Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

A PATH TO THE SON 36 x 36 inches A Painting A Day COMMISSION PIECE COMPLETED! She arrived at the house about nine thirty yesterday morning. A sweet breath of fresh air as she entered the studio....Lana had arrived! I must connect the pieces first. Last year as we were selling our monster house we discovered there was an easement line running through the property and our home as well as a flood plane that had not been earlier identified. How the property had ever closed five years prior was questionable. I had to find a hydraulic engineer to re shoot the area and establish where flooding could occur (Near by dried up creek) and petition the city to abandon a one acre easement off the back of our property. That is where the Lord placed Otis in our lives, Lana's husband and a hydraulic engineer. The city engineer gave me a list of 10 hydraulic engineers. I was praying as I scanned the list and chose Otis. God answered prayers. This man did his job swiftly as needed, thoroughly and s

GREYHOUND EYES 11 x 14 inches A Painting a Day If you are interested in buying this piece, contact me. It goes on Auction a week from Today on eBay. CLICK here to email me. Niki has been painting Newfies....I couldn't stand it. I had to paint two dogs, so I choose the greyhound, which I have painted frequently and the scotty, which I grew up with. I feel the eyes are the door to the soul and when I look at a greyhound I see this life and even deeper. Their enormous eyes speak volumes of their love and their desire to please us. This sweet painting is on board and painted with a wide brush and lots of movement...hence it is impressionistic. Why do you see in this greyhound's eyes? Today is Friday. I have Lana coming over to do changes on a commission piece for her home. I am doing a Tuscan field scene....36 X 36 inches and we have to finish up the last minute things she would like to see in the painting. Other than that I will be working on a large dove for an opening in

Hilary's Horses 3 ft by 4 ft A Painting A Day For a similar commission piece, contact me. Click Here. She lives out west and wanted a huge painting for her "dull" living room. She was going to bid on a painting on eBay that had the colors and the power she wanted, but it just wasn't big enough...so she wrote me. From our correspondance I was able to paint her very own personal canvas with the hand chosen colors for her room and the correct size for her wall. She poured over the images I have on artspan, my web site and my blog. She decided on the horses she wanted as far as how much body showing...and then CHOCOLATE...she wrote me as I painted, more CHOCOLATE. Dark Reds, burgandies, blues, golds and chocolates....she got what she wanted. I just finished it up and we are both praying for it to dry. I will ship it over night to her if it dries in time for a party she is having on Nov 10th. Keep your fingers crossed for both of us! Meanwhile with holiday gift seas

Late Fall Peonies 18 X 27 inches A Painting A Day It is four thirty in the morning and I am preparing to hit the easel! Today is work day for sure. The painting pictured above is a loosely painted impressionistic composition of pink peonies. In person it is almost magical with movement as if a breeze was hitting the blooms. The paint is very thick and applied with a wide brush. Click here if you are interested in this painting. I believe it goes on auction on Ebay tomorrow night. (Thursday night) But if you catch me before it lists I can sell it to you! Grace to all, Laurie "The spirit of the Lord speaks through me, his word is upon my tongue." 2 Samuel 23:2

Indian Spirit Pony Two 24 X 24 inches A Painting a Day ON auction now... CLICK HERE . Second in my 2006 Series of Indian Spirit Ponies.... wonderful beginnings with Acrylic overlays followed by several layers of oil woven through out. Colors are stunning! Mostly painted with a palette knife, a bit of brush work completes the composition. COOL air is heading into Texas! YEAH!!! Tonight we will have a fire for sure in the fireplace. Terry has finished up the wood floors, we have hung one set of my drapes and hopefully will hang the last two windows today too. Somewhere in there groceries and preparing for trick or treaters...but I am betting there are not many with the Front moving through late this afternoon. It will be a COLD north wind. We bought plenty of candy though so Iwill be freezing the left overs...not a good thing to have when I am trying to count calories! Grace, Laurie "What do you think? If a Shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he n

FULL MOON TWO 11 X 14 inches A Painting A Day An impressionistic love of fast colors and a wide paint brush! Brilliant colors and thick paint add to the atmosphere! This will go on Auction later this week, but you could contact me if you are interested in purchasing it! CLICK HERE. Another WINDY day here in Texas...but cool temps are on the way and I am glad! Grace, Laurie "A friend loves at all time." Proverbs 17:17

