Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Bathed in Gold Purchase a Print Acrylic on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Lately, my heart has been drawn to the idea of being lighter in how we live our lives. We live in a society fueled by billions of dollars in advertising, and nowhere is it more visible than during the holiday season. How that aligns with the birth of Jesus, I will never understand. Yet, this time of year especially, we seem to feel the pressure to need more, buy more, spend more. In reality, all that spending and buying doesn’t bring freedom—it brings more stuff. And the more stuff we accumulate, the heavier life becomes. Bulging drawers and closets. Utility rooms overflowing. Kitchen cabinets crammed full. Pantries stuffed. Linen closets where things tumble out when you open the door. So I find myself asking two questions: Why do we feel such a need to spend money? And why do we feel so depressed and weighed down after...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Mare and Foal Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   "Always be humble and Gentle. Be Patient, bearing one another in love." Ephesians 4:2    HURRY This time of year finds everyone in a hurry. The days feel shorter, the lists longer, and patience thinner than we’d like to admit. From an artist’s perspective, I notice how quickly we move past one another without really seeing what’s in front of us. We rush to judgment just as easily as we rush through our errands. The mother struggling to manage three children climbing out of a shopping cart while balancing a newborn in a carrier becomes a moment of irritation instead of a moment of empathy. We ask ourselves why the children won’t listen, without considering how full her hands—and her heart—might already be. What about the elderly man at the checkout, slowly unloading his basket, each movement careful and deliberate. In our hurry, ...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Topaz Eyes  B y Laurie Pace  Purchase at InterFusion Art Santa Fe, New Mexico Holidaze With just over a week until Christmas, our home feels calm—at least for the moment. This season always brings memories of years past: grandchildren icing sugar cookies, warm cinnamon rolls made from my grandmother’s recipe, and family gathered together. Christmas Eve meant chili, cornbread, and music filling the house as my youngest son and I played guitars and sang carols. Over time, traditions changed. We moved to a smaller home, our children took on hosting holidays, and our house grew quieter. While change is part of life, it isn’t always easy. We miss the laughter, the noise, and the simple joy of grandchildren running through the house. The holidays also remind us of loved ones who are no longer with us. For many, this season can bring both gratitude and grief. As we grow older, caring for ourselves becomes more...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 True Color Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   What is your purpose in life each day? Most mornings I wake up with a list of to do things that cannot be completed.  Question is, are they purposeful things, or just piles of things that even if small, it sucks up 30 min or more.  Philippians 2:1-2  " Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,   2  then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind." I have to admit the number of emails I trash everyday is out of control.  I really need to take the two hours and unsubscribe to most of them. The other things that sucks up too much time is Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Once you start rolling... you are gone and lo...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Sun Stretch Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Romans 8:28  “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” "So much to do and so little time.” I think it. I say it. I live it. As a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an artist, a musician, a writer, a website builder, a bookkeeper, a cook, a maid, a counselor, a teacher, a planner—and whatever else the day requires—that phrase runs constantly through my mind and out of my mouth. But what is missing? God. This morning, as I woke from a good night’s sleep, I allowed only a brief thought to yesterday. It was not a productive day by any stretch of the imagination. Nothing went as planned. The day turned sideways and upside down. Family came to visit, schedules unraveled, and we didn’t sit down to lunch until 6:30 in the evening. It was one of tho...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Deep Red in Rage Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Deep Red in Rage...  Posting late today at 5:30, but still need to clean up the studio from painting. I painted and then piled more paint and then washed the canvas off late last night. The first layer was acrylic and way better than the oils... Then I go back and look at what I had before I did it.  Red Rage is not that painting... but I am in a period of finding my rhythm in front of the easel.  Enjoy the lush color!!! "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." John 3:17 I’ve spent a lot of time in Revelation this week. Something stirred deep within me—my “eyes of the heart” seemed to open, allowing me to see things I had missed in previous studies. As a teenager, Revelation felt like a frightening book. But it really isn’t, once you understand wh...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 He'n and She'n Oil on Canvas  SOLD  by Laurie Pace   Color everywhere!   I do have a sale to my subscribed group on my website, and if you are not signed up, I am sorry.  This painting was on it, but no longer.  Half of the paintings that were on sale are spoken for.  I know all the families with little ones are going a bit crazy in anticipation of the holidays and their hope on Santa Claus.  My blog on my website today was pretty heavy on Revelation 21 ... the entire chapter.  Do not forget the true reason for this season. Short blog as it is after 12 noon and I need to be painting. Have spent the morning with work and the sale and with blogging on my website. Have you noticed how close the numbers are on my blog?  I only bring this up at the hundred thousand mark and the one in between at hundred fifty mark.  40,000 away from 400K .  Excited. Tryi...