Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Eleven Up on the Horizon 24 x 36 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting A Day BID HERE Starting bid $249.00 Monday is here and it is beautiful! We are will be working in the yard today...shipping will be tomorrow in the rain. I am going to do all my varnishing today though and then pack paintings tonight for going out tomorrow! This is one of my horizon horse pulls....but this is evolving. I will be itching to paint on Wednesday. I have been dreaming another approach to the work....wait and watch! Yesterday the buffet brunch at Blue Mesa was scrumptious. My Mom, Dad, both brothers and their wives, my niece, my daughter and her husband and my youngest son were all there with me. We were celebrating my younger brothers birthday! I had eaten there during regular dining hours, but not for the brunch on Sunday. I will have to do it again with Terry! THE RACE is over. I am soooo thankful. A trip of 10 min and 8miles took 45 minutes. Very painful. Later in the day that same trip would be almost

Trees on the Trail Oil on Board 6 X 6 inches Click here to buy. $89.00 A Painting A Day It is dark, but the sun should be up soon. It was quite a night as the first storms blew through around six. It was a squall that pushed through in about 15 minutes and the sun came out! BUT there were tornadoes bouncing around the area. About 8 p.m. as the news continued to cover the storm moving toward the east...the wind picked up and it grew greenly dark outside again. The dogs were going CRAZY. A second storm hit out of nowhere and we lost power. I phoned my daughter on my cell phone and asked her to check the computer radar...and sure enough a back cell was pushing through. I spent the evening reading a book with my huge 48 hour cell flashlight and Terry was connected to a movie on his IPOD. When we went to bed we shared the IPOD with each of us plugged into an ear clip! It was Julie Andrews in Hawaii. It appears still cloudy outside this morning. The power is back on and I am eager t

The Fishing Village 30 X 40 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD Commission Piece A Painting A Day Well, this was Sue's birthday present from her husband. She had asked me MONTHS ago to do this and I was so swamped I had no time...but about two months ago I finally started it and finished it in time to cure it enough to send. With her husband's help...it was a total surprise!!! She phoned last night in the midst of my art classes and we all wished her a happy birthday. I really enjoyed painting this one and will probably do another similar to explore it further! We are expecting MEGA storms today so I am going to finish up a painting and clean house. Makes sense doesn't it? If a mega storm is coming with tornadoes you clean house right? Wrong, you stay busy, altho I am debating unhooking my outside drives to put them ina safe place...will have to just watch the weather. I was suppose to go into Dallas today, but I did not because of the races at the NASCAR track down the road. I

Blooms at the Arboretum One ~ Flower Garden 24 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas $199.00 Click here to contact me to Buy. A Painting a Day Such an interesting day....yesterday was filled with good visits at lunch and then UGH digging in my father in laws yard bringing home bulbs ready to pop open with blooms! Also brought home two little oak trees and one pecan tree. This painting is a passionate beauty and was a delight to paint. I received email last night from Diane Whitehead (ARTOUTWEST) with links to the dismal forecast with eBay. All of us wondering why bids dropped off...totally to ZERO. Has to do with ebay and Google duking it out and eBay's new adjustment to things where listings you put on eBay will not show up for almost a day and then you loose the freshness of NEWEST Listed. Those artists like me that pay $25-35 a listing to come up high in the searches are finding the investment is not worth the money. You end up only showing up in the almost ending searching, and only t

Cottages at the Beach Oil on Canvas 22 x 28 inches A Painting A day GOOD MORNING!!! The house is quiet...Terry is still sleeping. We will be heading up to Oklahoma later today and of course working on packing and shipping! We spent Easter Sunday on the Road early for Church 65 miles east of us. The Service opened with my favorite Easter Song CHRIST THE LORD HAS RISEN TODAY....and my day was made! From that service we visited our old Sunday school Class where they are studying and debating Timothy and the role of women in the church. That was heated discussion to say the least. We jumped in the car then and hustled over to St Paul United Church of Christ to enjoy services with my parents. The sermon was on Mary finding the empty tomb and how she was frantic to fix everything (like most women are) but being still she found the risen Lord, he was there the whole time, but she was so busy trying to do to do to do, she didn't see him or recognize him. I reached over and grabbed my

QUIET OF SUNRISE 22 X 28 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day Click here to bid Starting bid $199.00 Good morning! Today is gorgeous, sixty degrees and sunny. I could not have ordered a better day! I give thanks and praise to the LORD for His beauty and the weather! Meanwhile this morning I finished this Venice Sunrise and have it listed on Artbyus.com. THICK paint in my tradition but with a paint brush and brilliant colors. I am working on a second large commission piece of roosters today, so maybe tomorrow I can post that one...it is a long paint with it with at least seven layers of paint and impasto! Yesterday at the grocery store we were checking out. Krogers always hires mentally challenged individuals and we have always appreciated this. I think more so after losing Grant. As the man was trying to figure out how to use our cloth grocery bags (I take my own) Terry gently helped him and was so tender with this man, who was at least 35 years old. I sucked it up but by the tim

Texas Sunflowers Hwy 75 Oil on Canvas 11 x 14 inches A Painting a Day SOLD Good morning! Boy was I glad to be back home yesterday. We drove into Dallas for a Doc visit, groceries and a stop for shoes at Whole Earth Provisions. BUT from the first step out of the car in Dallas my sinus reacted violently swelling shut to the ozone in the air. After we left and arrived home early evening,...but bed I was fine. They say this spring is the worst on record for allergy sufferers and they also said it was actually worse in the city than the country which is reverse of what you would think. Has something to do with the pollen clinging to the pollution in the air. On with life! Today is finish wash day and prepare for painting this week. I will be working on another sunflower similar to the one above. This one is on auction with ARTBYUS.com. Wish more buyers looked there, much nicer to work with the Togels and this great auction place for art. You might check it out!~ This painting has T

