Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Beginnings Sketch One 2012 I carry around an old book, this one is an old western by Louis L'Amour. This takes sketching to a new level of art in a way.    ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie       The Heart of it All "We are  committed to caring for individuals touched by life limiting illnesses, grief and loss. Our hope for our patients and families is that as we apply our training, experiences and compassion, we are able to relieve their physical, emotional and spiritual pain.  Our patients and families have the assurance that they are being served by one of the oldest and most respected hospice programs in Northeast Texas."   Cypress Basin Hospice Last night we attended the annual charity hospice ball for the second year.  Mark Scirto was the emcee again this year and he is quite a special p...

Progression on Power of Three 24 x 36 will be oil on Canvas... from the studio sketching with Charcoal..next I will do a wash with acrylics and then the oils on top of that. Commissioned Painting   SOLD   This is my first piece in Painting it Forward for the next three months. Contact me and lets visit for a special painting for your home or for that special person in your life for the holidays.   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      A PRAYER of INTIMACY    Psalm 86 A prayer of David. 1 Hear me, LORD, and answer me,    for I am poor and needy. 2 Guard my life, for I am faithful to you;    save your servant who trusts in you. You are my God; 3 have mercy on me, Lord,    for I call to you all day long. 4 Bring joy to your servant, Lord,    for I put my...

Sketches... just found out I have to reverse the horse... so I will be wiping this out and resketching in the opposite direction.  Easy to do as I am working off a photograph and I will take it into Photoshop and reverse it, print it and resketch the image.... watch for the new one. Zappa and her Mom      WISDOM from Friends I had several really 'welcome' emails from friends this week.  One was concerned about the 'depression' I mentioned from exhaustion.  Katarina's email touched my heart and as I read further her words created joy with laughter. "The Sisterhood of Burned Out Women."   I wrote back and suggested she coin the phrase...as I am sure there are many of us out there.  That become more evident when I received a second email from another artist with her wisdom. "Learn to say "no" and focus on a "smaller circle" around you.  Someone told me that the other day and I thought that is a good way of putting it.  W...

Sketches Preparing for a painting always requires sketches... Contact me for commission work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Painted Ponies       On Golden Pond Blog Preparation is an important thing in life for almost everything. Spur of the moment is usually more like life is, but if you are preparing all along and have a good foundation, you are doing the needed prep work. The grass Terry and I planted is doing fabulously.  We dipped each square of grass in a big tub of fertilizer water of Miracle Grow before we placed it on the ground.  My back hurt for over a week as we laid 150 grass squares.  But this preparation has paid off to solid sod that looks as good as it feels.  The dog loves it. The snakes love it... we all love it. Good preparation. Preparation before we cook is important. We made his mother's meat loaf recipe agai...

'SKETCH 1  Jana' Preparing..... Contact me to commission a painting. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  Preparation for a commission is always important to communicate between the collector and my brain.  This is the first step.  The Thought:  Prep work is important when you are starting a commission piece.  It is essential to make sure you and the client are on the same page when you are beginning a painting for their home.  I spent some time on the phone with this collector and she sent numerous emails with pictures of the room from all angles. I was honored she wanted my artwork among the many pieces she had hanging already. One of the most important pieces to the puzzle is the palette of colors that will be used. When you are planning a piece it makes a difference as to cool palette or warm palette  or even an analogous palette. The next few days I will be posting the steps of th...