Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Savage Spring ~ Horse 24 X 24 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day Click here to bid! Well, it is indeed a savage spring. We have had tornadoes, winds, hail and rain...lots of rain, actually close to 10 inches! I have been home today working in the studio painting....and now am heading to the daughters to have dinner! YUMMM. She called and said I could bring dessert, so I just took OUHY GOUHY St Louis Butter Cake out of the oven. Oh my must it be high in heart attack. Two sticks of butter, 8 oz cream cheese, a pound of powder sugar, three eggs etc....Larry doesn't even eat desserts but she does, so I made it. I ate so much while stirring it I am already full. Tomorrow is Palm Sunday. I probably will be up early and then to church with them. Most of you that follow my blog know that Terry works on Sundays...but he is taking off for Easter next week. I have pulled out my recipe for HOT CROSS BUNS. You must think I am hungry with all this baking, but it is the fault of the ear p

ROOSTER THREE Palette Knife Series Oil on Canvas 18 x 24 inches A Painting A Day SOLD GOOD THURSDAY MORNING! I am preparing to EXIT the studio. Today is teaching day and I want to clean house. We are expecting storms later but the floors are pretty bad from the dogs. We took them both to be groomed this week, so they are clean, but the floors...NOT. I think I need a break from painting. I worked on some flowers this morning which I did list on artbyus.com . If you have never looked for paintings there, it is an awesome place to list because the Togels that own the site do not presently keep any percentage of your sale...this is good for the artist. It is also good for buyers to shop there and find good art. I noticed today several new outstanding artists listing on ABU . Today in class I am still working out the lesson. We were doing mixed media...I am between that and doing a wet watercolor and using salt. It is such a neat effect to watch the salt pull the water in the compo

ON THE RUN TWO HORSE Oil on Canvas 24 x 30 inches A Painting A Day Egads it is already afternoon. I have been busily working in the studio all day painting since four this morning. I am getting hungry. Terry phoned from the grocery store saying he will cook...so I may have to munch a handful of honey nut cheerios to last until then! This is another painting in my Horse Play Series... on the Run Two. Contrasting colors and heavy paint applied with a palette knife... might be perfect for your house! Cooler temps today, altho 82 was forcasted. We should work outside with heavy rain due tomorrow, but I doubt we will. We only have two more early morning wakeups with Terry's shift...I am counting down the days for more sleep. Six hours does not cut it. Diane Whitehead sent me a next site with a speaker last night...from Lake Wobegan. I probably murdered the spelling. Will share the link if you want it. It was incredibly entertaining and very relaxing to listen to. Definitely s

Magnolia Peace 30 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day $499 I made add some more tones to this one....it didn't photograph well, it is a bit more warm in overall feel with all the lovely caramel brown tones. I finished this one up yesterday. BIGGEST NEWS...it is raining raining raining. We are desperate for rain so this is a welcome thing. Last night I was snuggled in bed and Terry called out for me to come sniff....he smelled smoke. As I hit the den and took a whiff, I whirled around and grabbed jeans and shoes and began exploring with him. Nothing had problems in the attic, or out front, but in back it was smokey and smelly...and it was pouring down rain. We continued to search for 10 min and finally I called a neighbor on the reverse side of the circle where we live and asked them to go outside...it was strange because I could not smell the smoke in the front, only the back...we are on acreage. In just moments they confirmed the same smoke and smell....we still do n

MORNING HAZE ON THE HORIZON ~ Horses 18 x 36 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting A Day SOLD It is late on Saturday Afternoon. Just got Morgan off and heading home after we all enjoyed prime rib, new potatoes mashed, organically grown corn, and a fresh salad...all organic. We are pretty strict on that! Terry, Morgan and I took Paddy, our male Kerry Blue Terrier to the FT WORTH Dog Show today to see if he is show quality...which we found in disappointment he is not. He will be 'Fixed" in May....he definitely wigged out around all the dogs, but the handler was ABSOLUTELY great with him. We were more than impressed. I felt like a mom taking my child to school the first day and they sent him home! Painting this morning I started two different horses, but this one I posted I finished last week...one of my colorful horses on the horizon. I love these colors....that is why the name for the painting! It would hang nicely in our room. Have to close quickly...gotta clean the kitchen an