Drinking With Friends 22 x 28 inches A Painting A Day Contact me if you are interested in this painting. It goes on auction Nov 2nd on eBay, but until then you can buy it direct from me! Click here. Or you can click on my website www.ellepace.com and contact me through it. It would be EARLY Sunday morning here. It is pretty cool outside. I have been out with the dogs and it is not even five a.m. yet. I am heading to the easel early this morning. I have two commission pieces I am working on, modern abstract horses. One is for Marley, one of my art students. She and I share a birthday in November and her mom wants a piece for Marley's room. IT is my pleasure. The second one is for Hilary, a teacher in Nevada who fell in love with a piece on auction but it wasn't big enough. Her's new piece is 3 ft by 4 ft. I will have sore arms when I am done! Meanwhile this is my DRINKING WITH FRIENDS. Inspired by words from my younger brother. He said folks in the UK have a lower

COWGIRL ONE 30 X 30 inches A Painting a Day A third painting in my reining series, and this time a cowgirl at her best! When I was looking through pictures and deciding what to paint, I kept coming back to this one because it was a dance....the cowgirl sits so coolly in the saddle ~ while maintaining balance and grace as the horse pivots and turns swiftly....it is a motion that seems to defy the rules and a unique moment to capture on canvas. Thanks to Trina and to Terry as I finished this composition up this week. Today is Saturday and I am busy with sewing drapes and house work. Will do a new piece today, a small original ACEO card. Conni Togel (Charisma Art and fellow member of the FIVE GRACES) visited with me yesterday. I am encouraged and will try it! My life is unfolding in divine order. Grace, Laurie "My purpose shall stand, and I will fulfill my intention." Isaiah 46:10

ROSES and HYDRANGEA 16 X 20 inches A Painting a Day Just a quick note. Finished this beauty up yesterday afternoon before teaching. It was fun and it is a free handle on the wide paintbrush. It was a JOY to create! This picture does not do it justice! I am off to the airport to pick up our eldest flying in from Long Island. He is journeying to see his dad in the VA hospital in Houston. The Dad is recovering from a quad bypass. Makes me not want to eat fried chicken any more. My prayers for you are blessing that flow from the love of God within my heart. Grace to you all, Laurie "When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?' He said to him, 'Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Feed my lambs.' " John 21:15

The Gathering Two 24 x 36 inches A Painting a Day Thursday is teaching day. Ashley, my co teacher, is finishing up the history of mask making and the children will put their final touches on the masks they made of paper mache last week. NO not trick or treat masks at all. We talked about how masks seem to empower a person with the influence of what the mask is. For example, if you put on a wolf mask you take on the brut strength and confidence of the wolf. If you put on Sponge Bob...well I am not sure what you feel, but it is definitely different than the wolf! LOL...If you put on Superman you feel as if you might have super powers. If you put on a Cinderella Costume you feel like a princess...light delicate and BEAUTIFUL!!! I can't wait to see how they turn out today. It will be a tangled mess of acrylic paints, feathers, sequins etc. I was pulling color on the canvas with my palette knife yesterday when this piece began to emerge before my eyes. From the colors the hor

Through the Archway Oil on Board A Painting A Day Good morning. It is Wednesday and that is a busy painting day in the studio. Getting this sweet painting posted this morning that I completed this week. It is VERY VERY thick palette knife paint creating this gorgeous composition. Working on a smaller canvas was a challenge, but I am pleased with the results~! My two oldest are gathering in Houston for their Dad's open heart surgery today, so my prayers are very focused on his progress and their safe traveling. My father has been through this surgery (by-pass) and it seems to change folks quite a bit ~ personality wise. Currently I stand in total admiration of my mother and her complete unwavering dedication to my own father as he faces many changes and challenges of aging. She is in my heart and prayers 24/7. Here's to a good hump day for everyone! The peace of God fortifies my thoughts and actions today. Grace, Laurie "Live in harmony with one another." Romans

Racing Side by Side 11 X 14 inches A Painting a Day Good MONDAY morning! WE are up and it is only seven in the morning. Today the chimney man is coming out. We are considering a stove insert into our fireplace to heat our home. Today is also wrapping and shipping day for me as well and Terry and I are dragging in the boxes and the bubble wrap to mail out about 10 paintings today. We are eagerly awaiting a handy tool from Andy Whitehead to help with boxing in the future. It will reduce my need for bubble wrap and hopefully save my buyers some money for shipping. The painting I have posted is a small beauty. Painted on smoothly sanded masonite, the colors are true and vivid in person. It is the perfect little painting to fit a niche in the home or to really frame with a wide gold frame and dress up a study or den. Currently it is on auction for this week. Click here if you want to make a bid. Grace to you all, Laurie "Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love