Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Purple Haze 15 x 7  Oils on Panel SOLD    by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. I have been working the past 8 days on new small paintings and creating two more areas in my shop for Paintings Under $200 and Paintings Under $500   There are actually larger pieces in the under $500 store, so you might want to take a look! RAIN "He went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when evening was come, he was there alone." Matt 14:23 This was the verse from Streams in the Desert this morning and with the reading adjoining it, I knew I would be sharing it with you.  Last night we had 5.25 inches of rain and glory to God, cooler temps are two days away!!! Good bye to 100 plus days!!!  I can honestly say we felt alone in the 'desert' we have lived in since June... only 1...

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2022 The Glass Vase  by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. I believe the drought of summer 2022, has been one of the worst we have experienced in our lifetime. Yesterday, for the first time in two months, temperatures fell below 100 and it rained.  It actually stormed. Terry and I had left the house to travel to Keller Texas, to Bear Creek Running Co . We are planning on walking the dogs as temps drops, and I needed new shoes.  I drove us in BlueBird (My new car) home in strong winds and torrential rains with thunder and lightening. While I wish I had flowers to be worried about, we struggled this summer to water the grass and all of our trees.  We had nine trees but the weather last year took out a 20 yr old red oak. It left a huge vacancy in our back yard. My hope is to break away from...

"With Grace" 30 x 30 Oil on Canvas SOLD Collector Southlake TX Contact me for Commission Work: Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace Graphics One Design 2006 " For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm. " Proverbs 1:32-33 THE PAINTING TODAY: This is a painting done several years ago. I have a huge mess here after our big storm yesterday and scrambling to post this morning. This is a palette knife painting with warm colors on a field of blue and green. The contrast is there, but the feeling of the composition is one of calmness. Hence I named it "with grace". My Thought for Today: Yesterday was NOT a typical day at all and this "thought" is not typical either! I had an opening last night at a new super doctor clinic in town with my art work.... and was looking to a calm day of painting and getting ready fo...