Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Painting in Process STAND TALL © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2026 Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   When Are We Refining... and When Are We Explaining? Sometimes a painting teaches the artist more than the artist teaches the painting. This horse painting reached several "almost finished" moments over five days. Looking back at one earlier photograph, I realized I loved the freshness it still carried. There were always three horses in the composition. A friend couldn't quite see the quiet yellow horse because it blended into the blue horse beside it. That one observation stayed with me, and I found myself changing the painting instead of simply finishing it. Artists face this question more often than people realize: When are we refining... and when are we explaining? With fresh eyes, I realized the painting wasn't lost. It was reminding me to trust my own artistic voice and to recognize the moment when a pai...

"Fleeing The Mountain Rains" © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2026 20 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   After several days of much-needed rain here in Texas, I found myself thinking about renewal. Rain changes color. The trees grow greener, the sky becomes clearer, and the landscape seems to come alive again. As an artist, I notice those changes immediately. This morning I came across an older painting I had not seen in years. Looking at the vibrant horses and rich palette knife color reminded me of a season when painting came naturally and joyfully. It also reminded me how much life can change our direction. After years of family responsibilities, loss, and time away from the easel, I find myself asking an important question: What comes next? Perhaps discovery. Perhaps a return to color. Perhaps a new chapter in the studio. Read the full story and reflections on renewal, creativity, and finding yo...

The Tale (Tails?) of 100 hundred Horses for 100 days for $100 each. © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2026 HORSE 58 2012 Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Each summer morning in 2011 and 2012, I would rise, make breakfast, clean up and hit the studio painting each day.  100 horses in 100 days for $100.  Really crazy as I could do one 48 x 48 painting and make the same amount!   I was crazy enough to do it for two years. But it was actually fun when I had the space and place to pull it off!   FOR the full story of this painting,  Visit my website blog to see read about these paintings and get all the details here .     Was it really fun? How did I manage things? This process was something that kept me painting and on the raw edge of creativity.  I wish I could do it now!  Hard to do using oils but they work better. Should I do it again?   Emai...

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...