Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

      © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2012 the Beta   See close ups here. 20 x 30 inches Acrylic on Canvas.  Contact Steve at Mirada Fine Art to purchase. Words of my Heart This is one of those 'ahah' moments... we always immediately think of ourselves as 'special' as we enter and sit down waiting to see what wonderful food will appear. Our appetites are ready, our stomachs are growling in anticipation.  Read more here...  My Blog     My Website       Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards        The Five Graces      The Artists of Texas        Daily Painters        CFAI.co     Artists of Texas Blog      Daily Painters of Texas Blog     GALLERY LINKS Mirada Fine Art Denver CO ,  ...

©Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2012 Contact  Laurie  for Commission work or to purchase a painting. Summer Horse 99  SOLD By Texas Artist Laurie Pace  Click title or painting to purchase.   32 x 40 inches Oil on Canvas   100 Horses for 100 Days of Summer for $100 each. Horse Paintings from my studio daily through out this summer. One more mixed media for the collection. Vibrant summer colors of August and parts of  a western novel in the background. COMING NEXT: The Paints of Autumn With the arrival of fall comes the Paints of Autumn.  There will only be two or three larger paintings offered each week with the opportunity for you to make your best offer on something that calls to  your heart and home.  I will take offers for 48 hours on each painting and  go with the best offer. These are larger scale paintings on stretched canvas with sides painted simply bl...

©Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2012 Contact  Laurie  for Commission work or to purchase a painting. Summer Horse 23  SOLD By Texas Artist Laurie Pace  8 x 10  inches Oil on Canvas   100 Horses for 100 Days of Summer for $100 each. Horse Paintings from my studio daily through out this summer. I am trying to focus on the joy of painting instead of the heat of summer, so now is the perfect time to collect a Pace Palette Knife Pony. * Some paintings take a few extra days to dry before they can ship. Another Joy...Blooming Roses Satisfy  us in the morning with your unfailing love,       that we may sing for joy  and be glad all our days.  15  Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,      for as many years as we have seen trouble. 16  May your deeds be shown to your servants,      your splend...

©Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2012 Contact  Laurie  for Commission work or to purchase a painting. Summer Horse 19  SOLD Thank you! By Texas Artist Laurie Pace  8 x 8 inches Oil on Canvas   If you keep up with my gallery on CFAI.co these small paintings are posted there before they appear on the blog because of drying time.  You will see what is available first on  www.cfai.co/lauriepace 100 Horses for 100 Days of Summer for $100 each. Horse Paintings from my studio daily through out this summer. I am trying to focus on the joy of painting instead of the heat of summer, so now is the perfect time to collect a Pace Palette Knife Pony. * Some paintings take a few days to dry before they can be shipped. Such a simple joy is listening to Lady L at age 2 playing my piano. Her Bampa on the floor next to her with his WRR T-shirt on. We love classical music at our house. If you look carefully you w...

Progression on Cat and Dog 66 x 86 inches  SOLD I could not take pictures last night as the clouds darkened the room too much. This is not where I stopped but hopefully tomorrow I can snap some updated ones of the dog. I painted the cat furrier so she changed too....    ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie       Unfinished Heart Younger years without fears Strongly striking out the way that pulled Attitude making the difference. Only to realize I was fooled. Taking hits from wrong decisions Emotional devastation taking me apart Backtracking from stepping off the path Always finishing completely with heart. Or was I? Experience has chipped away from my heart Slowly with little pieces bit by bit. As I grew and found my way back to God He helped restore the broken pieces where they fit. ...

Red River Crossing at Sunset   FRAMED  28 x 42 inches Oil on Canvas This happens to be one of my favorite paintings I did this year. It is at Mirada Fine Art in Denver.  There are seven horses in this Contemporary Equine Painting. The contrast of colors bring both energy and balance to the composition.  A perfect gift for that special someone and right now 20% off at Mirada Fine Art for my Paint It Forward.   Steve will work with you to make it happen. Email Steve. or call him: 303.697.9006 Steve can send you an image of the painting in it's frame. It is a contemporary dark gold with deep flecks of red. Customed framed at The Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas, Texas.     ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      The 'Scent' of Fall This week we have found our toes cold as we climbed out of bed. Forty eight degrees. ...

