Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Moonlight Crossing 3 ft by 4 ft  Oil on Canvas   Mirada Fine Art with Special Pricing. Contact Steve. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Praying for others. Circumstances in life happen. They happen to all of us. Sharing a prayerful life that includes the needs of others.  We have to look beyond the temporary that surrounds us and focus on God's perfection... God's perfection for each of us. The power is among us and as we gather together that power is multiplied. This is the presence of Christ.  Honoring His presence in others and lifting them up.  No matter where you are today or what you are doing... stand in line and pray for others. At the next red light, pray for others. Every moment offers the opportunity to bless others and pray for them. You are enfolded in love... Words of my Heart, Laurie "I pray that... Christ

Midnight Sun Dance 24 x 30 Oil on Canvas   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie       My Blog    My Website     Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards      The Five Graces     The Artists of Texas      Daily Painters      Contemporary Fine Art International    Artists of Texas Blog     Daily Painters of Texas Blog     GALLERY LINKS Mirada Fine Art Denver CO ,   The Rare Gallery Jackson Hole WY   The Dutch Art Gallery Dallas TX   Our House Gallery El Dorado Hills CA   SR Gallery Hong Kong     Gillian Jones Gallery Ohio

Unnamed Horse Painting  24 x 48 inches  Oil on Canvas   I have begun this commissioned painting and am working closely with the collector on the presketch. He approved the paper sketch and this is the canvas with a light coat of acrylic paint and the horses drawn on in charcoal. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Taking the First Steps We were watching a documentary on Netflix called BUCK and it was about a horse trainer.  The demonstration of how to lead a horse that is not wanting to budge was  a good lesson in how to deal with others in your life.  If you have been trying to train a horse and you firmly grab the lead rope and pull to get them to move that is definitely wrong.  Buck encouraged grasping the rope and gently taking up slack NOT trying to move them. It has to be their idea. Artist Debbie Lincoln Seems true with people.  We are jerked around

Sketch for Horse Painting 24 x 48 inches ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Sharing the gifts... On Monday night I attended a Girl Scout meeting. I had not been to one of those since I was Stacey's girl scout leader many years ago. It was my honor to work with these  incredible young scouts with a project and a sharing of my work and history.  With me came paints, canvas, brushes and a story about a box. We talked about doing things backwards. We talked about closing ourselves into a box and how we could not see anything altho we could still hear things. We talked about gifts from God. We talked about donuts and donut holes. (Positive and negative space) Main idea was to paint the canvas with lots of color...and while it was drying I told them about myself and my art.  Then we came back to the semi dry canvas with color.  We blocked out th

Journey Horse Painting Progresses 28 x 42 inches  Oil on Canvas   The overlays on the blue were the next step in this  Journey. Today I will be adding layers of oil and more color . ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Healing Injuries of the flesh take time to heal. When our youngest son was in a near fatal car accident, it took over a year to get him back on course....and even then there was fall out from the accident that affected his life for the next ten years. Injuries of that magnitude leave a vulnerable place in our lives. All health challenges create that same vulnerability.  Often we cannot be healed in this lifetime and we must have faith in God to walk through our lives beside us with these illnesses or injuries.  Through our faith and His abiding strength we can make the best of each day.  Believe you are perfect just as you are at t

The Journey Begins 28 x 42 inches  Oil on Canvas   Blue base is on the canvas... The horse is drawn out for the painting. Color in layers will be added next. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      The Foundation When times are rough and you feel pretty beat down, you hold on for dear life. You pray hard that you are rooted strong enough to withstand the blow. What keeps your rooted? What is your foundation? If you lost everything you had right now... materialistically, would you survive? If you lost your family right now, would you survive? When winds are calm it is easy to pray and feel secure in your faith. When the wind picks up, your foundation in life will be tested.  Putting God's truth into your day and sharing it will strengthen your foundation. God is with you no matter what storm hits. You are protected.  It does not mean you cannot lose

Then Came Three Sold at Mirada Fine Art 8 x 10 inches of thick oil painted with a palette knife  for this colorful horse painting.  ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012 Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Thoughts from the Road We made a short/long trip to see the kids yesterday...there and back. Five hours total driving time.  One of those love hate things of being on the road, but knowing it is rare for the family to gather in one place. It helped that our son-on-law Larry was whipping up some healthy chicken chili. It was the thought that kept us coming... that and playing with Lady L. As we left Mount Vernon, Terry had on a variety of political talk shows.  That alone is a retreat into prayers or other thoughts for me. Everything gets hashed and bashed on the TV and I truly did not want to hear it for two and 1/2 hours in the car yesterday morning. But I did. The saving part was as we hit the edge of Dalla

Rocky Mountain High Available at Mirada Fine Art Denver CO . 24 x 30 inches of incredibly thick paint applied with a palette knife.  If you love it, contact Steve and he will price this one out special for you coming through this blog. Tell him you saw it here for New Year 2012 Pricing.   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie       The Balancing Act I know I drive my husband crazy when we hang things in the house.  Finding that same balance in life is almost as crazy.  With TP working for American for 23 years you become aware of the need for balance and strick attention to detail. How do we get there in our personal lives?  We are faced with the magnitude of our 'society' our 'jobs' and our 'families'.  Further down on the list is church and God.  I am learning now it does not work that way. There is no balance, only frustration

Progression on Horse in Snow 24 x 30 inches Hope to finish this horse painting today!  ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Perfect Order? Not sure it exists in my world, but it is suppose to be there. God promises His perfect order. As the days and weeks unfold things never go the way we think they should go. We all struggle with God's way as it happens, trying desperately to make it 'right' the way we think it should be. One of my favorite chores is folding wash. I have so much control. I am very particular about things being folded in the proper manner to fit in the drawer neatly.  God has His particular way too and we fight Him all the time.  He is unfolding in our lives the path He has chosen for us. It is never neatly packaged because we are human and always tinkering with our own lives and those in our family. If we would stop and

Cannot Remember the Name... but I remember the day I painted it. It was a Sunday morning early before Church and I was pulling ribbons of color.  24 x 30 inches  Oil on Canvas    SOLD ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011  Contact me for your own commissioned painting : Laurie       Oh What  A Day I truly debated on my feelings last night. I was in my studio cleaning up and a group of children and some parents arrived at the pond behind our house. Part of the pond is our property, part is with the lot across the pond, which belongs to our Home Owners Association.  This is a gorgeous neighborhood of high end homes in the millions on this lake.  Ours is quite a bit simpler as we are next to the lake but not on it.  It is also a gated community. I love watching children fishing in the pond with parents as it warms my heart to see time spent with young ones...but late yesterday caught me totally by surprise as one of the men in the group basically

Descent from Snowy Mountain 18 x 27 inches Oil on Canvas Available now on Cfai.co with gorgeous close ups! CLICK HERE    ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or  to purchase this piece: Laurie       I just realized the number of visitors I have had to my blog this year...over 204,800 visits!    The Joy of New...  A new year. A first for me in years that I do not have that huge list of things to do and change. A first year that weight loss was not primary on the top of the list.  A first year that I did not write out a long list of things to add or change in my life. WHY? Because this past year I have gained some insight in dropping much of the worry. I have kept 16 pounds off for full year and I am ready to drop five more. I am getting better at it. I still fail. :^(   But I get back on my knees and realign myself with God.  My prayer for you my friends is to find peace and happiness in th