Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014 Wild Wind # 17 8 x 8 inches Oil on Canvas.SOLD  (oops - super tired when I posted - this is the correct size) Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  These are my favorite colors.. maybe a little heavy on the greens but I love violets and blues.  This is the thickest paint on all three I just finished and it felt so 'delicious' like icing on a cake.  If this one does not sell it will hang by my computer upstairs.  I love the action and the incredible emotion in this small horse painting. Emotion comes in all sizes... the disappointments, the joy, the laughter, the love... all of it. We are each individuals that display emotions differently, some displays stronger than others, and some often overlooked by our ability to hide our emotions behind our walls. Not sure where I am going with this as being a woman and an artist, I am an emotional m...

     © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014 Horse #16 Circus Horse 8 x 8 inches Oil on Canvas. SOLD Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Wild colors are the result of having Lady L in the studio while I am working. She had a hankering for yellow and hence I have a horse painting with lots of yellows. Yellow is not really a color I use often so this is a rare painting by that definition alone. This day is a busy day for family and that is something that we cherish in life, our family. Growing together, sharing together, learning together and living together.  Terry and I are so happy to be back close to our family and really enjoy our grandchildren and our children more each passing week. Lady L is over daily for home school, but now she will be painting again in the studio with me. Watch for some of her work soon on my blog. But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prep...

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014 Horse 15 White Horse 8 x 8 inches Oil on Canvas. SOLD Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  I was painting with Lady L in the studio as I began this one. The surface paint again in acrylic and then about 10 over layers of oil before the horse is started. With the horse there are at least five more layers of paint. These take a two to three hours each to do and right now I am promising to do them at $100 each... but I am thinking about doing a few a bit larger for $145 each as well.   Email me your thoughts on this.  I was thinking 12 x 12. If I push any larger than that the prices have to jump as that is then in the sizes I do for my galleries and it costs much more to ship them. White Horse appears next to a waterfall of purple and blues and white... sliding into the green landscape below.  The contrast of orange with the blue and the red wi...

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014 Horse #14 Spring Fever    sold 9 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas. other  Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  I loved the fresh palette on this small painting.  Trying different things is always a challenge. There seems to be a false sense of safety in doing it the old way all the time.  I know growth only comes with taking a chance and trying no things.  See that fresh light blue on the bottom left? He stands alone although there are traces of him in the blue section on the bottom right.   Salting and Peppering find darker blues through out the edging of the horses.  The orange and blue are contrasting colors and the green on the edge of blue on the color wheel makes this palette a complementary split but with analogous colors. Here is a good link that explains some of the choices you have while painting. CLICK HE...

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014 Horse #13 Fly Away 9 x 12  inches Oil on Canvas. SOLD Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  The energy in this painting bounds off the surface of the canvas. It seems like a startling palette but it is filled with balance and energy as the reds and oranges make is seem blazing with power. The two horses seem to be jumping across a river of golden energy pouring down from the sun. Hoping Spring might be here in Texas.  We had cold this past weekend but we are hitting eighty this week for the first time!  Fly Away Winter! “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “I will make the sun go down at noon     and darken the earth in broad daylight.  Amos 8:9 #horsepainting  #lauriepaceart  #equineart Blessings Laurie Pace A Texas Artist   Subscribe to my studio update ne...

     © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014 Horse #12 Hesitation 9 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas. $100 SOLD Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  I absolutely love doing this small ones again. It seems to open up so much potential for larger paintings.  There is a sense of freedom with the color and the fear of 'correctness' does not seem to creep in. The creation is in the palette and the mix directly on the canvas. Again with this horse painting there is a layer of colors of acrylics and then the oils pulled on top in the same areas. It is 'accidental' happenings as they mix and take form. Yesterday Terry and I drove out to east Texas to Mount Vernon where we use to live. I tried to reach Ann on our way there, but I missed her. She is a dear friend that I could have used her hug!  We visited the Fletchers, our oldest friends since junior high. They have 200 acres, cows, horses, don...

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014 Horse #11 Brilliant Sun 8 x 8 inches Mixed Media on Canvas. SOLD Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  This was painted on Thursday... but posted today.  I have zero idea why two profiles in a row, and painted in brush. I think it was the added stress of the week. Promise today I will be knifing my way through a few pieces. May your weekend be filled with His Blessings. I am off to paint this morning. Time to trust in Him and accept the joy he has before me. The path of the righteous is level;   you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.  Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws   we wait for you;  your name and renown   are the desire of our hearts.  Isaiah 26: 7-8 #horsepainting  #lauriepaceart  #equineart Blessings Laurie Pace A Texas Artist ...

     © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014 Night Run 8 x 8 inches Mixed Media on Canvas. SOLD Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Such  a busy day.  Discovered on Wednesday night that Southlake Central Market had crossed a major line and used one of my paintings to print off 24 posters of it to complete a wine display.  I was not smiling. Terry and I spent most of yesterday traveling to several Central Markets in Dallas to see if this was HEB wide or just with the Southlake Store.  It definitely was just that store.   I stopped in to see the GM, but he was in Italy.  So I phoned and was put through to visit with the head of Operations here in the Dallas area.  They have my images and my work and they know my feelings about this. Normally for small things that do not cross boundaries with my licensing company, I allow use of my work with ackno...

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014 In Progress ... 18 x 36 x 2 inches Oil on Canvas. Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  This is one of those times to climb out of the box. USUALLY it ends up a horse somewhere in the journey, so time will tell with this one... It may be weeks in the making but this is my first posting of in progress. Thinking God wonders about us being 'in progress' all the time. The season of Lent is upon us. My mom always said add things to your life while most people walk away from habits or foods... perhaps it would be good to do both.   I would give up 'fear' and add 'trust' to my life.  #giveupfearaddtrust #horsepainting  #lauriepaceart  #equineart #childpianopainting Laurie Pace A Texas Artist   Subscribe to my studio update newsletter. My Blog          My Website  ...