Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Progression on Cat and Dog 66 x 86 inches  SOLD I could not take pictures last night as the clouds darkened the room too much. This is not where I stopped but hopefully tomorrow I can snap some updated ones of the dog. I painted the cat furrier so she changed too....    ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie       Unfinished Heart Younger years without fears Strongly striking out the way that pulled Attitude making the difference. Only to realize I was fooled. Taking hits from wrong decisions Emotional devastation taking me apart Backtracking from stepping off the path Always finishing completely with heart. Or was I? Experience has chipped away from my heart Slowly with little pieces bit by bit. As I grew and found my way back to God He helped restore the broken pieces where they fit. ...

Progression Dog and Cat 66 x 86 inches Acrylic/Oil on canvas   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      In the Silence Deep night... the sound of crickets and frogs outside the window. Outside the drapes the brilliance of the stars lights up the forest where we live. To feel His Greatness is to simple walk out under the starry skies and know He has put every star in the sky.  It is here you can see the presence of God and find perfect peace.    When I am spiritually disconnected I immediately go outside.  Day or night. It is in nature that all the pulling and stress are dispelled from my mind and body. An inner peace begins to warm through me as I breathe in slowly and expel out the tension inside. I have invited that tension to be part of my journey this day and it is up to me to let go of...

Progression Cat and Dog Painting 66 x 86 inches Acrylic/Oil Painting Had to pull out my ladder on this one... also been through six large tubes of Indian Yellow heavy body Liquetex. SOLD ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Climbing When you are at the base of a mountain and know you need to climb the mountain, it almost seems insurmontable, but looking up you cannot really judge how high the mountain is.  From where you stand in the valley below you see what is immediately around you, the rippling brooks in the stream at the foot of the mountain and that first knoll before where you will begin your climb.   The higher you go, the more you see, across the valley and over the nearby hills. When you reach the top of the mountain you can see for miles around you. There is a town in the distance,  a th...

Dog and Cat 66 x 86 inches Acrylic/Oil on canvas SOLD Commission Gift This is a big one... very big one.  I will track part of it for a few days on the blog just due to the size and no time to work on anything else!   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Take my Hand by Shawn McDonald Some incredible music with generations between, but the same connection to God. Take my hand, Father, take my Hand.  I cannot walk this alone without you. Take my hand.   I found this beautiful song when I was looking for the one I posted yesterday and just had to share it too! Favorites of my Heart, Laurie Take my hand to the promise land  And on You I want to stand 'Cause I cannot do it all on my own  You're what I need and I need to be Right by Your side 'cause I cannot hide  Lord, I know that I need You ...

Three at the Watering Hole SOLD It arrived at Mirada at three pm and went out the door at five pm. Thank you! 3 ft by 4 ft  Oil on Canvas   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Take my Hand, Precious Lord  preformed by Selah. Selah has done an incredible work with this old Gospel Song... I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! When I thought of coming home yesterday, I thought of God reaching out His hand to capture mine... and I began humming, Take my Hand, Precious Lord... Favorites of my Heart, Laurie Take my Hand Take My Hand Precious Lord Precious Lord, take my hand Lead me on, Let me stand I'm tired, I am weak I am worn Through the storm, through the night Lead me on to the light Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home When my way grows drear precious Lord linger near When my life is almost g...

Leap of Faith 18 x 27 inches Oil on Canvas, Horse Painting It is finished and heading to Mirada Fine Art this next week. The Three at the Watering Hole arrived on Friday at Mirada and it was sold in two hours.  I like it that way!   So if you are partial to this beauty, contact me or  Steve at Mirada in Denver. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Coming Home As we were driving home last night at ten pm from Dallas... cruising the freeway, ducking traffic... my mind lept back in time to our trip to New York in 2010. We were driving from Virginia through Tennessee trying to make it to Memphis. Terry's dad was very ill at the time and we were anxious to get home. There always had been this sense of safeness in coming home. My mom was there at her house and Terry's dad at his place.  Home was not a plac...

Progression on Horse Painting, Leap of Faith 18 x 27 inches Oil on Canvas ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Flowing Waters... Nature surround us ... and lately with inches and inches of rain to a thirsty drought stricken wooded area. The impact of spring and March showers brings fully budding trees, blossoming iris and tulips as well as green grass. Each season brings with it part of the cycle of season of life.  It is all divinely ordained by God. The same is true for your life, God has a plan for you. Seek His guidance and align your efforts with Him to be flowing in His stream of creative process. Words of my Heart, Laurie "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1 My Blog    My Website     Giclees on Canvas, ...

New on the Easel Horse Painting in Progress Will be at Mirada Fine Art in Denver when finished. This is some basic underpainting in acrylic for an oil painting.  18 x 27 inches Oil on Canvas ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Gushing Waters... Monday I picked up the book  Renovation of the Heart  by Dallas Willard from Pastor Jack at the church.  I had mentioned this book in a prior blog that it really looked good and had pretty high reviews.  On the way home in the truck I was already consuming it. One of the things stuck in my mind from the book and the Bible is Jesus' words, "Those who drink of the water that I will give them will never again be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life." John 4:14 Are you like 'gushing water'?  Are y...

Girl on the Sand Figurative Painting By A Texas Artist Laurie Pace 12 x 12 Oil on Panel Canvas     $149 Buy Here. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Original Photo by Natalie of NMG Photography out of California . Trying? Trusting? If at first you don't succeed, try try again.   Words from childhood but part of the Justus' upbringing.  Reflecting on that there is a mellowing of thought.  You cannot try to follow God harder. You can try to try again...but it is not in the trying, but it is the trusting. It does not take MORE work by you, it takes less work. Let go and Let God.  TRUST. You do not have to try try again, just trust. Trust in Him. Words of my Heart, Laurie "   Trust in the LORD with all your heart  and lean not on your own understanding;   in all your ways ac...