining. Offer expires on 01/30/2012. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      What Defines You With much reflection on the life of someone I loved dearly, I sat last night with my husband and two of my children and shared what was the essence of our loved one to each of us. Although his physical body no longer walks this earth, his spirit now seems to surround us and lift us in joy.  His completeness with the Father is a celebration as is his healing to be whole again. He was a man of integrity and directness. He was a man that held each of us to high expectations and loved us deeply. He did not put up with anything...

Silver's Gang 30 x 40 inches Oil on Canvas This thickly painted palette knife painting is available at the Dutch Art Gallery. Contact Pam Massar if you are interested.      Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      The Finish or the Start? I was speaking again to our Pastor this week following the death of someone very close and dear to my family.  Writing often of God's call to us, Jack gave more insight in his reflections yesterday.  When death comes, it marks but the end of our 'calling' here on earth. While a new journey begins with death, it is not ours to judge others on how they lived their life, but it is ours to rejoice in the life they did share with all of us. Words spoken, embraces exchanged, subjects debated, lives intertwined, tears shared, birth and death celebrated, all through the direc...

Progression on Wolf Painting 24 x 24 inches oil on canvas   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Grace of Togetherness With young children they need constant watching. They are vulnerable to so many harmful things around them that having a 'visual' on them is a necessity to ensure their safety. Many moms with young ones are near crazy by the end of the day trying to keep up with the busyness of their children. God keeps the same watchful eye through the Spirit placed within us. As adults our lives are busy. Yet no matter what we are never alone. His spirit abides with us at all times, the watchful parent keeping a visual over us.     Knowing God is a partner in life with us each day, makes that day livable.  We are often pulled into rifts and problems; dealing with them depends on our trust in Him ...

Only Eyes for You in Progress This is a new wolf painting in progress.  I still am working on the Journey tightening it up but I started this yesterday. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Be Still Yesterday in church Pastor Jack had us starting out singing an old favorite... How Great Thou Art.  "O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder, Consider all the World thy hand hath made." He is all around us. In the quiet of a sunset, or the gentle rain, or in the early morning dew, our God is our constant. Be still where ever you are as you read this and know His hand made and provided all around you. "I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy Power throughout the universe displayed." Jack spoke about God calling to us and all the many excuses we come up with not to listen or follow His direction. If we are burdene...

First Issue of Visual Language cfai.co Featuring the artwork on the cover of Daily Painter Angela Hardy , and inside coverage of Judy Crowe , Gwen Bell , Paula Peacock , Janice Warriner , Sunny Williams , Angela Hardy , Diane Whitehead , Debbie Grayson , Kimberly Conrad , Mary Jo Zorad and Laurie Pace .     Unanswered Prayers, the Elephant in the Room? It happens all the time. Elephants in the room. We step all around them, worry about them and they do not budge. Terry's Aunt Jo used to keep a list of all the things she was praying about. She had a spiral notebook she carried around. Neatly she would write out the date of the first day she was praying about something.  If the prayer was answered... on the far right side there was a date of the answered prayer. This really works in the sense you SEE how many prayers are answered and very few are unanswered prayers.  Everything is in God's time, not ours. Right now the...

JOURNEY Horse Painting by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace This is indeed a journey. This is blog number 2000 I think.  2000 days of blogging. That may indicate a need for a give away painting this week. Stay tuned. 28 x 42 inches  Mixed Media on Canvas   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Kinesthetically Speaking Wikipedia Kinesthetic  learning  is a  learning style  in which  learning  takes place by the student actually carrying out a physical activity, rather than listening to a lecture or merely watching a demonstration. It is also referred to as  tactile learning . People with a kinesthetic learning style are also commonly known as  do-ers . I come from a teaching background and this word has been apart of me a long time. Every student has a different learning style. While th...