Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

FOREST IN THE FALL Collection of three Canvas totaling 30 X 45 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day This one came out of no where.... not sure where nowhere is though...if you get there let me know...meanwhile it is my view of the forest lit up with fall leaves! Very modern...very contemporary. Today I bought fabrics...yards and yards of fabric...gonna make drapes for the house...inbetween painting of course. Grace, Laurie "The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom." Proverbs 9:10

St Louis painted by a Texas aka Moon over St. Louis 30 X 40 inches A Painting a Day Okay, I couldn't stand it...I am from St Louis...had to do one for my birth city too. I stuck it in my eBay store...so you can find it there as well. May do Denver and Atlanta next....but first will be doing some horses. It is late on Monday...I am exhausted and heading to bed to read a book...AFTER I put all the groceries away. God's blessing to you all, Laurie " When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scroch you." Isaiah 43:2

Under Grandma's Quilt at the Beach 11 X 14 on Board A Painting a Day In the light of true impressionism comes this delight painting. I did sketching the night before and came straight to the easel from the sketchbook with my paint brush. I began with the mans head and then began with a small stroke of white here and there, established the quilt. The woman's head popped in next and the story began to unfold. Beautiful contrasting colors in this delightful painting! I delivered the birthday boy's painting and had hoped for a picture of him with it hanging on the wall, but there was a ton of folks at this party...mostly from CHICAGO...I was sweating that one... Sears Tower? Yeah it is in there... along with a mess of other buildings I didn't know! Hopefully I can post one day a picture of the painting hanging in it's new home! My love to Tom and his family as they travel back to the rush of Chicago today. Tom...you enjoy all the leftover food and love....as you ste

Chicago Painted by a Texan aka Moon over Chicago 3 ft by 4 ft HUGE A Painting a Day in celebration of Tom's 50th Birthday! !!!!Happy Birthday!!!! W ell for the past three years I have promised Tom a painting for his den. I wasn't very swift with carry through on this one, but since he is celebrating the big 50 this weekend, and all his brothers and sisters are in from CHICAGO to Dallas.... I did the deed this week! I was figuring a mere nicely sized 24 x 36 inch painting, but Tom wanted 3 ft by 4 ft. This is on the tail end of another commission piece that went to Arizona that is 3 ft by 4 ft....no wonder my back and shoulders hurt. I had to crank the easel down to accomodate these huge canvas. This painting was fun as I studied the photos I had of the Chicago skyline. The stretched gallery canvas is a tougher surface than the night landscapes I have been doing on Masonite, but I hung in there and pushed the paint to the limit trying to keep my colors from being muddy...

Forest 22 x 28 inches A Painting a Day Another day another painting! This gorgeous horse is done with my newest style of scraping layers of paint and then finding the horse with in the patterns. I entitled it FOREST because of the greens in the background. Thick paint and a palette knife created this beauty. Have a happy day today! Grace, Laurie " Be of the same mind toward one another." Romans 12:16

Gathering Dewberries 30 x 30 inches A Painting a Day Good morning from Justin Texas. Cooler air is moving in this morning. I have the windows open in my studio. Today I teach in the afternoon and early evening, so I will be painting all morning. The posted painting is a full of enticing colors and mystery as a young girl gather wild dewberries in her bowl. Thoughts and memories of my own daughter gathering dewberries for me to make a dewberry cobbler. YUM. It is too late in the year to actually find dewberries, but the memory created the painting. Grace to you on this Thursday! Laurie " Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you." Ephesians 4:31-32.

HERDING 30 x 30 inches A Painting a Day " Today I begin a commission piece for a woman in Arizona. It is a take off on one of my prior pop art pieces, Quiet Night With You. The woman had emailed how much this looked like her daughter, and when she mailed me pictures I was astonished. So we are increasing the size to a 3 ft by 4 ft piece and I adjusted the lips on my sketches and the bridge of the nose by the eyes....and I am going to the canvas today.... hopefully will post it tomorrow. It is in acrylic, not oil. The painting above I worked on and off for the past three weeks. Reminded by the changing leaves and the cooler temps, I worked in the easy feeling of fall and the beauty of the season. Wide brushes created most of the painting and the palette lends itself to the vivid contrasts of the season. Enjoy your day! Grace, Laurie " Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving." Colossians 4:2

Ready for Battle 24 X 36 inches A Painting a Day Elegance of color, full of contrasting values and rich hues of the forest. This buck bows his head in preparation for battle! A new view for me at the easel, but so definitely engraved in the depth of this painting. Layers of scraped paint and pulls of color create a new palette directly on the canvas. From the shadows and edges appears this beautiful animal of the forest. Hope your day is filled with God's best! Grace, Laurie " May He grant you according to your heart's desire and fulfill all your purpose." Psalm 20:4

Daylight 24 X 36 inches A Painting a Day This one is already sold! This weekend I knew I needed to paint another "watery horse" painting. I felt sleepy when I started it and the colors began calmly and with cool colors. As the painting progressed you can see how the oranges and reds began to creep in. ZOW!!! Hope everyone had a terrific weekend. We had the PACE FAMILY reunion at White Rock Lake in Dallas. Oh my, did we eat and visit and eat some more. There was a wonderful stand up comedy act too! So many new little babies and many newly weds and engaged folks. ...but we all ate. God is good! All the time, God is good. " In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will." Ephesians 1:11

Lamp Light 9 x 12 inches Oil on Board A Painting a Day A busy Friday looms! I am out of the studio all day...gotta get the garage cleaned out and run into town on errands...tomorrow is the HUGE family reunion so I will be cooking and baking into the early hours of the morning tomorrow...then sleep and then eat! The painting above I just finished and it is another one of my favorites in my small series on board. The way the Holbein Duo Oil moves on the board is like magic...it creates a world of light and shadow that I cannot do on regular canvas. Grace to you all...have a safe weekend. Laurie "Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; on you I wait all the day." Psalm 25:4-5

WOLF PACK 24 x 36 x 2 inches A Painting A Day continues! Today I hope to finish up a painting I started yesterday. I finished the wolves up. They were started last Saturday. Pretty mysterious and cool actually. THICK paint and glistening colors weaving in and out of the composition. My day will be topped off with teaching this afternoon. The students are painting their clay projects they started last week. Oh what a fun mess!!! Grace to each of you, Laurie "Be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble." 2 Peter 1:10

Daffodils Two 18 X 27 inches A Painting a Day Well, I certainly got my exercise yesterday~ we walked the dogs twice, totaling about 4 miles or more. They dogs were smiling!!!! Today's painting I included a close up of the brush stroke and the colors used. It is a calm painting but rich in detail and thickness of paint. Today Trina is driving down from Gainesville to paint. She was here on Saturday with the women that came to paint. Trina was working on a gorgeous sunflower and amazed me with her quick adaption to the Holbein Duo Oils. I can't wait to see what she paints today. I will be working on some sunflowers and a horse painting I started this past weekend. Happy living today. Grace, Laurie "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8