Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

BLUE MOON © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2026 Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Sometimes an older painting arrives at exactly the right moment. You can read this and click through to see the final painting.  This morning I rediscovered Blue Moon , one of my favorite wolf paintings, along with every process photograph from its creation. Looking through those images reminded me that every painting begins with uncertainty and grows one layer at a time. That couldn't have come at a better moment. A fresh canvas is waiting in my studio today, and perhaps that's the lesson we all need from time to time—to trust the process, begin anyway, and discover where the journey leads. Visit my Studio Stories to see Blue Moon and the story behind rediscovering both the painting and a little encouragement along the way.     ELLE SEO: Wolf Painting • Palette Knife Art • Contemporary Wildlife Art • Oil Paintin...

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 Good People - 60 x 90 inches Oil on Canvas  by Laurie Pace - Available at Mirada Fine Art or through my website.  Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.” C. Joybell C. The Painting 🖌 The Good People is the very last one I will paint in this series. I believe I have maybe 8 or 9 variations out there in different sizes, all inspired once again by Jack Johnson and the song, "Where did all the good people go?"  Using the abstract pull of my palette knife in downward strokes, the contemporary painting celebrates color representing the people. This palette pull of color is something seen in my horse paintings dating back to fall 2006. Contemporary Paint...

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2020 Wishing You Were Here  8 x 8 Oil on Panel  Daily Paintings   by Laurie Pace   Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   I painted yesterday!  I did not start the dogs. I did a small 8 x 8 horse painting... the one above, as a Daily Painting.  It is available at $199.  The dog painting will begin today.  Slow progress on stamina.  I stood cleaning up mess before I could even do this painting.  By one in the afternoon I was pretty well ready to eat some lunch and break for the day. It was Saturday after all. I truly won't do much on the dog painting today.  I may finish the etching or begin with a light under coat to knock out the white canvas.  Pretty sure I will use oil.   What do you like to do on Sundays?   We still cannot attend church, or really safely go out to eat....

   © 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 2020 A Time to Plant Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “ Words are like seeds, I think, planted into our hearts at a tender age. They take root in us as we grow, settling deep into our souls. The good words plant well. They flourish and find homes in our hearts. They build trunks around our spines, steadying us when we’re feeling most flimsy; planting our feet firmly when we’re feeling most unsure. But the bad words grow poorly. Our trunks infest and spoil until we are hollow and housing the interests of others and not our own. We are forced to eat the fruit those words have borne, held hostage by the branches growing arms around our necks, suffocating us to death, one word at a time. ” Tahereh Mafi Are you preparing your beds for spring and summer? We keep ours prepared all year around.  After the scorching summer heat, only mums can grow to the ...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017 Photography by Terry Pace ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “ I didn't belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I'd known that one day my differentness would be an asset, then my early life would have been much easier.” ― Bette Midler I was reading recently an article from becoming minimalist on why self-worth is more important than net-worth. Today in our world it always seems to 'matter' about the net-worth and who can collect the most toys. As an artist, your value seems to be dictated by your gallery representation and the image you portray online.  We all hav...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Size: 8 x 8  Mixed Media on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. (Matthew 5:14, The Message)”  ―  Anonymous ,  Life is constant change and growing, even at my age.  As we embrace each day, we adjust things around us to complete who we believe we are. People seem to define us by the way we dress, talk or even by what we do.  I find myself evolving in some places, yet holding on to small things from yesterday that I like about myself.  I do not have to become someone "New...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Superhero Grandson ten years ago! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I realize nobody's coming to save me. I must save myself. I must be my own superhero. Although I am open to a sidekick.”  ― Karen Salmansohn I really am painting in the studio... but not sharing some of the work. Promise to get some paintings up that I am playing with right now.  Nothing is impossible... Audrey Hepburn said, "Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm Possible"."  You too can be like a superhero.  When you have something big ahead, do this simple exercise.  Stand ...