Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Nine on the Run Wild Horses 18x36 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting A Day Well is later today, and theres a bit of ice and snow outside. I've been working on more koi and bunny rabbits and I finished this horse painting yesterday. Working with my pallette knife and rich buttery oils another wild horse painting was created. Watch for it soon on Ebay . Terry and I had fun in Dallas yesterday. He took me shopping for a new winter coat and summer clothes for my summer art shows. We ate lunch at Main Stream and did our shopping at Whole Foods, and getting home around 8pm. We visited Denise and Pam at FedEx.... and although I only had a few boxes to ship out..We stayed for an hour! Stay warm. Grace Laurie “Then they said to him, ‘Inquire of God that we may know whether the mission we are undertaking will succeed.’ The priest replied, ‘Go in peace. The mission you are on is under the eye of the Lord.’”—Judges 18:5-6

Alike Minds HORSES 24 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day DYNAMITE BRIGHT colors in this Valentine's painting of two horses, obviously in love! My Palette was greens, reds, golds and blues, with accents of purple. This would be an eye catcher in any room! Today is Tuesday and suppose to be VERY COLD with COLD and WET tomorrow...maybe Ice..but I do not think snow. We are heading into town later to visit FED EX...stop by the USPS and on to the wilds of Dallas and traffic. There we will visit Whole Foods and TJ Fish Market for our weekly rations. I have been reading the book THINK THIN BE THIN...and ya know what...it is helping. I am not huge but would like to drop one size back down to fit in my clothes. Christmas did me in. Heard today my HARP is on her way. I will not name her until she arrives and I hear her voice...but I am darn excited now. I wrote Denny and ask him if there was a tracking number so I could keep up with her on the trip. ALSO how long...by boat or p

Reflections Koi One 18 X 36 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day Monday Monday...still can't type with both hands. A friend suggested Neuro Muscular Massage...so I am on a mission! Help is soon! We continue to gather bids for the renovation of this house and the addition of STUDIO space! YEAH.... meanwhile I paint in my little room! This unique painting is the first of many with this application. I had a dream last week about it and started it on Friday...Finished it up on Saturday...and listed it on eBay on Sunday. I wanted a KOI painting that was more low key and mood setting to calm cool colors and when Terry walked in and said WOW...I knew I had succeeded with my dream. I am sure it will evolve more as it goes as well with the next one. I used several palette knives as well as Impasto mixed with the paint to give it thickness. I am also excited to welcome Liberty to the studio...she is a young woman that I have known for almost ten years now...and she will be helping wi

RED HORSES Oil on Canvas 18 x 27 inches A Painting A Day Good Sunday Morning! I am up. Just painfully finished my newletter for eBay going out to my Horse watchers...was introducing Anthony Gonzalez ...wow is he good. He is a hugely collected "Master" of the old style and is only offering small pieces on ebay. Check it out and drool! I have already bid on one! I have quite a few artists in my home, Diane Whitehead ARTOUTWEST Conni Togel Mary Jo Zorad Debra Hurd Maybe I will be lucky and get a Gonzalez painting this week! Meanwhile I am in preparation for an upcoming show opening with the Gillian Jones Gallery in Ohio in March. Finishing up work this next week. Had to bring in help too! I have a younger artist that is going to work with me on the computer stuff etc...with my arm out of commission, typing one hand is not NOT fun. I usually type 125 words a minute and this is entirely too frustrating. I just finished up a commission piece going to New York, a huge guitar.

Butterscotch Horse 24 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day Good Morning ...it is Saturday...I have injured my rotator cuff... so I am limited on typing on the computer among other things. FORTUNATELY...I can still paint...no guitar though for awhile. This is a palette knife composition I finished yesterday...creamy butterscotch in color, hence the name! Grace to you all...which I could share more...we did go out to eat last night at the fabulous Mexican Restaurant in Pilot Point TEXAS...yummmmm. Today is my youngest son's birthday, Morgan Pace. He is an artist and musician as well. Happy birthday to him...and to me, I was there. He was born at five minutes after lunch time. Laurie “You have made known to me the ways of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.” —Acts 2:28

