Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017 The Arrival 38 x 58 inches   Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Be yourself, everyone else is already taken. " Oscar Wilde I also like the quote by Judy Garland,  "Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else."   This was the arrival in the first stages of painting. It came a long way. Joyce Myers has an excellent article on being yourself and being your best. Read it here.   Basically we all tend to look in the mirror at ourselves and naturally see the negative or flaws....

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017 Quiet Horizon 36 x 36  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air." Ralph Waldo Emerson Do not miss my Black Friday through Monday Sale.   This was a haunting painting for me. I did work on it quite awhile and I think I even posted it.  It may or may not make it as it is... I am itching to work it over even more.  If for some reason you like it as it is, email me.    Tell me why you want it, and it is yours for $400.   It is a 36 x 36. Something just will not let me paint over it...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017  Happy Thanksgiving.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This past weekend I finally met up with Louis Baca.  My daughter Stacey and I had been out to Old Navy. They had ALL winter coats 50% off.  Louis Baca is the Geneva Financial Rep for the DFW area.  Genevafi.com/dfw   Louis supports veterans and helps with finding homes, collecting supplies and coats, backpacks, food etc.  Stacey and I hit Old Navy and we were the first to be buying coats and found some incredible ones to purchase.  We outfitted with new coats 9 veterans, with hats...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017  Snowflakes Size: 8 x 8  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The last laugh, the last cup of coffee, the last sunset, the last time you jump through a sprinkler, or eat an ice-cream cone, or stick your tongue out to catch a snowflake. You just don't know."  Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall What are those simple things you enjoy in life, and when was the last time you did them?  I LOVE catching snowflakes on my tongue.  What is your list of things you enjoy?  Here are some of mine. Watching the sunrise. Holding my husband's hand as I fall...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017  Morning Has Broken Size: 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be."  C.S. Lewis I cannot even remember the last time I wrote to you in my Art Journal.  The past two months have been filled with reflection on direction.  I am already contemplating my word for next year... one thought is, "Let it be"   Yes it is three words, but easy to remember.  I am still debating what shall serve me the best for grow...