Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

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 it.  Being outside puts me in a direct connection with God.

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 thick forest the other direction and a large lake to the

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 Na na na na na na na na na, I need You   Na na

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, Prints and Cards      The Five Graces     The Artists

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 you alive with His Spirit and do you s

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 acknowledge him,  and he will make straight your paths.  D

Elijah's Panel Sold Gift 24 x 24   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Life is Art. You are the Artist. I tried to look up WHO said this...but could not find it...but I love it.  I have shared before that every painting I do has a multitude of layers from sketches, to acrylic brushing to more acrylic brushing and sketching and often to two or three layers of oil paint before I even begin to know the direction of the painting. Is that not true about your life?  I am nearing sixty and I could not even begin to list the mistakes I have made in this lifetime and yet from those mistakes comes this person I am today.  What was yesterday is past, but what is today is vital. What you do in the next moment is a brushstroke on the canvas of today. You know what works and does not work. Why do you continue to beat yourself up and make the same mistakes over an

Daiden's Canvas 24 x 24 inches Acrylic Sold. Gift    ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      The Jo in Joy You can feel her joy before Jo even walks into a room.  She brings a loving smile, a full laugh and always a positive outlook on everything in life.  I have been blessed with knowing her only two years and she still takes my breath away with her joyful nature and her enfolding love for God and for everyone she knows. She and her husband Tony are celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary and this past weekend was filled with the complete joy of family and friends honoring this time in their lives. Jo lives in my neighborhood here at the lake.  Her home, yard and life embrace their happiness and joy in life. They both celebrate the gifts provided and Jo shares some of that with our church choir. Like all of us, they have faced many challenges in li

Mason's Canvas 24 x 24 inches Acrylic Sold...gift. Soon I will be shipping this three panel abstract out. This abstract painting panel is the first in the series and created for Mason. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Is something holding you back? Have you figured out in life there always seems to be something holding you back from things?  Not sure if it is fear or feeling inadequate...but negativity often crawls through your mind when you are confronting new challenges or changes. There is door before you. Will you open it?  Are you leaving somewhere or going somewhere? When you do open it are you facing bondage to something or freedom from something? Technically different doors require different approaches to open them.   A simple turn of a handle opens most doors, but often some heavier doors require a key and some are simply a push door requ

Progression on the Abstract three 24 x 24 inch panels sold gift  ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      What to Build this Day? We are each blessed with gifts for our journey. Sometimes these gifts change and we may not be prepared to accept new ones or say goodbye to old ones.   You are the artisan of your life. As Moses built the tabernacle, he was assured by God that the workers helping him were gifted with their abilities to know what to do. Moses was not a savvy contractor, but God was.  Each person working was filled with the Spirit of God. Upon completion the Tabernacle was filled with the Spirit of God. Planting a Tree for my Dad God has given you this day the tools you need to create and accomplish whatever you set your mind to, or if you are listening to Him, where ever He guides you.  If you are not happy at this point in your life