Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Solitary Horse' 20 x 30 inches  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009  A different blog today!  Reflections of yesterday ...Christmas Day.   With the coming of the new year I tend to have thoughts of what to change or fix in my life. Improvements for the NEW ME.  Yes, even after all these years there is always hope.  The day did not start out well yesterday and that probably began my thought process or set the stage for it.  My male dog, Paddy, decided to "mark" my bookcase in the studio. Mind you this is a six foot tall book case crammed full of artbooks from my teaching... old masters, current artists, periodicals, magazines etc etc.  Needless to say, the bottom shelf is toast. What is usually on the bottom shelf?   The large heavy collector books.  This dog is 6 years old.  He has never done this before... he must be pretty mad at...

'White Stallion Rules' 30 x 30 inches  Oil on Canvas SOLD TODAY Just as I finished cleaning my Palette Knife. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 A quick note to add today... I uploaded my newest 2010 edition of Treasures of the Heart to the publisher this morning.  I will post the link for you to purchase your copy.  If you want a signed copy, you will have to contact me for additional information. Click the picture or click HERE to purchase a copy. The Painting :  Deep rich colors created the softly blended background. When my husband saw it in person here in the studio he stopped with a "Woaw" and he does not do that often.  It relates back to the thought wild horse in nature, nature in wild horse. That is what you see and feel in this piece. The Thought : This is the fourth Sunday in Advent today.  We will be lighting our fourth candle in our advent wr...

'Gentle Woman' 24 x 24  Oil on Canvas SOLD COMMISSIONED PAINTING Contact me to commission something for your home. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting :  She asked me to paint something special and this is not quite done, but enough to share it with you.   http://www.spiritandsong.com/compositions/1529   This is one of the songs I listened to as I began to paint "Gentle Woman".  Her nephew is also a classical Pianist and he has some inspiring music that he has written and performed on this link.  http://derekremes.com/?page_id=4   When I do commission paintings I like to listen to the music that is the favorite of the collector wanting the painting.   She made it easy.... The Thought:   God guides us to different doors to open in our lives at different times of life.   Sometimes we open the door and sometimes we don't.  More often I think we don't.  We t...