Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Bits of Color 8 x 10 inches  Mixed Media Available    by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. " “The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most.”  ― John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice It is pretty obvious by my work that I love color. I have an addiction to color. That addiction means when I walk into a store with clothes... I only see color... not the actual dress, or shirt, or coat. It really is detrimental to my budget. I am successfully working on this shopping addiction to color. When the closet has six black sweaters, four green ones, four white ones, two grey ones, one red one, one orange one, one rose colored one and two navy blue ones... uh oh....and you see it happening with tops and sweats too.   QUESTION: What do you think happens when I walk...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017 In progress... Size: 36 x 36  Mixed Media on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. ” ― Oprah Winfrey When teaching art to middle school students I loved my unit called You-niquley Yours.  We had piles of sugar cookies and lots of icing in colors, tons of decorating bits and piec...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017 Joy in the Journey    Size: 30 x 40  Mixed Media on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” ― Stephen R. Covey Is there turmoil in your life? Do you feel like the years are tumbling by and you are wasting away as you grow older? Do you live with feelings of guilt and condemnation? Is there a void of peace in your life?  Are you enjoying your life? Most folks I know, including myself, have this weird 'trust'...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017  Size: 30 x 40  Mixed Media on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”  ― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose I love joyful moments. While I wish I had them 24 - 7, I realize I could not appreciate the joyful moments without knowing what the sad moments of despair. You cannot appreciate love without knowing hate.  What I cannot figure out though, is why we tend to get so lost in the negative that it often eats away at us. That is whe...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017  Size: 30 x 40  Mixed Media on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice The workshop was a few weeks ago.  It was definitely an eye opener. Carol led the class by demonstrating how she starts a painting...and then turned us loose. My friend Sheryl and I sort of sat there... we picked up our 'rollers' and rolled on with the morning.  There was frustration and timid...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017 Running Colors After the Rain   Size: 3 x 4  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.” ― E.Y. Harburg This is it, the final painting. I hauled it outside for pictures in the shade so the lighting would be as close to normal as I could. I hope you find the story as you look at this piece. There are many story lines woven into the surface and it is part of who I am throughout a discovery journey in painting.  I remain at a standstill at the momen...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017  Size: 3 x 4 ft painting in progress  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.” ― Vivian Greene Can you see Lady L now?  I have brought enough forward to suggest enough for you eyes to find her and actually see her rainboots, her white shorts, her colorful raincoat and the sweet smile on her face and those irresistible eyes.  Do you try and get lost in a crowd only to find yourself? I am doing a lot of this while working on this painting.  Layers and layers...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017  Size: 3 x 4 ft oil on canvas.   Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Another shot of Lady L after I have been adding and subtracting... there are several more close ups to follow this week.  I have begun adding back color and bringing up her presence in the painting. We all seem to want to be noticed in life.  Some of us dress the part, some speak the part, some serve the part. There is not right and wrong in this... it is the part of you tha...