Brilliant Red Gerbera 24 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day $499 Good morning. I did not make Dallas this morning...headache is a lingering thing right now. I am struggling with some hands I am painting for a commission piece. I have prayed about it and it hit me to try it over on a linen or smoother canvas. I really dislike starting over since I have 12 hours in this painting, but it is not working.... so today we will regroup. Meanwhile yesterday I finished this painting....VERY thick paint and a criss cross pattern. Bright and cheery and ready to finish drying to travel to it's new home, where ever that might be! We have MAC class again this afternoon. MAC Quicken...ugh ugh UGH UGH. Can't say it loud enough and to top it off, QUICKEN lies...I was told it was identical to the PC version and it IS NOT. It is watered down milk toast in comparison. SOOOO we enrolled into QUICKEN MAC classes to make sure I am not missing something. Tomorrow I may appologize! BUT

POPPY RED 16 x 20 inches Oil On Canvas A Painting A Day $169.00 A quick note before I go take my two miles walk with Talana. We are TRYING to get some exercise. Today is also teaching day. I will be preparing watercolor paper for the children and finishing up another painting. Terry and I worked in the yard yesterday watering in the fertilizer they put on a few days ago. So life is busy! Hope all is well with you! This painting is a simple wide brush stroke piece of a brilliant red poppy. Sometimes I just paint for fun and this was one of those pieces...bright happy and joyful! Grace, Laurie "And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment." Philippians 1:9

Spring Play 24 X 30 inches Oil on Canvas A Painting a Day $699 Well, it is afternoon now. I was up painting away when my phone rang at 6:30 a.m. Youngest son called to tell me he was sitting on his floor wet. He had fallen in the shower and thought he broke his leg. I couldn't do anything, I live over an hour away and in morning traffic almost two hours away. Back to painting. Finished this one this morning as I get into mood for my Horse Play Series. This is Spring Play. THICK paint with a palette knife! GLORIOUS colors! Grace, Laurie "As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." 1 Peter 4:10

HORSE PLAY T2 Oil on Canvas 4 x 6 inches A Painting a Day SOLD Good morning. Short note today. IT IS MAC LESSON DAY! YEAH...but they only give me an hour. I have my list prepared for the genius behind the bar...they work with you one on one or you can take classes...as many as you want for only $99 a year....Terry and I will definitely get our money worth. Terry is packing paintings while I am printing shipping labels. We are late a day in shipping because of his flight on the B17. It was fascinating to watch from the ground...he was up almost 40 minutes though and took some great video. I became ill watching the video...ya know how the camera is bouncing and rolling??? AND when he would have to let go of the camera to hang on as the plane would drop and bank and tilt....well, the camera would go wildly loose out of his hands swinging on the neck rope.... I thought I would never get by the rolling stomach yesterday and that was from watching the movie he shot. Don't think I will

CITY BLOCKS T1 CityScape 6 x 6 inches Oil on Board A Painting a Day SOLD Good morning. We are off to Dallas for Terry to fly in a B17...what more does a guy need??? They even offered him a job to travel with them 10 months out of the year working on the three big birds they keep up flying. The one he is flying in is Nine o Nine. I intend to find out more about the possibility of him doing this for a year....another dream of his! Meanwhile my blog is short this morning because we must get on the road and fight the traffic!!!!! More later tomorrow. Grace, Laurie "By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren." 1John 3:16

Horse Play T 1 4 x 6 inches Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas A Painting a Day SOLD It is early and I must be painting...so I can get out of the studio early today. This is the first in an OSWOA size that I will be doing to prepare for larger ones for my Wyoming Show and for ebay. It gives some folks the opportunity to collect a painting at a lower price. This has a buy it now on it on eBay for $149.00 CLICK HERE for auction. Starting price is only $69. My studio is clean. My paints arrived from Dick Blick...yeah and Rupen is busy making my canvas which should arrive later this next week. I am inking along with a smaller inventory of canvas! I waited too long to order. Morgan, my son the painter, is coming over today to review Quick Books. He starts a new job on Monday with the need to be proficient! As a loan officer he did not use it at all the past year and he wants to play on my 2007 program....wonder if I can get him to paint while he is here! LOL probably not, but I can hope.

Turning WOLF 18 x 24 inches Oil Painting on Canvas A Painting a Day GOOD MORNING! Well, almost afternoon. I have been up scrubbing down my studio and picking up all my reference books and restacking all my stuff....and finally got to paint....I was reminded of my youngest Kerrie Blue Terrier, Paddy. We are really working hard to curb his attitude on the leash and when Terry puts him down, sometimes we see this turning reaction...but we all know Terry is the Big Dog! I am laughing...I am NOT the big dog. I am the family nothing...actually my youngest, Morgan the painter, use to call me a popcorn fart. That is pretty bad. Actually my strength is there when I need to call upon it. My strength lies in the Lord! A few readers wrote me about their dads after my last post. My dad has Alzheimers. He really does well and my mom is a saint. I worry though because I have had so many folks warn me that the female caretakers (ie my mom) is in danger because of the risk to stress she endures and