Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Sold. Lady L Third Birthday by Oma ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.” ― Kalu Ndukwe Kalu This will be the new change... I will probably only blog once a week, maybe twice if things are happening. I want to share more in less time.  I am helping a friend as she begins something she has dreamed about for years. Too soon to share the details, but her commitment to God and waiting till it was His timing and not hers, is amazing testimony in itself.   I believe always in giving and sharing of the gifts God has created in you. A

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 By the Sea .  Sold  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea, and the heart of the great ocean sends a thrilling pulse through me.”  ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow This is one of my older paintings of a group of five siblings.  I have not painted children in years and really miss it. I shake my head in disbelief that the older two have to be maybe 16 now?  Wow. Time flies. Life is spinning by so fast. Do you get nervous before a trip?  I am always dreading the whole event until I begin packing and getting everything together...and THEN... you get in the car or on the plane and go go go. The

The Boys by Texas Artist Laurie Pace 8 x 10  Oil on Board Had to interrupt the longhorn progress to share this. It was painted last month for someone's birthday and I promised the husband that ask me to paint it that I would not put it up on the blog until after she opened it.    ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      It flashed across Facebook. It was one of those images of yellow with printing on it and no referral to where the origin was.  The message was deep for such few letters in finding happiness: "Free your heart from hatred.   Free your mind from worries.  Live Simply.  Give more.   Expect less." Words to share, Laurie A Texas Artist Laurie Pace " If my people, who are called by my name,  will humble  themselves and pray and seek my face  and turn  from their wicked ways, then I will hear 

'IN PROGRESS' 11 x 14 Oil on Canvas commissioned painting... in progress  Contact me for commissioned work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards Brr Baby it's cold outside.  I was working on this painting and still several layers more to go on adjusting colors, I am working from Iphone pictures.   The hair is throwing me from the soft filtered light... so I had to walk away from it yesterday. I was so chilled yesterday afternoon  I climbed into bed under the comforter to warm up and fell asleep watching Oprah .  Terry thawed out some speg. sauce from the freezer and surprised me with a hot dinner. I fell asleep early last night, so I am pretty rested as I write. This morning Rita is dropping off three dozen extra large eggs...I may have to paint eggs today.  We will have coffee ready and something good...Have to think about what I will make.  Am debating on making