Beginnings of 'Home on the Ranch' 4 ft by 5 ft  Oil on Canvas This is a commissioned painting for an Appaloosa Ranch owner here in Texas You can follow the progress... Contact me. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: I posted the sketches of this piece last week and I began it this week. The Thought:    My thought this morning is finding Joy in every moment. Sounds simple but it definitely a daunting task.  Or is it? All the best plans never work as we think they should and not much joy will abound there. When we lose hope we normally lose joy.  The joy can only be found in the release of the "plans and wounds"  that tie us to these worries.  That is not meant to say you are not responsible in this world as we all are responsible to live today as it counts to our commitments and our direction.  The suggestion is to be open to the joy that is already there. He...

'Born of the Sun' 20 x 30  Acrylic Overlays on Canvas SOLD first day out! Thank you. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  Such expression when I work in values on the color wheel that adjoin each other. There is power in these warm colors...can you feel it working in the painting? The Thought:   I have a thought to give you to ponder... think right now of prosperity.  What really is prosperity?  There are times when you find yourself in a comfy couch or chair or even curled up in bed and you think for a second, "It can't get any better." And of course there are times you are very uncomfortable and you squirm around trying to be still or to relax and you just can't.   You are seeking the comfortable feeling and you can't get there. Sometimes I wonder if you can compare prosperity to this.  It is strictly point of view and not necessaril...

EXPLOSIVE FURY Contemporary Modern Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD I am surrounding by a huge pile of TO DO's on my desk. Not sure if painting or cleaning comes first! I decided to do the blog first. THEN jump in and paint. Then I will clean off my desk. I am trying to get organized. This is an explosive painting that evolved this weekend. I finished it up last night. Colors pulling in the down direction created a mighty force on the surface. I was working also on a small commission piece of a little one (Dog) named Sugar. I almost have Sugar finished too. My next commission piece is of a young girl playing in an orchestra at the Meyerson. Her Mom sent me pics from home but the ones from actually being on stage are unbelievable. Terry's cousin Sandra came to visit yesterday. We worked in the plants out in the garden room for most of the day. I prepared pasta and meat sauce with fresh salad and hot bread with cheese, tomatoes and garlic on it! Yummm. Leftov...

FURY 8 x 10 x 2 inches Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas A Painting a Day Egads...I am sunburned. I took the morning off and went swimming, rather floating, with my neighbor. I haven't take a break from the studio for something enjoyable like that in a LONG TIME. Well I am paying for it. I have the skin type that is winter white, but once I am in the sun I am a brown berry. Well, it has been years since I have been out floating around and I forgot to think about sunscreen because I figured I would only be there a short time. Well three hours later I raced home to handle stuff with the wreck and lawyers etc and didn't take the time to shower until after dinner. I am burned. White strap marks and all! It may be a rough weekend. This painting is another one of my smaller pieces, studies for larger paintings. I am taking watercolors on the trip. I have to really rethink my stuff because we may be flying. Still trying to figure that one out. Less stuff can come with me! I am he...

TIGHT TURN Oil on Canvas 18 x 27 inches A Painting A Day Click here to bid! It is MONDAY shipping day. Terry is out in the garage, totally sprayed down with Organic Bug Spray with LOTS of citronella in it! HUMMM, smells good! We were up early this morning, I think it was five, and we enjoy the quiet together with good drink, he had hot coffee with Bailey's Irish creme and I had peppermint tea! We still have not had breakfast yet and it is nine a.m. I will be stirring something up in a few minutes...he is out making boxes!~ Texas heat has turned my painting time inside out!! But the painting above is soft and lively despite the outside temperatures. Painted from some photos I took last fall, this little girl is out for a romp. When I paint I want my horses to explode with action and color...for you to FEEL the energy coming from them through my painting! Grace to you all, Laurie “I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.”—P...

PICASSO PONY Acrylic on Canvas A Painting a Day Maybe I should have entitled this BAD HAIR DAY!~ Actually played with this one several weeks ago trying out some new underlays with impasto....and in person it is pretty cool. I set it in the dry room and forgot about it. I found it last night and decided I loved the movement after all! Today I am going to finish up some red flowers that are a commission piece and start a new piece exploring another area in painting that I dabbled in last year in the spring. I am anxious to push new limits and explore more. Here is something interesting I read this morning: Something to think and pray about this week There is a story from the desert fathers. A certain brother came to the abbot Moses seeking a word from him. The old man said, "Go and sit in your cell, and your cell will teach you everything." The ability to sit still, in silence, with nothing except the silence (not even a mobile phone or the sound of music), really does frig...