Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Rock Hard Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Boundaries — Godly Wisdom vs.  Emotional Impulse Boundaries are often misunderstood. Many see them as walls meant to keep people out, when in truth, godly boundaries are designed to protect what matters most. They are not about control or fear, but about wisdom, timing, and discernment. In relationships, emotional impulse can feel convincing. Feelings urge us to open up quickly, explain ourselves fully, or move ahead before understanding has time to settle. Wisdom, however, invites us to slow down. It asks us to listen, observe, and wait. Scripture reminds us of this careful balance: “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”   Proverbs 4:23 When to Open Up Opening up is not wrong. Vulnerability is necessary for meaningful connection. But wisdom teaches us that timing matters. Trust is built gradually...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Three on the Bridge Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   A short blog this morning.... Three on the Bridge was done in April of 2012... when we lived on the lake. This style of painting was quick to vanish out of Mirada Fine Art.  It is time to get busy and paint some horses I do believe! John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”  Much growth in thought over the past 24 months and especially the last month.  How do I know?  The tension has left the house, I am sleeping at night. I am not worried any more... all because I gave it to the Father, and made the decision to not interfere with His plans.  Relying on the Lord and keeping His word and principals are the most important focus of my life.  Shop other Available Artwork.  Sig...

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Visiting and Delivering Paintings  by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. Bless us in whatever experiences this day may bring to each of us. May we plant seeds of blessings to grow in the lives of others. May we have the energy to meet this day and its needs. May we not be distracted by worries. May we each enjoy every single simple quiet moment. Give us honesty and kindness living this day forward.  This beautiful horse Painting hangs in the home of one of my collectors. I was delivering two paintings to her home a week ago, and was thrilled to get to see the other pieces she had hung over the years. The one I’m sharing this morning is one of my favorites. The vivid contrasting colors combined with the horizontal movement of the horses across the water accented by the change of light at sunset, creates tha...

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Rites of Spring 20 x 30  Oils on Canvas © 2010 SOLD  by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked—as I am surprisingly often—why I bother to get up in the mornings.” ― Richard Dawkins I write of color tonight as the world around us is filled with color...both silent color and high bright noisy color. Reading the quote I found that I am in agreement on finding the beauty all throughout the day and night.  The painting a...

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023  Full Circle  24 x 36  Oils on Canvas SOLD from Mirada Fine Art in Denver  by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.” George Eliot  MAY THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN Each of our lives is like a story. Stories usually have a beginning and an end. When you are born and when you die.  In between are small inner paragraphs of stories making up your full life story.  Today many of you can share these short stories from your life... and right now there may be high school teachers, college professors, life coaches, or even headhunters that want the real story of your past including accomplishments, the goals you have achieved, about your first job, or if you are focused on being a leader. They want you to share it all and 'beef it up', evo...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Circle of Love 8 x 8  Oils on Cradled Panel Available    by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. "It comes in steps before you feel the full power of love surrounding you. Same with this painting... I had an odd beginning with acrylic light layers before the oil joined the circle. I chose horses of course and in their true color of spirit... for me the Spirit of the Paint is God and His unfailing love for us. I bring you Circle of Love to start every day with!"  Elle   CIRCLES Circles are important in our lives. I came across an article on circles. Humans are drawn to the shape and even young babies  prefer Circle to straight lines.  A preference for circular shapes is deeply ingrained in all of us from birth.  "A 2011 eye-tracking study found that at five months of age, before they utter a...