Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2020 The Wise Ones  30 x 40 inches  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Contemporary Horse Paintings for Sale Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   Finally back again!~  Sorry I have been out due to a slight injury from painting... don't even ask.  Moving slowly but God has this and I trust him with it!  Today I will be starting a commission I had hoped to do last week... it is of two puppies.    The painting above, The Wise Ones, was a commission back in 2012.   It is in quieter earthy colors and I rather like the palette. I may use something similar on the dogs I am starting. The collector lives in CA and has several of my paintings and she reached out hoping for something contemporary with her babies.  I am still debating on the approach but know in my heart, when I start I will let go and let the paint flow.  I...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017  Blue Mist Size: 24 x 30 Framed  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  “The waves broke and spread their waters swiftly over the shore. One after another they massed themselves and fell; the spray tossed itself back with the energy of their fall. The waves were steeped deep-blue save for a pattern of diamond-pointed light on their backs which rippled as the backs of great horses ripple with muscles as they move. The waves fell; withdrew and fell again, like the thud of a great beast stamping.” ― Virginia Woolf, The Waves This is a painting from my heart. ...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 "Lightning"  Size: 6 x 9  Oil on Canvas Panel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was thick. The first layers of paint were all in yellow golds and some blues.  The second layer was oranges, reds and more blues... and final two layers were whites and blacks. The horse "Lightning'  was not held back by the thick layering... he appeared out of the paint immediately coming toward me. He is dreamy in person. The discovery of this horse was amazing.  Often the discovery of peace is amazing.  During a storm with thunder and lightning, you listen in...