Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

The Race (No. 101) © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2026 Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Some paintings seem to gather new meaning with time. This week I revisited The Race, a palette knife painting created around 2008. Looking at it today, I no longer see horses simply racing across a landscape—I see movement, joy, and the different seasons we all travel through in life. I also spent time beginning a small portrait, discovering once again that sometimes a painting has its own direction if we are willing to slow down and listen. And today I brought back something that has always meant a great deal to me... Painting It Forward. Stop by my Studio Stories to read about The Race, the new portrait taking shape, and why one floral painting may soon begin a new journey.  Elle SEO Words: Palette Knife Horse Painting • Contemporary Western Art • Horse Art • Studio Stories • Oil Painting • Painting It Forward • L...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2024 Joy Run  8 x 8 Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   ***** Calendars for 2025 are ready at Magcloud and 25% off through 2 Dec 2024. Use BF2024  The links are in the side bar right up at the top, one for the Horses and one for the Flowers. ***** BRR cold in North Texas yesterday and today. .   Terry and I took a trip out to Paradise TX and saw our dear friend Karen. She is a fellow artist with me and she also gives us a quick haircut with the visit. She is talented.  I will be working on her website and share some of her work as I do that this next few weeks.  The cold front moved in early yesterday plunging us in the high twenties last night with a freeze and today it was still cold.   We had a great time today with one of our grandsons and took him and friend to eat Pizza in Solana at our favorite Italian place and then to the infamous Ice Cream and Candy s...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018  The Paint   Sold   Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Keep your mind open .... it is the only way new things can get in."  Colleen Hoover, Slammed. What does this mean?  Keeping an open mind is one of the hardest things to do. We always seen to have an opinion on something and we want to be heard. If you are as strong willed as I am, often I do not hear what the other person is saying because I am preplanning how I am going to phrase what I want to say to them, making it impossible for me to hear anything from anyone else. ...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Fourth Day of Christmas and it is not Four Calling Birds! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I heard the bells on Christmas Day  Their old, familiar carols play,  And wild and sweet   The words repeat  Of peace on earth, good-will to men!” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow A BAG TODAY!  One of my very favorite things to share with you. They are available to buy online...but today's Fourth Day Give Away goes to Shelia Carlson!!  Shouting out to you this morning Shelia!! Another SURPRISE for me. Shelia has been a collector of my work for many years!...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Painted Pony Size: 8 x 10  Acrylic on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “And the seasons they go 'round and 'round And the painted ponies go up and down. We're captive on the carousel of time We can't return we can only look behind From where we came And go round and round and round In the circle game.” ― Joni Mitchell, The Circle Game If you notice on the merry go round... all the horses move in syncopation up and down to the music. None of them move off beat.  It is harmonious and graceful.  As we are partnered in life with friends, s...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Size: 8 x 10 Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”  ― Søren Kierkegaard Countless prayers have been prayed through my lips and heart of my early years asking so many times for things to happen or turn out a certain way.  As I grew and matured I began to recognize the importance of praying and listening.  Listening is the biggest part of any relationship.  When you are considering it one with God, are you listening or just asking? ...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Horse 6 Sold Size: 8 x 8  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Promise Yourself" To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to ...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Horse 3 2012 Size: 8 x 8  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Peace begins with a smile..” ― Mother Teresa I believe if I took a poll of my readers about 'peace' in their lives, I might discover that peace is rare.  As I write often, we tend to chose the other path away from peace each day.  Perhaps this day you could think about it and find peace today. Peace begins inside of you. You can be peaceful and calm in the midst of the storm. Take yourself to a silent place and reconnect with peace.  Meditation or having a mantra helps but you h...