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Old Red, Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2014  Size: 24 x 24  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Try try again.  Remember that book we had when we were very young about the little train trying to chug up the big hill?  I think I can - I think I can - I think I can.  I read it to my children and I think it is time for Lady L to have her own copy of it.   This horse painting was started with oils, washed in the backyard off the canvas, resurfaced with acrylic and then painted in oil.  I think I can... I think I can.... From early in life we seek approval and at the same time we learn about defeat and disappointing the very ones we need to have approval and l

Leap of Faith, It is time for Change... hang on for the ride, Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2014  Size: 18 x 27  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Life seems to require moments of leaping.  Sometimes we have to have faith and just journey forward into the unknown.  I even dreamt about that last night.  Someone had handed me something to drink and I was uneasy about drinking it.  I took a deep breath and downed the drink.  Don't remember anything else about the dream, it was centered more on taking something in faith and not being afraid to try it.  I find from life's experience some leaps are greater than others but you really never know until you get to the other side. Breathe and know God has

Video of Good People Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace, Figurative Painting

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2014 Sharing the joy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is my good people painting I did in early 2013.  I am just now loading it to YOUTUBE. I have it on vimeo, but they do not get the traffic that Youtube gets. I still like Vimeo the best but when you are building up marketing and preparing to paint paint paint... you have to get it all together, so yep, rising up with the coming cooler weather, sketching out of canvas paintings yet to come... just a sketch or thought as I plan out palettes and under foundations. May your weekend be filled with something extra special. Share a smile with everyone you meet. #horsepainting

Check out the New Website. Contemporary Horse Paintings, Wolf Paintings and more with Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2014 Stop by and see my new website. I have been tinkering and working on it this past week. http://Lauriepace.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change is good they say. So this past week I have been tooling around with my website bringing into something to take into 2015.  The problem has been the tabs at the top. They look better white but guess what...white will not show up on a cell phone. DUH...so I am trying a mid blue. Design concepts and layouts tell me scream it out with red, but my inner spirit says BLUE baby blue.   There are quite a few new small paintings available for you to choose from.  Perfect time to start your holiday

Horse 68 Two of a Kind Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Horse 68 Two of  Kind © Laurie Pace 2014  Horse 68 Two of a Kind    © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2014  Size: 8 x 8  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stayed with the brilliant colors for this second one, but in my minds eye I feel a date ahead with caramel and turquoise.   This one has the sweep of a cold front hinting at fall, colors are stable with the sun bright in the fall sky and the reds washing through... very heavy layering on this contemporary horse painting. Click through to see the closeup details. Just heard I was invited to a huge show in Florida in December.  I am pumping into action to have some strong work represented there. This is the inspi

Two Grazing, contemporary Horse Paintings by Laurie Pace

Two Grazing   ©Laurie Pace Two Grazing    © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2014  Size: 12 x 12  Oil on Canvas Board ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colors are not in the trees, but they are on my canvas!  Fall is here today by the calendar but not by Texas temperatures.   At least our nights are a bit cooler.  I ask Terry constantly, "Why do we live in Texas?"   My heart sighs.  My favorite climate is more along the lines of St Louis or Cincinnati.  You have defined seasons.  The weather affects our lives and most definitely affects my painting! Stop by the website at available paintings or click the painting. Here you can see close up images of this colorful horse

Grazing, Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Grazing  18 x 27 Oil on Canvas                                                                  ©Laurie Pace 2014 Grazing     © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2014  Size: 18 x 27  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The knife began to scrape and move. The paint began to form.  More layers of color were added and then the horses began to appear on the painting.  Stunning jewel tones and earth tones painted all in one composition.  Hidden things you may or may not see. This is my favorite way to hit the canvas. Allow the spirit of the paint to move throughout the piece and giving up control. Grazing, a Horse Painting, waiting for a new home. In your life it is impor

Watch it happen... the beginnings of a painting. Horse Paintings by Laurie Pace

Prepaint © Laurie Pace 2014 Prepaint... watch it happen.     © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2014        Size: 18 x 27  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sometimes I will just sit and draw on the canvas with charcoal.  I may stare at it for months. I know I posted this sketch on canvas probably in June or July... and it sat in the studio. Today I picked it up and began slapping colors on the surface.  That is never enough, but it is a foundation and a start.  Wait till you see the finished painting tomorrow. The spirit that works through the knife in my hands amazes me. I do not know where it comes from.  Please stop by the blog tomorrow and see the final

Making Tracks Wolf Painting By Laurie Pace

Making Tracks   © Laurie Pace Making Tracks    © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2014  Size: 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Making Tracks is a special wolf painting for a special friend.  It is a SHHHHH... don't tell... a birthday present in the making. It is ALMOST done. If I change anything major I will share it again with the updates.  Wanted to share that the Bible Verse below  as it was a strong one for me this week.  Read it, drink it in, inhale it... and try it. Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. James 3:13 NIV