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Night Descent - How many Horses do you see?

Night Descent The painting on my easel is of white horses descending a snowy mountain at night.   How many horses can you find? © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2026 Night Descent from Snowy Mountain Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   The painting on my easel is of white horses descending a snowy mountain at night. The word descent often sounds negative in today’s world — as if moving downward means failure. Yet in life and in art, descent can mark the beginning of deeper growth. Any journey requires both ascent and descent. There have been seasons in my own life that felt like stepping backward before moving forward. Faith reminds me that God is present in both directions. Surrender is difficult, but letting go often clears the way for something stronger to rise. In the studio, I paint with a palette knife, moving thick oil paint across the canvas and allowing the work to evolve. The horses descend, but they are still in...

Strength

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Strength Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Good morning. .. I am on a wild swing in the studio... battling direction, seeking color, contrast and a different approach. Have not given up yet!  Your life is like that is many ways... the layers of experience, the moves made to go different directions and the choice of people you are with in life.   Revelation 1:18 "I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. some wind." I was also reading in Streams of the Desert this morning... It is really important in life to know your direction and to know our Lord God and Jesus.  If you are walking with Him, please share the message and help others find their way before it is too late. George Mueller's writings are strong: "  Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown ...

Lost in Color

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Lost in Color Oil on Canvas  Available  by Laurie Pace   This painting is almost complete and soon  will be heading to Santa Fe to a new Gallery representing my work.  I will be sharing more in the next few weeks. Waiting for dry surfaces and pick up day by Art Delivery van is the 2nd of December. Then it will be on it's way to Santa Fe. How many horses can you see?   I have two more canvas sketched out and one already on the easel to start tomorrow morning.   💜💛💚💙 The last day of Indian Summer here in Texas. Tomorrow the cooler weather will arrive . We will at least be in the fifties during the day and in the low forties at night. I am ready for it and perfectly timed with Thanksgiving.   Much to be thankful for with this special American holiday.  We are thankful every day for waking up and walking with the Lord. It will not be our enti...

Summer Horse 10

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Summer Horse 10 Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Good morning. . . late to the studio but thought I would blog quickly! This is a painting from a few years ago. I chose to post it because I loved the placement of shapes throughout the piece and the exchange and anticipation of colors woven through the composition. It is sold but I am gearing up for painting the rest of this week.  A generous person will prosper;  whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. Proverbs 11:25 Refreshed... it is supposed to be fall and we are definitely still bordering 90s.  Hoping for a break in the next week.  Still having to water our trees and flowers because of drought and we still have to watch being outside because of Air Quality Alerts.  Share a hug and a smile today if you can. It will bring a smile if you do!  My husband leaned across the breakfast table...

Push Against the Wind

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Push Against the Wind 12 x 12 Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   This is one of my favorites from a few years go.  How it cam out of me I am not sure...but I love it as much today as I did creating it.  It sold right away after I completed it.   I have been working at my easel last week and experimenting with approaching an older piece never finished. It is alway fun to do this as the base is on it and I can push any direction.  Are you starting to think about Christmas Gifts?  It is time.  I will try to do some small things in the next few weeks for affordable gift!  Proverbs 18:16 " A Gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great."  Here is to the week ahead my friends. House is in turmoil as we made changes to go with another installer for our fireplace.  Hubby and I are both worn out.  I am in the midst of ...

Sunset Crossing

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Sunset Crossing 28 x 42 inches Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   I actually visited the collector that has this painting and totally fell in love with it onsite with a beautiful frame. This was created several years ago and the frame was custom made to pick up the golds in the painting. Enjoy the eye candy! Ready to do commissions! Reach out on my website, Commissions “Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, ‘Don’t be afraid; just believe.'”  Mark 5:36 Feels like Tuesday... but I know it is Monday afternoon. Second night last night of a short amount of sleep. I am looking forward to an early shower and climbing into bed!! The weather is what we call an Indian Summer, meaning the temps are in the nineties and the nights are in the low seventies. Couple more weeks and we will have the hint of fall with temps in the sixties at night! I am excited and ready.  Mak...

Golden Clouds Gathering

© Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2025 Golden Clouds Gathering Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   I was flying through the search engines on Duck Duck Go   and I came across many paintings dating back to 2005 era that I do not have because of my PC crashing.  This was one of them.  I will be sharing them both here and on my website blog.  Perhaps digging more each day. I did a series of maybe 5-7 paintings of gatherings of horses with lots of color.  This one gave me goose bumps to see the color combos!  Enjoy the 'eye candy' of older paintings! “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” – Psalm 139:23-24 This is short today. I have a class starting in a few moments and wanted to get this published before it starts. I am still in my exercise clothes, so this is brief today! What is the bigg...