Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Sold Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin ...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.” ― John...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.”  ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Follow the Leader was a favorite at recess time when we were children.  Be careful what leader you follow as an adult.   These horses were painted for one of my first gallery shows in NY in 2006.  The composition lends itself to hot summer days with horses in the meadow seeking shade and a cool stream. And why am I sitting at this compu...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.”  ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring This painting was a playful experience. Beginning with a black canvas and adding the lines of color opened up creativity in a new way.  I only did this one ...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald Getting close to the end of the summer. The heat cannot fade away fast enough. This painting reminds me of the haze of water on the roads when it is so hot and the roads look like there are shimmering puddles from the heat. That seems to be how life is. So much looks like shining good things to us through...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Sold Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” ― Robert Louis Stevenson Treasures from the past, my mother in law's colorful pots.  Do not remember if this was shared earlier this summer or not.  Terry and I were out replanting after the three weeks of 100 plus temps and putting new blooms into these family pots.  Each day we put seeds out to grow.  They can be seeds of love, gifts of joy... or they could be hateful seeds of distrust and envy or anger.  What can you p...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 First Year Poppies  Size: 36 x 36  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.   Luther Burbank This is the painting her Mom wanted for her. I had done a small one several years ago with thick thick paint, a wide brush and lots of pink.  Her Mom said it was her daughter's energy and spirit so that is what I painted.  I was really hesitant when I sent the final piece and said, "Email me back fast if you do not like it, I will have to make...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 In progress, 36 x 36 inches  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I read somewhere once that souls were like flowers,' said Priscilla.    'Then your soul is a golden narcissus,' said Anne, 'and Diana's is like a red, red rose. Jane's is an apple blossom, pink and wholesome and sweet.'  'And our own is a white violet, with purple streaks in its heart,' finished Priscilla.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea I had the sweetest gift I could receive with the opportunity to paint this piece for a first year teacher and her new apartment.   I remem...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Native Herd Sunrise   Size: 3 x 4 ft  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.”  ― William Blake We have been doing reading each morning at the breakfast table with Lady L.  She has her children's thought for the day book, and we have Daily Word and Jesus is Calling.  The teacher in me always jumps ahead to try and apply things to her young life where she can understand it. This past week I ask her if she knew what a sponge was. She answered yes.  I asked her what hap...