Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Come to the Water . 8 x 10  Oil on Birch . Christmas Gift.  by Laurie Pace  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.    1 January 2020 -  I was doing it wrong.   28 years of marriage.  We have known each other over 55 years.  So when he confronted me about his work jeans and told me I was folding them wrong, I almost laughed!   I have always taken pride in taking care of him.   When we married a lmost 28 years ago,  I learned to fold his underwear exactly like he wanted it folded.  ...  Read more here about folding laundry.   Romans 8: 26-28. “In the same way the spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.   And he who search our hearts knows the mind o...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Sunlight  by Laurie Pace - Available.   Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “ Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy. These pure and spontaneous pleasures are ‘patches of Godlight’ in the woods of our experience. ”  C S Lewis Take your hands off!    Definitely the words of a mom... or a dad... but I think it is from someone else.  The command is a warning to not get hurt, burned, or have something extraordinary occur to you.  Like playing HOT POTATO in elementary school. You did not want to end up with it.    Read more here. “All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart. Th...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Dawn Rising  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves.” — LEONORA CARRINGTON Have you ever been stuck in life and frustrated by things not changing and situations worsening? There is another way to look at it.  Read More Here. “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” — 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 Laurie Pace  -  A Texas Artist   INSTAGRAM  : @LauriePaceBlog Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter.      My Website          GALLERY LINKS Mirada Fine Art Denver C...

     © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Traveler  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   ““A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” Lao Tzu  Teaching Art has always been a treasured gift.  Teaching children that the outcome of their artwork is not the important thing, but rather what is, is the journey and enjoyment they have creating the artwork.                                         Read More Here.   “  But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the LORD.’ " Jonah 1:8 Laurie Pace  -  A Texas Artist   INSTAGRAM  : @LauriePaceBlog Follow me on Facebook ...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Horse Play  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.” — ROBERT LEWIS STEVENSON Your life. My life. How has it turned out for you? Introvert, Extrovert, how did that work for you? Time alone or time with family? Which do you prefer? Times have changed in the past 67 years and what I grew up with does not exist anymore. We did a lot of Horse Play especially all Summer long! Do you believe in Horse Play? Read more here. Laurie Pace  -  A Texas Artist   INSTAGRAM  : @LauriePaceBlog Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter.      My Website          GALLERY LI...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Omega Close up Detail 1  Abstract Painting by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” Mae West Change is that inevitable thing that happens to us daily... minute by minute.  What get you through?  I have found the absolute best way of coping with things. Even sleeping better with it.  His word and promise to us provides it all.  Read More Here. “ The Lord God will fight for you, you need only to be still.  " Exodus 14:14  Laurie Pace  -  A Texas Artist   INSTAGRAM  : @LauriePaceBlog Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter.      My Website          GALLERY LINKS ...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Hesitation  12 x 12  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   Contact me to commission a small painting for you or as a gift. $75-$200 depending on size and content.  I truly would love to paint a small piece for you!    Birthday week arrives next week. Usually we head out to East Texas to visit our good friends. We use to live there at Lake Cypress Springs. This week has been a challenge with an injury to my foot... to the point my 2-3 miles on the treadmill is dearly missed.  So plans are up in the air as of now.   Stop by my website to read more. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive f...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2009 A Hug Between Friends  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   We are bombarded daily with worldly complications and stress.  Not a day goes by that most of us would not welcome a good strong hug.  I love it when hubby takes me in a huge hug in the kitchen. He wraps his arms around me tightly...  I close my eyes and just float in his love radiating through me... blocking out every stress or conflict in my body.   Does a hug affect you that way? Read more about hugs in my journal on my website. “ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God . " 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Laurie Pace ...

Are you rooted in life? Is it time to make a radical change in your lifestyle? Are you ready to boldly do things that you’ve never thought of before? Trees are solidly rooted into the ground. Are you rooted? Just how deep? Click through and read about being rooted in life. Taking chances is sometimes an amazing thing.  2020 is almost here. Join my thoughts of 12 things to challenge yourself with next year,  or think of it as 12 adventures to look forward to.  Join Me Here. 

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Mare and Foal   Oil on Cradled Birch 9 x 12  by Laurie Pace  Purchase here.   $375 Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “It was a sense of privilege and mute wonder, as though he’d witnessed one of those small, everyday miracles of spring. Like a licked-clean foal taking its first steps on wobbly legs. Or a new butterfly pushing scrunched, damp wings from a chrysalis.” Tesse Dare - A Week to be Wicked The discovery in this painting was exhilarating. It started much differently with a single horse and very subtle colors and suddenly I saw these two in the paint. They appeared in shape and form. We often never see the best things God places in front of us.  This horse and foal painting is waiting for you.  “ Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slo...