Spring Love Horses 24 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day What a gorgeous day yesterday~ a perfect Palm Sunday! I didn't do much painting with church and family, but am posting one I finished during the week last week that will be on auction later this week on eBay. (Unless you want to buy it now!) A playful approach to color and contrast to bring in thoughts of spring and the beginnings of a new love! My grandson Jonathan was over yesterday. He brought his bike and enjoyed the safety of our little town to ride around in. He is so much fun to be around. He could not wait for his BAMPA to arrive home from the airport to play with him. They were inseparable from the time Jon was 18 months old until his mother regained custody of him last year. It has been a rough emotional year for us as she has limited our visitation out of her need to control with no thought to Jonathan. He does not understand why he cannot see us or be here. He is still waiting one year later for us

ROOSTER THREE Palette Knife Series Oil on Canvas 18 x 24 inches A Painting A Day SOLD GOOD THURSDAY MORNING! I am preparing to EXIT the studio. Today is teaching day and I want to clean house. We are expecting storms later but the floors are pretty bad from the dogs. We took them both to be groomed this week, so they are clean, but the floors...NOT. I think I need a break from painting. I worked on some flowers this morning which I did list on artbyus.com . If you have never looked for paintings there, it is an awesome place to list because the Togels that own the site do not presently keep any percentage of your sale...this is good for the artist. It is also good for buyers to shop there and find good art. I noticed today several new outstanding artists listing on ABU . Today in class I am still working out the lesson. We were doing mixed media...I am between that and doing a wet watercolor and using salt. It is such a neat effect to watch the salt pull the water in the compo

Magnolia Peace 30 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day $499 I made add some more tones to this one....it didn't photograph well, it is a bit more warm in overall feel with all the lovely caramel brown tones. I finished this one up yesterday. BIGGEST NEWS...it is raining raining raining. We are desperate for rain so this is a welcome thing. Last night I was snuggled in bed and Terry called out for me to come sniff....he smelled smoke. As I hit the den and took a whiff, I whirled around and grabbed jeans and shoes and began exploring with him. Nothing had problems in the attic, or out front, but in back it was smokey and smelly...and it was pouring down rain. We continued to search for 10 min and finally I called a neighbor on the reverse side of the circle where we live and asked them to go outside...it was strange because I could not smell the smoke in the front, only the back...we are on acreage. In just moments they confirmed the same smoke and smell....we still do n

MORNING HAZE ON THE HORIZON ~ Horses 18 x 36 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting A Day SOLD It is late on Saturday Afternoon. Just got Morgan off and heading home after we all enjoyed prime rib, new potatoes mashed, organically grown corn, and a fresh salad...all organic. We are pretty strict on that! Terry, Morgan and I took Paddy, our male Kerry Blue Terrier to the FT WORTH Dog Show today to see if he is show quality...which we found in disappointment he is not. He will be 'Fixed" in May....he definitely wigged out around all the dogs, but the handler was ABSOLUTELY great with him. We were more than impressed. I felt like a mom taking my child to school the first day and they sent him home! Painting this morning I started two different horses, but this one I posted I finished last week...one of my colorful horses on the horizon. I love these colors....that is why the name for the painting! It would hang nicely in our room. Have to close quickly...gotta clean the kitchen an

POPPY RED 16 x 20 inches Oil On Canvas A Painting A Day $169.00 A quick note before I go take my two miles walk with Talana. We are TRYING to get some exercise. Today is also teaching day. I will be preparing watercolor paper for the children and finishing up another painting. Terry and I worked in the yard yesterday watering in the fertilizer they put on a few days ago. So life is busy! Hope all is well with you! This painting is a simple wide brush stroke piece of a brilliant red poppy. Sometimes I just paint for fun and this was one of those pieces...bright happy and joyful! Grace, Laurie "And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment." Philippians 1:9

Spring Play 24 X 30 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day $699 Well, it is afternoon now. I was up painting away when my phone rang at 6:30 a.m. Youngest son called to tell me he was sitting on his floor wet. He had fallen in the shower and thought he broke his leg. I couldn't do anything, I live over an hour away and in morning traffic almost two hours away. Back to painting. Finished this one this morning as I get into mood for my Horse Play Series. This is Spring Play. THICK paint with a palette knife! GLORIOUS colors! Grace, Laurie "As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." 1 Peter 4:10

HORSE PLAY T2 Oil on Canvas 4 x 6 inches A Painting a Day SOLD Good morning. Short note today. IT IS MAC LESSON DAY! YEAH...but they only give me an hour. I have my list prepared for the genius behind the bar...they work with you one on one or you can take classes...as many as you want for only $99 a year....Terry and I will definitely get our money worth. Terry is packing paintings while I am printing shipping labels. We are late a day in shipping because of his flight on the B17. It was fascinating to watch from the ground...he was up almost 40 minutes though and took some great video. I became ill watching the video...ya know how the camera is bouncing and rolling??? AND when he would have to let go of the camera to hang on as the plane would drop and bank and tilt....well, the camera would go wildly loose out of his hands swinging on the neck rope.... I thought I would never get by the rolling stomach yesterday and that was from watching the movie he shot. Don't think I will