Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Size: 8 x 8 Wood Panel  Mixed Media on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”  ― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You I am at a stretching point in my art career.  The same ole same ole has grown old.  The joy is not quite there. I yearn to step in different directions. So sometimes I have to stop what I am doing and t...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Size: 8 x 8  Mixed Media on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .” ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves Since the fall I have been hitting days of not being able to fall asleep. This is really unusual for me. I am one of those sleepers that falls asleep, does not roll around, or wake in the night for the bathroom run.  It seems so strange to be laying there awake from 9 pm through about 2:30 or 3:00.   On facebook I note others sufferi...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “We're all golden sunflowers inside.” ― Allen Ginsberg Are you true to yourself?  Are you true to your faith?  Are you true to your life?  Do you seek the truth? It is a daily struggle but if you can do it, strive to develop a norm that is centered on peace, truth and unity.  I grew up seeking peace and calm and RUNNING from chaos, dishonesty, harsh words, etc.  I still do not like conflict today.  We each have God's gold inside of us... the rays of light seeking a path out to shi...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Sold Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”  ― Mark Twain I love this quote by Mark Twain.  Lying seems to be interwoven into our lives in American society and I truly wish we lived cleaner and had better principles in place. What are we teaching the next generation?  Life here is busy still. I am literally blogging on the fly this morning. It is Monday morning at 9:40 and I always blog by 10.  SO typing away quickly.  The painting above was painted back in early spring of 2009 ...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Photography Laurie Pace ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.” ― Jack Kornfield What do you wake with this Sunday morning that is heavy on your heart or your shoulders? What are you dreading, fighting or avoiding right now? "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 Time to set yourself free and let go of the things that are weighing you dow...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Size: 5 x 7  Mixed Media on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein SIGH... DEEPER SIGH.  Do not know where the week went . This is already SATURDAY.  I haven't really blogged all week, except for Stacey's birthday.  We made the decision to downsize and literally have been hitting the house each day, packing up extra stuff, fixing small things and mourning.    Yep, Mourning.  I hate to even admit how many times Terry and I have moved. F...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "She is a gift that keeps on giving back to all of us.  She is a God's beautiful miracle to me... she never ceases to amaze me and I give thanks daily having this beautiful daughter. Life changes when you have children and even more when you have a daughter. "  Laurie Pace Today is her birthday and like my other children, I have to celebrate this day on my blog and share it with you. Last year we did a huge surprise party but right now there is too much going on to try and pull anything off like it again! She grew up between two...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Size: 8 x 8  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever” ― Nicholas Sparks I hope on this Valentine's Day you are not just spending money on cards, candy and funny gifts...but are spending time with those that are special to you.   "THE LEGEND OF ST. VALENTINE The history of Valentine’s Day–and the story of its patron saint–is shrouded in my...