Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Three at Sunrise Horses 24 x 36 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day CLICK HERE TO BID ALMOST happy new year!!! We are going to go to the Meadows Museum in Dallas near SMU today to see the Monet exhibit ...I think they are several other artists, but Hubby didn't share the whos who at the show....I think my parents will go with us! MEANWHILE...I just finished this energetic painting above and it is already on eBay. It is Holbein Duo Oils mixed with IMPASTO to create a THICKER body of paint for the palette knife to move on the canvas. Stay safe tonight! Don't party so hard you get a headache and do not drink and drive. Grace, Laurie “The promise of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all who take refuge in him.”—Psalm 18:30

Colors One Horses Five 22 x 28 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day CLICK HERE TO BID Good morning from the studio. I have been up painting for three hours now! My stomach is growling so I decided it was time to take a break...if it lets up raining I will walk the dogs, if not, I put leashes on them one at a time and do circles inside the house...the other follows along...they have fun and at least I get some exercise. This painting is using the impasto mixed into the oil paint creating an even thicker pull with the paint leaving defined edges through out the composition. The colors are bright and vivid. I have been so busy this year I haven't caught up and really not ready to jump into 2007. By this time I normally have all my files pulled and ready for the CPA except for the last day or so...but with New Years eve on a Sunday, my year stops then and I have paintings ending on eBay this weekend, so I have to wait. Need to go buy the macho big container I have to store all the...

Wild Yellow Trio One HORSE HORSE HORSE 24 X 24 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting A Day This is the third in this group painted for the New Year...in celebration of life, light and color...all energy with all things in the universe! Today I will paint and explore a bit more color and energy! Grace to all, Laurie “Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made.”—Romans 1:20

Wild Blue Trio One Horse Horse Horse 24 x 24 inch Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day This is the second in the series of three...thick paint with a palette knife...startling colors and a great painting over all! Busy back in the studio today. Have to run up to Pilot Point to pick up a painting in a shop there that sold and Sunday will deliver it to Dallas. We will eat at a FABULOUS Mexican Restaurant there...good excuse to go to Pilot Point! Need to walk somewhere in between. Grace to all, Laurie

Wild Red Trio One HORSE HORSE HORSE 24 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day Fabulous colors for the new year... there is this one, a yellow one and a blue one. I will post one each day. They are 24 X 24 and thick with paint, dimensional with ridges and strokes of the palette knife! The day after Christmas will be filled with packing up paintings and heading to FED EX...at least the lines should not be too long! Happy Holidays Laurie

BASKET WEAVER IN GREECE Landscape, portrait 9 x 12 inches Oil on Board A Painting A Day RICH RICH THICK texture...click to see it piled on close up! Merry Christmas to one and all. Tomorrow is boxing day and I will paint again on Wednesday. I am STUFFED...ate too many big meals, visited too many places today and ate entirely too much... I am rolling my body into bed with a good book.... Grandson slept on the couch last night. He is 9. He wanted to catch Santa in Action. My husband and I fell asleep waiting for him to fall asleep...at 3 this morning, Terry, my husband, wakes me up..."WE GOTTA GET SANTA OUT into the stockings.." let's just say I wasn't my normal smiley self at all. We got back into bed about 3:30 and I had just fallen into a slumber and I heard soft knocking on our door..." BAMPA , MUM' whispers loudly erupted, "Are you awake, Santa has been here...the cookies are gone...yes we were eating choc cookies and downing milk at three....S...

FARMERS MARKET Landscape 8 x 10 inches oil on canvas A Painting a Day Christmas Eve morning is upon us. I finished this painting up two days ago...I have one I am finishing up now but with the blogger switching over I am a day or so behind in posting. My thoughts are with all my family and friends over the next few days...I am taking a mini vacation from the studio until Wednesday. I may try and post a painting or two until then...but nothing more! Let the light of the season fill your soul so that you may in turn shine into the lives of others. God's richest blessings and love to you all. Laurie

City New Years Rain Cityscape 18 X 27 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day Good morning. I missed yesterday because I couldn't get BLOGGER to upload my images...so finally I switched to the NEW BLOGGER ( I was on a beta blogger) and it worked! YEAH!!!!! So a day behind it not bad! This is a peaceful~ restful painting...remember (although it is hard to in Texas) what it like after the rains come...and the sky is only partially cleared?? That is the moment this picture captures! You can feel the coolness in the air from the rain and the city appears Washed CLEAN! Painted with a palette knife and cool colors for a New Years ring to it! Scrambling still here and there for last minute shopping...just small things. We ate at a Mexican Restaurant in the Denton Mall and it was by far some of the WORSE food I have ever eaten and they were proud of that with their prices. As my grandson would say, YUCCA. Hopefully we get to see him tomorrow. We raised him with his dad for over four...

Herd of Nine HORSES 18 x 36 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day Morgan was over painting when I started this one...it almost turned into a street scene in the city but then I began to explore the colors and pushing the edge on the slides of contrast and the blends...and then FINALLY the horses began to appear. Usually they are out in the beginning as I pull, this time they emerged in the end....the over all effect is dazzling in person with the marigold exploding from behind! Are you all ready for the holidaze ??? I think I am in it. Still have some students today, but will be painting this morning to begin my work for my gallery show this next summer. You will get to see these as I paint as well over the next few months. Merry Christmas to all! Laurie “Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.”—1 Corinthians 2:12

Dark and Light at Sunrise Horses 15 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day. Good morning...I am up and preparing to paint for a few hours and then will do some Christmas baking and finish up some outside decorations.... we have company in for the holidays and are in preparation for this! Yesterday Terry and I finished up some more Christmas Shopping...just a few more things to pick up...I do not believe he has bought anything for me yet...maybe a stocking stuffer....so he has some to do! I am still waiting for one last package to arrive with his dad's gift, but am losing hope. Had to send Niki's package on with out her BIG present too...it is coming with Terry's Dad's gift...from the same company. I ordered the end of November but things are back ordered.... eeeek . Meanwhile ...I hope you are well and preparing for this wondrous season....hope, light, love and joy! Grace to you, Laurie “Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good ...

SUN UP Village Seascape 8 X 10 inches Oil on Board A Painting a Day. Just a quick note...I am knee deep in packing and shipping and behind on wrapping Christmas presents! Stay warm and well... Grace, Laurie

OUTPOST GATHERING HORSES HORSES HORSES 30 X 40 Acrylic on Canvas A Painting A Day There's a unique shop in Pilot Point Texas that sells to the lovers of the horse... It is an Equine consignment store. The Owner contacted me this week, since Pilot Point is only about 40 miles from Justin...and I quickly painted up a few acrylics for their grand opening this weekend. This is the first one entitled the OUTPOST GATHERING....brilliant color contrast with Golden Acrylics. Always unique and very individual, each of my 'gathering' paintings generates conversation both between the horses within and the viewer watching. Terry and I drove up to Pilot Point yesterday afternoon taking back roads avoiding the interstate traffic. We crossed over the damn at Lake Ray Roberts...it was stunning. We enjoyed dinner at a fabulous Mexican Restaurant near the Consignment Store and headed home around five thirty and were gifted with a gorgeous sunset over the lake as we returned toward Justi...