Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2020 Here Comes the Sun Horse painting by Laurie Pace  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.          View her Daily Paintings.   “It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” — F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Terry and I sat down to figure out we have been sheltering at home since the second of March. Forty-four days?  It truly seems longer to me. That is longer than Noah and the Flood!!!  From rain and more rain, building 1000 piece puzzles, playing other games, doing small repairs in the house here and there, we have survived those 44 days. I am waiting for the dove to arrive... hey wait, they are all over our backyard!  AM I THE ONLY STIR CRAZY PERSON? Read more Here   and see the movie of this being painted! “Fo...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Hot Summer Night  36 x 36  Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “And then one student said that happiness is what happens when you go to bed on the hottest night of the summer, a night so hot you can't even wear a tee-shirt and you sleep on top of the sheets instead of under them, although try to sleep is probably more accurate. And then at some point late, late, late at night, say just a bit before dawn, the heat finally breaks and the night turns into cool and when you briefly wake up, you notice that you're almost chilly, and in your groggy, half-c...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Herd on the Hudson  24 x 35  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “She has that quality, does the Hudson, as I imagine all great rivers do: the deep, abiding sense that those activities what take place on shore among human beings are of the moment, passing, and aren't the stories by way of which the greater tale of this planet will, in the end, be told.”  ― Caleb Carr, The Angel of Darkness It is one of  THOSE days.  We all have them. It is my birthday. The older you get, the birthdays fly by. My dad's was the day after mine and...

Cat and Dog Portrait almost done! 66 x 86 inches of PAINT! Hopefully today I will put the last touches on this painting. I cannot wait to finish it and I know the collectors cannot wait to get it. I will be making their collectors book this week to. Those are hardback coffee table books created of the painting from first sketches to final varnish tied in with some family contributions. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Pit of your Stomach They say the 'pit of your stomach' is where fear or nervousness strikes first. Fear seems to be the thing that holds us back from enjoying our life or trying new things. Fear keeps some of us on the run. Terry has always said fear controls nations. Fear controls people in masses.  Post Game Mayhem Kentucky Let's face it, fear controls individuals daily. We empower others to control us ...