Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2024 Girl on Piano Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Our prayers are with the southeastern Gulf coast as a hurricane approaches. We have family and friends in this area. This painting was a more impressionistic piece than the Girl on Piano pieces from 2008-2010.  It is the tilt of the head and the precious lift of the hand with the outer small finger delicately angled. Not quite old enough to be using pedals, her feet are crossed below the bench. Back in the day of my lessons and playing in the late fifties and early sixties, young girls wore dresses. I miss those days. I still prefer dresses over pants today... even my studio jeans.  One of my modern girl on Piano pieces.... "Playing for Papa" These make incredible gifts for the holidays using music that is important to you or to the person receiving the gift. In the midst of commissions right now.  I loved play...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Sold Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden This painting is another gift for a friend in Missouri. She has in her home her Grandmother's piano.  She loves my piano girls and I do not do many of them any more... but this one I had to do. It has all her Grandmother's favorite Hymns, including "In the Garden".  Each of these paintings is hand created with songs and verses that are part of the family's life. Are there things that are symbol...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Sound of Music  Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Still working on my 100 horse paintings for this year... small affordable  #horsepainting  #lauriepaceart  #equineart Laurie Pace A Texas Artist   My Blog          My Website          Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards    GALLERY LINKS Mirada Fine Art Denver CO ,   The LaJolla Gallery, LaJolla, CA The Rare Gallery Jackson Hole WY   Robert Kelly...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 He Lives Size: 18 x 24  Mixed Media on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” ― Maya Angelou I was sorting through images for something to post from the past. Usually Mondays are from the past.  I discovered several of my music pieces and it truly moved my heart that I may want to do another one this summer.  I love Maya Angelou's thoughts about crawling into the space between the notes.  I crave my piano and guitar for that same reason.  This morni...

     © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013 Playing for Papa SOLD  These paintings are by commission only. I just realized this is cymk on the image...sorry abou the color. To commission work, please email me. My Blog          My Website          Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards          CFAI.co      GALLERY LINKS Mirada Fine Art Denver CO ,   The Rare Gallery Jackson Hole WY   The White Dog Gallery Carbondale, CO. The Dutch Art Gallery Dallas TX   SR Gallery Hong Kong

Big Black Canvas ? 28 x 42 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD GIFT....for a friend. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      A Grumpy Day? I don't think so. Well yesterday was overcast and dark...with thick fog and altho the day started out good, by early afternoon I was tired and ready to nap. Terry was in a really grumpy mood as he has an injured back. Despite the mood and the back, we took down the Christmas tree and dismantled the decorations on the fireplace mantel and put away the stockings. That alone was a mood setter for sure.  Then came the realization that there are always choices to make new things happen in our lives... my life is under God's authority, not the dark clouds outside.   Choosing peace and prayer I retreated to my studio to work on a painting.  With that peace came a freshness to my work and the light seemed brighter despite t...

'The Violinist' 15 x 30  Mixed Medium on Canvas  Another stunning music piece.  This one is a violinist of the gentlest kind. The music is from Great Grand-daddy Haskell's collection. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 www.lauriepace.blogspot.com www.ellepace.com www.thepaintedpony.ne t The Thought:  I remember the first violin I ever saw...but I don't remember the first one I ever heard.  The voice of a violin is incredibly different.  The strings that sing so sweetly emulate the most beautiful sounds of the human voice. Yet for me they are even better: the ease of the melody sliding and swiftly moving, out plays the ability of the human voice.  There is no way the human voice could match the dancing tones and levels of the strings of the violin in motion. God's grace is the sweet melody offered to each of us.   It emulates His strength and powe...

'The Conductor'  30 x 40 inches, FRAMED Oil on Canvas Available through Guidry Designs Email Julie  and tell her the name of the painting. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010  Here he is framed! The Painting:  This has been slumming around Highland Park in Dallas in multi-million dollar homes being staged and sold. Julie Guidry is a phenomenal decorator.  This piece is available for purchase. The Thought:  I have heard of naming pet ducks lately, along with pet cows and pet donkeys and pet goats...but Terry had me the other morning when we were out feeding the fish.   You know we live on what is commonly referred to in our neighborhood as Catfish Pond.  We have yet to see one in the three months living here.  We have seen them now and Terry has managed to name them.  Feeding the fish brought out the bass and the perch and FINALLY the...

GOD IS LOVE Contemporary Art Child at Piano Mixed Medium Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 16 x 20 inches Antique Music with varnish layers, acrylic layers and more varnish layers. Contact THE DUTCH ART GALLERY to purchase. "When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?" Psalm 56: 3-4 This piece is entitled GOD IS LOVE because that is the music I chose from the collection of antique music from Great Granddaddy Haskell. It often seems in days filled with so much outside stress that much fear builds within each of us. It starts small and begins gnawing away at our confidence and our hope. Eventually it takes over in our every day life and actions. Psalm 56 was written when David was sized by the Philistines. His writings through the Psalms to me are so inspiring because he bears his heart to God. He literally cries out in his pain and his passion as well as in his celebration of his li...

MUSIC MAKER no. 30 Contemporary Art Palette Knife Daily Painting Guitar Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 30 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD Commission Painting Contact me to paint for your home: Laurie This seems to be a favorite painting composition for folks that want a guitar. Each time I repaint this the colors change and the guitar takes on it's own feel. This was requested by a mom for her son's room over his bed. WHAT FUN!!! I believe it is to be a surprise as well and that makes it even neater. Surprises when you least expect it can catch you off guard. Surprise good? Surprise bad? When you are thinking the layers of yesterday, even the "surprise bad" may be a journey to good, so I am thinking better not to differentiate...lets just say SURPRISE. I want to plant a seed today. Trust God with your dreams and He may surprise you. Now it is your turn to figure out your priorities and dreams. Try not to be too "Plan" specific and get down to the...

THE BLUE DANUBE no. 28 Contemporary Art Mixed Medium Child at Piano by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches Acrylic and Varnish Overlays $1850 Contact me with a best offer or commission one the size you need: Laurie "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” - Matthew 7:7-8 Made it through yesterday... and now today I will be pulled between commission work and cleaning house. Oh, throw in making dog food this morning for my hungry dogs and also making fresh chicken and veggie soup with pasta dumplings for dinner....somewhere in there I will paint and try and clean a bit! This painting I finished up yesterday. It is at this moment hanging in a 9 million dollar home as part of its staging for sale. I work with a decorator here in Dallas that does fabulous work. Last summer I did many pieces for her that she has used rotating ...