Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

At the Races? Not for long...visit back tomorrow to see where this painting journeyed to. I turned a corner and climbed out of the box again. I use to paint nudes like these only usually one per painting... but then I decided to just paint today and this is the direction it went. I want to explore it more and see what else I can do with people. Maybe the next one won't be nudes exactly but just figures. BUT it does not stay like this so come back tomorrow to see how it evolves...from here. I decided it was too harsh to abrasive for me. While it stands up well in Photoshop, I had a day to study it, I read a book or two and came back and it is different for tomorrows blog.   24 x 36 inches  Oil on Canvas   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011  Sample of a nude from my collections of past paintings.    Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Crowded Spaces ...

Little Yellow Flowers Backyard Blooms Gallery Series 2011 Yellow Daisies Oil Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace 5 x 7 inches Oil on Gesso Board     ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      ROUNDING CORNERS IN LIFE I have to laugh as I began to think about this subject for the blog this morning. It is one of my last images of Lady L on her bike with Bampa behind her helping her round her first corner. She had been riding very well in a straight line but we were introducing turns and rounding corners, something she had to practice to negotiate without tipping over. Square corners in life are all about efficiency and control. Ninety degrees is ninety degrees and a square corner is a square corner...but what does that mean about rounding corners?  When you look back at this past week or past month of your life there are probabl...

'Flight' 24 x 24  Oil/Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie Click the image for close up shots and more description.  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting :  It began looking like a dove in flight and using some of my newer palette colors for November: Then came the overlays of oils and the final layers to finish this unique piece.  While I encourage the study of art of others artists, I do not encourage imitating.  Robert Genn talks often in his newsletters about the need for an artist to find their own unique creative style. This cannot come from imitation of other artists.   From Robert Genn's last letter:  "Esoterica: The more I study the successes of self-actualized artists, the more I come to understand how they value themselves. People with a decent amount of self-esteem tend to find quality within their work and within their lives. It's this trust of the universe ...