EXTENSION OF LOVE Horses 22 x 28 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day click here to bid I have pulled a muscle somewhere in my left arm and am limited today on actions and typing! hubby tied me into a sling to keep me from using it. I have been nursing problems with this arm since Sept but really did something to twist it yesterday. Meanwhile this painting was another joy as it evolved. No preconception as to composition, it emerged as I began to paint. I love when it does that! Thick paint as always with my palette knife. more to come. I am adding help at the studio next week, a young artist/woman who will also be helping with classes, eBay listings etc etc etc. Maybe I can get my arm fixed! grace laurie “No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, for the patch pulls away from the cloak, and a worse tear is made. Neither is new wine put into old wineskins; otherwise, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled.”—Matthew 9:16-17

A Dozen Roses Modern Impressionistic Roses 24 X 24 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day It is afternoon....here in Texas and it is starting to warm up a tiny bit, at least into the fifties. We might see Sixties tomorrow...yes..but the weather man muttered something about the MCFARLAND syndrome....and that means COLD AIR and SNOW and ICE...coming soon to a town near you if you live in north Texas. This is welcome welcome welcome...to have a real winter...might cut down on our bug population too! Painted this morning and these roses appeared on canvas...perhaps with thoughts of Valentines. I put my order in for some more perfume...I am out. Hope he takes the hint of the empty perfume bottle on his sink with a note...EMPTY...20 days until Valentine's Day. Don't forget your valentine! You can buy these roses and have flowers year round...gee what more could a husband want??? They will post on eBay next week, but are available now if you contact me! The paint is hugely thick..

Nine on the Horizon Wild Horses 18 X 36 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting A Day Good Wednesday Morning. This is a painting I did last weekend and it is currently up on auction on ebay already. I haven't painted in a few days...and eager to get to the canvas this morning. SO this note it short! The painting above is another palette knife pull where I carve the horses literally out of the paint. It is spiritual as it happens and I truly hope it brings that sense into the home it arrives at! Have a great Wednesday. Laurie “So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”—Mark 11:24

SPIRIT OF FIVE WILD HORSES 30 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting A Day It is huge on the wall in my studio and the vibrant reds jump across the room.... I know it will find its way into the heart of a home and be a loved painting! THICK edges and ridges of oil bring motion into the paint. Today is Tuesday..Tomorrow I will be knee deep in paint! Up by four a.m... I will be pushing paint before most of you even open your eyes. I did finally catch up with Sue Sunday night..yeah, hadn't visited in two weeks. I miss you SUE!!! I know there will be quite a few paintings arriving at homes across the United States and Canada this week. I mailed out 18 packages on Monday...whew...that was a large order...but Terry hung in there with Diane Whitehead's husband GREAT invention...the BOXALOT and it has been a huge help with shipping. MUCH easier to handle too! KUDOS to Andy Whitehead...contact Diane if you want to try one! I recommend them! Gotta run, Pizza was just delivered and th

A Path through the Garden 16 x 20 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day GOOOD morning. I slept in....I am usually up at four and it is just after six! Today is packing and shipping but I may sneak in a small painting this morning, but I am working on a commission piece for a collector in TN. ALSO am praying and contemplating a donation piece for a fund raiser for a breast cancer victim, battling two different kinds of cancer raging in her body. I know at one point I will pick up my brush and I will paint from my heart through the power of the spirit. The painting above is thick and absolutely gorgeous with color. Inspired by a book on Gardens in Europe... I hope to do more in a similar manner. Have a great Monday and plan for an even better week! Sue, THANK you for our visit last night, it was a joy. An added note after reading my inspirational verses this morning. Roxanne from Daily Painters had added a comment to one of my paintings that it was neat to find other artists that we

INQUISITIVE SPIRIT Horse 18 X 36 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting A Day REDS and more reds are the beauty of this composition. I could not capture a decent picture of it with the rainy days here and no place to set up my camera properly!!! The horse is a bit more defined here with mass evident in the placement of paint and the pulls of that paint. She is a she...and you can only tell that in person when you see her and feel the inquisitive spirit from her eyes! Today is early on Sunday, almost five a.m....and I am up to paint and do paper work. I am hoping Morgan comes out to paint this morning, but forgot to talk to him last night. Will wake him at seven and see. It is one of those days I need a list to stay on task...I have several commission pieces to be working on and my mind is wondering! Grace to you all, and have a pleasant Sunday. Laurie “Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.” —Psalm 51:12

CRAB APPLE IN BLOOM TREE 15 X 30 inches oil on canvas A Painting a Day SOLD SOLD SOLD on the daily blog! Thank you! Oh its a quick load...I am going shopping and my daughter is here.... took a break from painting this morning as I was up at one and went back to bed at five and just got up again! More later...have a great Saturday. laurie