Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

It's all about First Instincts on the Canvas © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2026 First Impression Oil on Canvas   by Laurie Pace   It's more about taking Chances Every painting begins with instinct. Are you ready to take the chance? See the original blog with the first painting evolving into this one on my studio blog. The Link is below.  This small piece, First Impression , started with loose palette knife movement and two emerging horses. But as the paint developed, the composition shifted into something stronger — a single horse with more presence and determination. Painting often mirrors life. What we see at first glance rarely tells the whole story. Whether meeting someone new or stepping into a new experience, understanding grows only when we give it time and space. That discovery is part of what makes painting so exciting. Read the full studio story and see the painting here.   Have a beautiful T...

The  Running Colors After the Rain There are pieces of life that quietly find their way into our paintings. © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2026 Running Colors After the Rain Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Running Colors After the Rain holds many of them — a bright raincoat, chalk drawings on pavement, a blue flower painted by small hands, afternoons in the studio, and a love of horses passed from one generation to the next. She began painting at eighteen months old. Her very first piece sold for $250. She painted constantly — bold, instinctive, fearless with color. In this 3 x 4 ft oil, the horse is not separate from the child. It rises around her, becoming strength, imagination, and shared love. If you look closely, you’ll see her chalk house and the blue flower she once painted — small details woven into the surface. I thought I would keep this painting forever. This is my Granddaughter at a young age marveling at ...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 He'n and She'n Oil on Canvas  SOLD  by Laurie Pace   Color everywhere!   I do have a sale to my subscribed group on my website, and if you are not signed up, I am sorry.  This painting was on it, but no longer.  Half of the paintings that were on sale are spoken for.  I know all the families with little ones are going a bit crazy in anticipation of the holidays and their hope on Santa Claus.  My blog on my website today was pretty heavy on Revelation 21 ... the entire chapter.  Do not forget the true reason for this season. Short blog as it is after 12 noon and I need to be painting. Have spent the morning with work and the sale and with blogging on my website. Have you noticed how close the numbers are on my blog?  I only bring this up at the hundred thousand mark and the one in between at hundred fifty mark.  40,000 away from 400K .  Excited. Tryi...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Red Horse Oil on Canvas   SOLD   by Laurie Pace     Red Horse is a simple painting that I have always loved. I believe I shall do one similar in style to this just to loosen up again. I am working on a commissioned painting 3 x 4 ft right now and it is still all over the canvas!!! “In their hearts, humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.” – Proverbs 16:9   When I am painting and over controlling and not allowing the my knife to create and move like a lost brush dragging the paint... things rarely turn out right. That is why it is impossible to try to control the painting until I am almost done with it. Then the wild sweeps of paint begin to change. sprinkle of rain and some wind. Praying for all friends and rough storms and loss of power.  The weekend is here. I probably will not post this weekend.  Be safe and enjoy the oncoming of f...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 They Came with the Dawn Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Good morning. .. The painting is done! All 4 x 5 ft of it is done. Now I have to paint the edges but AFTER the front dries!  This is not the largest painting I have done. I have painted many 60 x 90 inches... larger than 48 x 60 inches. The larger paintings sell for $15k area. This one is less! You can read the full story about how this happened on my website... Read More Here. 2 Timothy 1:6-7    "For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.   7  For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.   The sun is out today... I have been working since 7 am this morning after walking three miles... and it is almost noon. I need to clean up my painting mess as I was s...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 White Morning Horse SOLD  Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Nothing like hot Texas sun and a baseball game at 8 am this morning. .. This beautiful painting really did express what it felt like rising at 5:30 am to take care of animals and cook a pot of oatmeal before we left at 7am.  The game was a lot like the painting!!   Adventurous. Exciting! They won the first game and tied on the second game!! This wee 9 x 12 painting is a favorite for me. It literally sings with movement and color.  Commission your piece today.  Could you imagine this really really large on your walls?  WOW... I could! Romans 10:13  for, "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved."  Where ever you are, I pray you will find peace and joy with the Lord God. Our family has the blessing of Countryside Bible Church in our lives. Through the Word...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Available: Watching for You Buy the Painting   Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Watching for You, the newest horse painting is my  favorite!   There was a painting I was working a week ago that just did not work... I scraped all the thick paint off and from the scrapings came these beautiful earthy colors.  I have created two small new pieces newly listed on my website.  There are some awesome close up gallery photos of the paint showing the layering.  This is the essence of these paintings, to pile them in layers.  There is a week delay in shipping as there are still a few areas wet and these oils form an outside layer of skin that dries before the piled paint below it. BUT I did just sign them both and that is wet.  Shop all Paintings Psalm 5:11 "But let all those who take refuge in your rejoice. Let them always shout for joy, bec...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Never to be Trusted in Shiny Red Shoes Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace  aka Elle Pace Never to be Trusted in Shiny Red Shoes Brilliance of color and thick layers of Holbein Duo Oils by palette knife in this contemporary abstract Horse Painting. Commission one today from small 8 x 10 up to 60 x 90 inches. Imagine a field full of horses in living color.   Colossians 3:17 “Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. ”        Before I went to bed last night, I had a back and forth conversation in my head seeking wise counsel and debating where to reach out.  When you are lost, alone and filled with stress... where? In my pea brain I am thinking I will wait until morning and research things for women and faith, for weakness, for loss etc  but that did not happen. What happened...