Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

My Favorite Appaloosa Painting  © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2026 Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Some paintings become old friends. This Appaloosa, painted years ago while I lived at Lake Cypress Springs, a photo of it found its way back into my hands this week and reminded me why I fell in love with painting horses in the first place. As artists, we often look backward to move forward. Studying older work can reveal forgotten color combinations, fresh ideas, and even the confidence to begin again. Looking at this painting, I was reminded that color has always been my language. The past few months have been a season of healing. This week I reached a small but meaningful milestone, and with it came the realization that perhaps my path back to the easel is closer than I imagined. There is something about revisiting an old favorite that has stirred new inspiration. I hope you'll stop by my Studio Stor...

         © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2026      Breaking Day Rocky Mountains         Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   First I want to share paintings are on sale at my website, but it takes a code to check something out with the sale.    If you are not on my mailing list, you won't know the code. I will send out the call in a few more weeks... if you want to use the discount, you need to sign up for the shout out from me.  In the bottom section there is a Sign up Button.   Fill it out and you will be able to gain the pricing                                                   Reflection Sleeping this afternoon.  Still need to clean my house and I had hoped to start a new painting. We will s...

Nothing Wasted © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2026 The Colors we Carry Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Woven Through the Wind The wind has been relentless in North Texas — carrying everything with it, just like memory and time. In the studio, I’ve been working the same way… blending leftover paint into new pieces. Nothing wasted. Everything becoming something  There is something grounding in that process — in taking what was once set aside and giving it new life. The knife moves differently when the paint already holds a history. It resists in places, blends unexpectedly in others, and those moments often lead to something I could not have planned. It reminds me to trust the process again… to let go of control just enough to allow the painting to become what it wants to be. the heart.  Sharing new works from this process — “Wind,” “Rising,” and “Purple Haze.” More on the blog.     Elle   Scrapping...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Never Fear Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Why People Disappoint Us — Imperfection, Expectations, and Grace  (But God Never Does) I n general, people disappoint us. That reality touches every kind of relationship—friendships, family, and even marriage. Often, disappointment doesn’t come from cruelty or bad intent, but from something much simpler: human imperfection. Imperfections in relationships often appear as surprises. Habits we didn’t expect. Differences in how things are handled, ordered, or valued. We enter relationships—whether friendship or marriage—with hope and positivity, yet eventually discover that everyone carries flaws, weaknesses, and unresolved issues. That discovery is not failure; it is a part of each of us, living and growing. Some people handle imperfections with grace and resilience. Others fall apart when expectations collide with reality. Wh...

© Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2025 Painting in Progress and not named yet. Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace   Saturday evening and a late blog.  The day has been filled with thunder and rain all day. West of us has had 15-19 inches and I am positive some flooding. We were to get more tonight but it looks like it shifted further south. Was hoping at least!   So this morning with the rain and thunder right out side my north two large windows... I watched the rain fall between my trellis of Passion vines... I continued to paint on this piece above and it is now almost done.   You can see from this photo in progress how I grid out to make sure the horses are in my sketch in the correct position.  I know it looks off as I had to pull it to fit in the frame... but they were all straight.  Photo foran almost finished piece tomorrow or Monda y.  Isaiah 54:17  " No weapon forged against ...

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2025 Painted Ponies Spring Oil on Canvas  SOLD   by Laurie Pace    Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through him who gives me strength. Good morning. ..  We have just a few hours before COLD arrives again here in North Texas. By Wed temps will be below freezing at night and close to zero or below for a 'feels like'.  We have loaded the bird feeders and will keep an eye on them. We had close to fifty birds earlier snacking away at our full feeders. Cardinals, Robins, and a red breasted small bird I need to look up... also doves and few tiny black baby birds.  The painting today is one from 2014 I believe... With the well known marked of color and light making this more of an evening herd than a morning herd. These are my known Painted ponies... aka the pulled paint that makes them special, my abstract horse paintings!  We are special to God. He has a pur...

Sunlight Play  24 x 36 Oil    © Laurie Pace 2014 Sunlight Play    © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2014  Size: 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas. SOLD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He is having a birthday...my eldest son celebrates this day. Remembering back is always so special to your first birth and your first baby.  I chose this horse painting because that is one thing he loved to do was play. He played hard, worked hard and sometimes studied hard.  He is a father of two wonderful boys that I cherish dearly and married to a wonderful woman.  Together they enjoy life's journey. H...