Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Progression on Wolf Hunt  Oil on Canvas Working on it Layer by Layer... Not sure yet what will stay or not stay and what part will scrap or pile up.         © Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me for commission Work: Laurie Up or Down      Not sure if I am up or down, or in or out.  I thought we were on the mend but yesterday was a set back so I stayed close to home and worked.   I have been cleaning out my art closet because my new postcards for the year just arrived and my new business cards as well.  In with the new and out with the old.  Do I put the extra box up or down?  Should I shelve it all down or up?  I went UP with it all and threw down the old trash. I am compiling things for the workshop...bits and pieces of this and that, working in and out and up and down.  I am way excited about next week and preparing for it just builds more anticipation UP.  I have gathered tools, implements, spray bottles, extra canvas, palette knives, extra paints,

Sketch for Wolf Hunt Unsure of size but think it will be 22 x 28 inches and it will be oil. This is for my show at Mirada this summer.   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me for Commission Work. Laurie          It Will Rise.. . Yesterday I received a care package from my 'sister', prayer partner, and fellow artist, Debbie Grayson Lincoln .  We shared high school together and over fifty times together..but lost track in between. I love having her back in my life.  Things are always on the up with a united front. ( I just checked out her blog and she has a video of one of her chickens with 8 eggs under it.) When she found out Terry and I were ill, she ground up some fresh flour from red wheat grain for us and slipped it into a box with her best recipe for fresh wheat bread. I read over the recipe and it looks fool proof...that is IF the yeast will rise.  I do have two packages of fresh yeast here.  BUT in the recipe she mentions GLUTEN which I st

Flutter By Unsure... 5 x 9  mixed media on Canvas           © Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me: Laurie Baby It's Cold Outside and Times They are a Changing Isn't this suppose to be May?  Thought so.  Only this morning it is 45 degrees outside.  Yes, that is unusual for North Texas this time of year.  I LOVE IT!   More drizzle yesterday but no bad storms. With it came cooler temps for the next two days.  That is a celebration.  Go figure but my mind is already counting down the next seven weeks until we get to the longest day of the year.  Why? Because I love the fall here in Texas and once we get there, I have but three months to make it till fall...and all the colors.  The seasons seem to flutter by quickly as I have gotten older.  The days really zoom by.  ' With being sick this last week, I lost five days and I wanted to share my thoughts and decisions that came with firm resolution after Easter Service with my parents.   Over that last w

Eddie the Dog   Holding Still for His Dog Portrait   Oil on Canvas SOLD 2008        ©Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me: Laurie Man's Best Friend? For years the dog has been called man's best friend.  Dog's do not require much in life... a little food, water, shelter and an occasional pat on the head or a tummy rub.  What they give back is more than just love... it is loyalty and unconditional love.  They do not hold anger against you if you forget their food one  morning, or if you neglect to talk to them or acknowledge them. They still love you. Dogs are every faithful and devoted for life. Through the puppy's eyes they see you as the best thing in the entire world. They cannot wait to see you wake up in the morning or for you to give them a pat or hug.  They will follow you EVERYWHERE in the house until you do acknowledge them.  The dog sees you as a parent, a best friend, a partner and a soulmate. DOG   flip it  GOD Man tends to b

Colorado River Ponies 30 x 40 x 2 inches  Oil on Canvas    Available is this Painted Pony Abstract Horse Painting as part of my Summer Show with Mirada Fine Art. A Pace signature Painted Pony. Contact Steve at Mirada for purchasing.      © Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact Laurie. DETAIL PICTURES Celebrating Color Yesterday morning I woke up in time to watch the leaving of the chapel by William and Kate.  I lingered in bed till almost eight enjoying the cold air creeping in the open windows and watching the news on the wedding.  Terry got up and pulled open the curtains and in flooded the morning light.  It was delightful. It was lovely... it reminded me of waking up at my grandmother's farm in St Louis in the country.  She had white curtains that fluttered on the window in the morning breeze. With light of course comes color. They are woven together permanently bound by God.  You cannot have one without the other.  So when I struggled up

Horse 24 x 30 inches  Oil on Canvas    Sold This is from my painting archives from the fall of 2006. I hope I am able to return to the studio tomorrow.  I have been out with a tummy bug for several days. This is from my laptop in bed!  ©Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me: Laurie    In God's Time Well, I am praying this morning will be better than yesterday.  I made it up and moving for about three hours yesterday and then it was back to bed.  Terry grilled some chicken for me and I ate a tiny bit of that and one English Muffin. It will be in His time and not mine. Bless his heart, he ran into town to the store to pick up things and I ask for Popsicles.... and he brought back REAL FRUIT Popsicles which of course are not good to eat.   I hugged him and licked on one for a bit but told him the secret was clear fluid things!  I cannot wait to be better and eat those real fruit bars. Meanwhile... I will probably catch replays of the wedding today and

