Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2020 Golden Moment 12 x 12 Mixed Media $125  by Laurie Pace  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   Just a quick stop in this morning.  The world is changing as we know it.  Not sure about painting because people need to save their money for food, rent and everything else.  I am going back to daily Painting small pieces...so sharing one with you today. Save safe and stay home right now.  Really is important to break the clutch of this virus. Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.  Isaiah 41:10 Laurie Pace  -  A Texas Artist   INSTAGRAM  : @LauriePaceBlog Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter.      My Website          GALLERY LINKS Mirada Fine Art Denver CO ,   The LaJolla Gallery, LaJol

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2020 Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “Daughter! Get you an honest Man for a Husband, and keep him honest. No matter whether he is rich, provided he be independent. Regard the Honour and moral Character of the Man more than all other Circumstances. Think of no other Greatness but that of the soul, no other Riches but those of the Heart. An honest, Sensible humane Man, above all the Littlenesses of Vanity, and Extravagances of Imagination, labouring to do good rather than be rich, to be usefull rather than make a show, living in a modest Simplicity clearly within his Means and free from Debts or Obligations, is really the most respectable Man in Society, makes himself and all about him the most happy.” — JOHN ADAMS, LETTERS OF JOHN ADAMS, ADDRESSED TO HIS WIFE Legacies are truly important in our lives. From a young age we begin our memories with those older people in our lives.  How man

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2020 Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.” — PAULO COELHO, THE FIFTH MOUNTAIN Leaving the lake was not easy.  It was not about a better view or nature around us, but we wanted to be here and present for our grandchildren. With one next door, two only four blocks away and two more about 45 minutes away, we are here for a reason.  God is EVER present in our lives. We want to be present in their lives. We want to cheer them on and support them, to love them and watch them grow in God’s Spirit. READ MORE HERE. “ You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” — 1 JOHN 4:4 Laurie Pace  -  A Texas Artist

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2020 Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “It is hope-giving to consider the young, and it is also hope-giving to consider growth as a constant. Here I am at fifty-eight and in this past year I have only begun to understand what loving is … forced to my knees again and again like a gardener planting bulbs or weeding, so that I may once more bring a relationship to flower, keep it truly alive.” — MAY SARTON, JOURNAL OF A SOLITUDE It was a cold November when Terry and I planted bulbs for the late winter and early spring.  I am careful to lay out the packages with the bulbs as I direct the symphony of the planting by the time of emergence breaking the soil and blooming to perfection.  The tall ones in the back the short ones in the front and then of course the dates they will bloom syncing it all together.  READ MORE HERE . “You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2020 Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” — LEWIS CARROLL, ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND & THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS A Snowy Path This was the catfish pond in our backyard at Lake Cypress Springs. The lake itself was on the end of the pond with a dam of ground and a pathway across it. That is our home in the distance... READ MORE HERE “ So may all your enemies perish, LORD! But may all who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had peace forty years. " Judges 5:31 Laurie Pace  -  A Texas Artist   INSTAGRAM  : @LauriePaceBlog Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio ne

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Both Sides of the Story 29 x 42  Mixed Media on Canvas . Pure Justus Collection ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “This hand says you spend the rest of your life with me," he said, holding out his left hand, "and this one says I spend the rest of my life with you. Choose." Melina Marchetta I did not even want to ‘share my thoughts today’ after I read this…but I want to share the rest of the quote. “This hand says you spend the rest of your life with me," he said, holding out his left hand, "and this one says I spend the rest of my life with you. Choose." She bit her lip, tears welling in her eyes. She took both of his hands in hers and he shuddered. "I will die protecting you," he says. There

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Progress in Painting 24 x 48 inch canvas  Horse Painting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”  Albert Einstein Today I stepped up to dry clear gesso over the graphite. I can already see what I want to do differently next trip around the studio with this.  Meanwhile I will press on to see what discoveries are made as I go.  Besides looking like a unicorn-horse... it truly is just the sub-layering of colors that may or may not be left when I am done.  I know most artists get this.  In our lives w

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017 Bathed in Gold.   Buy a print click here.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I will never give up on you, I see the real you, Even if you don't i do..."  Three Days Grace "The Real You" 2015 Album Human   This painting came from the authentic me and it was a first of it's kind. I should have never even tried the other two, but I did and they exist. You cannot duplicate another painting like this. Not possible.  Different time, different situation, different energy... everything is different. I found online from Psychology Today, "We are driven to be seen as who we truly are, yet authenticity takes courag

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Steps to the Arboretum  Sold   Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.” ― Alfred Tennyson FAVORITE PAINTING...but do not know where it is. Was gifted to a friend in Detroit who suddenly passed away a year ago... and absolutely no one there knows what happened to the contents of her home.  It was professionally framed and I would love to know where it is.  Guess it is a lost path I seek. I love the palette knife work on this piece and the palette. The Texas sun always keeps the area hot and shade is always a deep respite.   Many are the