Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Figurative Painting  Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “But they say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true.” ― Walt Disney Company, 12 Princess Stories As a whole, children are a natural expression of joyful spirit. They dream and pretend play and create worlds that are full of love and joy. As adults, we may not play as often as children but we still can play in moments of joyful abandon.  Age does not always have to count. SMILE... BREATHE in JOY.. the pure joy of being alive.  This painting was done back in 2010 of a pretty little princess in waiting from Denton, Texas. "So I commend enjoyment,

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough..” ― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook I might have to do a repaint of this one. Not sure where my original photo is, but  a new sketch might provide new thoughts and i would love to see how I approach a second paint on it.  Not often in life do we get 'second chances'.  When God does allow a 

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 In Progress Painting   Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?” ― Anaïs Nin Well I posted this close up to give you an ideas of the looseness I want but sadly the face did not arrive there. I will post the entire painting tomorrow. It is hanging drying and things could change but my granddaughter loves it like it is.  So I do not know... if I will work on it more or not at this point.  I am using oils and loving the freedom I am achieving it on most of the canvas... just not the face.  (Insert sad smiley face)    But I hav

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Progress Painting the Curtsey  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” ― Albert Einstein This is how this painting has evolved. The face is still too defined but I want to concentrate on the whole of the body of the painting. The skirt of the dress may not get much more and lots of the canvas will remain unpainted... untold... the story needs to be filled in by the viewer.  Not sure how far to play with it and not ruin the attempt. Face looks too much like a mask.  "who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Painting in Progress  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ― George Bernard Shaw Time to share a journey.. but just the basics over a few days.  It began with a drawing of my eldest granddaughter from two years ago... but I am not a figurative painter anymore... what was can no longer be and I am pushing to go a different direction and I know this painting will not reach it but it will be a stepping stone to where I need to go. Suddenly my tightness has jumped in overcharge. This may take months of painting several pieces to get where my heart is pull

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Size: 24 x 36  Acrylic on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “A party without cake is just a meeting” ― Julia Child I smiled a huge smile when I received an email from someone I did not know... and this painting was attached to it.  It was gifted to them by a good friend in exchange for something the person had done to help them. It was unexpected but the good friend knew how much the person was attracted to the painting.  The person searched for me and found my website. It was one of mine... entitled "Prom".  Painted during my pop art period;  I loved the simplicity of painting this group of pieces. They all tol

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Sold Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”  ― Mark Twain I love this quote by Mark Twain.  Lying seems to be interwoven into our lives in American society and I truly wish we lived cleaner and had better principles in place. What are we teaching the next generation?  Life here is busy still. I am literally blogging on the fly this morning. It is Monday morning at 9:40 and I always blog by 10.  SO typing away quickly.  The painting above was painted back in early spring of 2009 or 2010.  Right now my paints are semi packed away and the studio is clean. REALLY cl

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Wedding  Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just i