The Paint 20 x 30 inches   Acrylic on Canvas   I am reposting this painting because I probably need to sell it from my studio. We were preparing to take it into Dallas to the Dutch Art Gallery and the canvas got a small rip in it. Terry has patched it beautifully and I have touched up the paint on it.   I will consider a good offer, Email me. Laurie        ©Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2011 This is a short blog... I am pretty much under the weather with a tummy bug. I think quite a few of the folks that ate together on Sunday were hit by it...hit me mid day yesterday and still this morning I am weak as a new kitten. Stay strong and stay healthy and stay safe.  Heavy rains, hail and tornadoes have ravaged east Texas moving further to the east doing even more damage. I pray for all in the storm right now that you be safe. Laurie           “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”” - Luke 19:10 My Blog    My Website     Giclees on C

Dark and Light at Sunrise Sold 15 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas December 2006     © Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me: Laurie       Selfishness    I was reading in a book last night about being selfish in relationships. As always my brain skips ahead to my life and my relationships...especially Terry and I.  Nope neither of us are selfish.   This OBVIOUSLY does not apply to us. Wrong.   The title of the chapter was "Love is not selfish". We do seem to exist in a world that is built around 'self'. We are taught from an early age to care about appearance, our feelings and our desires and goals.  If we want to be happy we have to seek these things. Wrong. This does not work in a relationship with another person.  Still as I read, I was still optimistic that this simply did not apply to Terry and me. We truly serve each other when we see the need.  The chapter continued on to say that almost every sin could be traced back to a selfish motive. 

Three Horses I seem to paint a trio picture once a year of these contrasting horses. This abstract horse painting is for my Denver show. It is a nice 36 x 36 inches in size with the painting extending on the wrap canvas 2 inches deep. No frame is needed. 3 ft by 3 ft  Oil on Canvas   © Laurie Pace  Graphics One Design 1998-2011  Contact me: Laurie      Throwing Rocks I once told you how I felt about life that we tend to gather up rocks and stuff them in our pockets. You never know when you will need all those rocks you carry around.  Your load would be much lighter without them. This next story is about rocks but slightly different.  We have a pond out back behind the house. Normally we have mini fishermen and their grandpas instructing them on casting and fishing.   Last week there was a little boy with a small sailboat on the bank.  He was so excited placing the boat into the water and realized there was not much wind so he splashed the water making waves and the little

Delta A new horse in my Greek Series.  I guess I had Easter Morning on my mind with the colors I chose for this one. In the true abstract sense of play, this unique Horse Painting powers in with color and patterns very much like Omega and Beta.   24 x 30 inch  Acrylic on Canvas    © Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact Me: Laurie         The Promise Yesterday when I was researching some things I came across a very interesting story/comparison on a website.  First, I think you know that God has a tendency in all the written records in the Bible to take a shining to sinners and bring them right around to Him. Over and over again the bible is filled with stories like this. God has the ability to bring us all to our knees. Have you ever heard of a berkutchi ?  I had not...not ever.  A berkutchi is an bird trainer.  In Asia there are men that train eagles for hunting.  First they must capture a young eagle to tame it and train it.  Eagles have a life span of 40 y

Moon Over the River 3 ft by 4 ft  Oil on Canvas Not totally sure I am done with this Horse Painting. It is part of the series Over the River and no it is not Little Red Riding Hood!  Playing with colors and contrast and light, throw in reflections and thick buttery oil paints and you can come up with a nice Abstract Horse Painting.        © Laurie Pace     Graphics One Design 1998-2011 contact me: Laurie         Oh Say Can You See? Yes I can see . I can already see things I want to add and relocate on this painting, so I know it will be in the studio for finishing up next week. We have arrived at Easter weekend and Lent as come to an end.  Thursday we marked the remembrance of Jesus with his walk to the hill top carrying a heavy cross, to which they nailed him in the worst punishment of crucifixion. Can you close your eyes and for just a split second image the depth of pain and suffering Jesus endured for us? Terry was speaking yesterday of what happened to those that b

 Full Moon This deviates from all the reds I have been painting.  Purple is my favorite color so I decided to use it in this elegant night horse painting.  I used both a palette knife and a wide brush working on this one. It may or may not be done... I will only post it again if I do make major changes.  She is really pretty in person. Soothing and quiet...SHHH  you can here her hooves in the water breaking the silence of the moon. 20 x 30  Oil on Canvas    © Laurie Pace  Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me: Laurie   You Can Get Glad Just like you Got Mad or Sad. Quoting my awesomely wise father-in-law, Ben, who we lost last September... I have to jump in on this one this morning.  Change is inevitable. Change is constant. Change is not always what we want. Change occurs every single second of our life. Change is not sad, nor is change happy.  Change is only Change. Do you meet the changes and challenges in your life with a positive attitude? It is strictly your at