Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Grey Appaloosa Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Paul's last words to Linda: "You're up on your beautiful Appaloosa stallion. It's a fine spring day. We're riding through the woods. The bluebells are all out, and the sky is clear-blue".”― Paul McCartney Deep breath as I start writing this blog today.  I remember my last visit with my Dad before he passed away and continued on to God. I also remember some of my last visits shared with him as he began to slip further and further from his earthly bounds.  He saw people in his mind that had died years before. His...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Hints of Picasso   Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understood each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,And shared a conversation with the housefly in my bed. Once I heard and answered all the questions of the crickets, And joined the crying of each falling dying flake of snow, Once I spoke the language of the flowers. . . . How did it go?  How did it go?” ― Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein Shei Silverstein's boo...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Flower Photography. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “And I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered. But most of all, I learned that life is about sitting on benches next to ancient creeks with my hand on her knee and sometimes, on good days, for falling in love.” ― Nicholas Sparks I am still a child at heart. I am a child of God t...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Rites of Spring SOLD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.” ― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay Spring is the time for rebirth and renewal, but there are a few of us who cling to the joy of fall into winter.  It is the winding down of being outside and staying more indoors together, closer, enjoying intimate moments. I always look forward to fall and still waiting right now for those cooler nights...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Figurative Painting  Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “But they say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true.” ― Walt Disney Company, 12 Princess Stories As a whole, children are a natural expression of joyful spirit. They dream and pretend play and create worlds that are full of love and joy. As adults, we may not play as often as children but we still can play in moments of joyful abandon.  Age does not always have to count. SMILE... BREATHE in JOY.. the pure joy of being alive.  This painting was done back in 2010 of a pretty lit...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Figurative Paintings by Laurie Pace ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.” ― Victor Hugo Patience is defined as "quiet, steady perseverance." We begin each day not knowing what is ahead and begin it in trust and perseverance because our faith is strong. Every day we are given the opportunity to practice Patience.  It could be sitting in traffic or waiting in line at the grocery store. Take this time and use...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Here's Looking at You.  Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.” ― Oscar Wilde Do you like carrying anger around?  I do it sometimes and it eats me up because I like a more balance atmosphere in my life and that does not include anger. I have had to learn to remove myself from toxic relationships.  Do not carry around things you cannot use. Choose to let go of that anger or resentment about something that has happened...whether you said it or someone else has said it.  True forgiveness is only possible ...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016   Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Courage is grace under pressure.” ― Ernest Hemingway Accepting gifts is usually a fun thing... Terry and I were talking about that in the car yesterday.  I love getting boxes in the mail and opening them to see what is inside. It is even better when you know it is a gift and someone has really thought about you to buy you something special. Brings back that excitement we use to have as kids at Christmas time.  What about the gift of grace? Is it all the good gifts we enjoy freely in every day?  It would take ...