Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Moon Over the River 3 ft by 4 ft  Oil on Canvas     Available at Mirada Fine Art Contact Steve for special pricing .  ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie          Roller Coasters and Merry Go Rounds We made a wild dash to FEDEX yesterday to get some paintings out.  Had to put the chicken on low in the oven.  Nothing like calling and finding out you only have 20 minutes to get somewhere that takes 30 minutes to drive. When we got back we filled our plates with Terry's yummy lemon roasted chicken and fresh veggies and flipped on a movie he wanted to watch... I think it was called Parenthood.  We came in toward the end of it. It had just started before we made the wild trip to Fedex.  The elderly grandmother in the movie came in to a heated discussion between the husband and wife.  The husband played by Steve Martin , wanted their lives to be safe and perfect in a 'box'

Mountain Appaloosa SOLD at Mirada Fine Art. Thank you Steve! Oil on Canvas      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Accepting Helplessness  Depending on Divine Power Helplessness is a basic human condition. For those of us who like control in life, this is hard to swallow. While we try continually to grasp and deal with the world around us, we eventually find we truly are helpless. What seems to be easy for us to observe as actions needing to be done, cannot always be done. Something or someone stands in the way. In Romans 7:18 Paul writes:  "I can will what is right, but I cannot do it." Paul's journey was fraught with trials and bad events every place he visited. His writings spoke of his helplessness, but his attitude was always optimistic.  Paul constantly chose peace and joy in place of despondency.  Click here to read more.... Laurie       M

Horse of Color Giveaway 6 x 6 inches  Acrylic on Canvas Color abounds in this tiny Equine Art, the perfect stocking stuffer for Christmas. Lets make this a giveaway. Email me and I will put your name into a drawing and on Saturday I will announce the winner. I will have Sheriff Paul pull the name out of the bowl.   Contact me to register to win. Laurie    ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Everything is a Blessing, Look for the Light. There are times things look bleak. There are times people get sick and die. There are times you may lose your job or cannot pay a bill. There are times your house may burn down. There are times your spouse may leave you. While it may be hard to believe, all of these things will result in blessings. Click here to read more.... Laurie         My Blog    My Website     Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards      The Five Grace

Racing the Fence Line 30 x 40 inches  Oil on Canvas SOLD from Mirada Fine Art and living in the United Kingdom.      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie        Restoration Selah Inn. .. that is all associated with restoring and healing. Hidden deep in north east Texas, this beautiful Bed and Breakfast Inn provides a retreat for restorative healing. From this Inn families, couples and individuals learn to find the "real" in life. Dave and Candy welcome you to their home at Selah Inn.     I had my art workshop there this past summer and it was definitely a time to learn, meditate, pray and paint. Candy believes everyone needs a physical and spiritual rest from their lives and the 'busy' we seem to build around.  She spent a great deal of time planning each room and suite to offer comfort and custom design from the decor to the soaps and lotions in each room. Clic

Two on the Precipice 24 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas This is the final on the continuation of the canvas.  The further I went with this th more it evolved and I liked it.  Very arty with color, lines, shapes etc . This final painting is available!  Email me....  Laurie A Contemporary Abstract Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace  ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      The Push? Life experiences teach us at times to proceed with caution before doing certain things. With wisdom comes caution and thought and not just action. When it is time to paint... sometimes I think I am wise and I presketch what I want on the canvas surface. Other times I approach the canvas and let it all evolve with out much planning. I do believe I might struggle more with the preplanned painting because I have an established concept and often I cannot let it go.          

Still Working... but not done... 24 x 30 inch oil on canvas Sold but not really... again the journey continues on this canvas...  Horses appear and I may have a direction. Go figure.      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Soft Serve of Patience We are leaving behind the days of summer. Gone are the 115 degree days and in are coming some nights falling closer to freezing. I find myself wearing a sweater at 80 degrees outside.  Soon we will be eating chili and soup and not thinking of cold ice cream and soft yogurt. The reviews of Braums soft serve Yogurt are off the charts.  Something reminiscent of my childhood years in St. Louis and soft serve ice cream.  Read the Review from Dallas. So when Terry and I are living OUT where it is an hour to drive to Braums and an hour back, we think twice before making the trip. Terry has found a fix for the need... We drive the

NEXT came this one.... from the Moonlight Madness. 24 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD but not really... just painted over again... a week in the life of a canvas of a frustrated painter.      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Enfolded Inner Peace is something sought by all of us. Inner peace is a state of mind where we are mentally and spiritually at peace inside of us despite what is happening in the world around us.  It prevails to keep us strong with we face stress.  It prevails against anxiety and worry. At the top of my list for inner peace promoters... is God's abundant color in nature. The colors of this flowers are vivid and the beauty is raw. Loose yourself in the moment with me. Walking each day provides a perfect retreat to drink in the beauty in your neighborhood and get exercise for your body as well....                                   Click here for the

Changes on the Canvas SOLD for DP but actually non existent. What happens on a canvas when it does not feel right to me as the artist? I scrap it, repaint, re-layer, scrap again and again...  This is a story of becoming... This WAS  Moonlight Madness... but it is not more.  Stay tuned for tomorrow to see where it goes to.     ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Trapped Inside Yourself There was a darkness outside the door this morning when I walked the dogs out. Hidden between the leaves of the trees I caught a glimpse of the brilliant glow of the moon, but I could not see much because the moon was blocked by the thick forest we live in. A cool breeze began with the moving cold front reaching the lake this morning. Change was in the darkness.  Is there growth in darkness? Pausing under the tree was like disappearing from the earth or from life, abandoning touch with real

Progress... Moonlight Madness 24 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas   I wanted to revisit IN AWE a horse painting done about 15 months ago.   I sketched it out with charcoal on the prepared canvas surface and then began moving the paint around and finding the spirit of this horse on this painting.    Will finish this horse painting up today.      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie          Do you Make a Difference? We have of course the many individuals that serve us in our communities. This is Sheriff Paul Fletcher (Franklin County Texas) and his wife, Mount Vernon Police Officer Vicki Fletcher.  They both served as Dallas Police officers for over 24 years before retiring to Mount Vernon.  They were 'retired' for about four years and missed 'serving'. Paul was elected Sheriff and Vicki 'volunteers' for the city police force.

Crowning the Hill         4 ft by 4 ft  Oil on Canvas     Available at Mirada Fine Art in Denver. Email Steve to buy this painting at 25% off the list price. STEVE   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Unlimited Growth If money was not an object, what would you do or where would you go? Are you limiting yourself in life for the wrong reasons? We start out so simply being born into the arms of our family who then tend to our needs and cares. Depending on the 'soil' we grow in... comes our attitude for life. It grounds us in His miracle grow.. or we may be planted in poor soil promoting fears and anxieties.  Sometimes the soil is weak and we become weak even as we grow. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE. Laurie         My Blog    My Website     Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards      The Five Graces     The Artists of Texas   

Yellow Roses in Palette Knife 11 x 14 inches   THICK Oil on Canvas. This beautiful Palette Knife Rose Painting is the perfect gift for someone special this Christmas. It is on stretched canvas and can hang as it is or be slipped into a frame. $145 includes shipping and insurance. Email me to purchase this beautiful original painting. Laurie   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      SIGNS I watched the radar yesterday.  I watched on the computer and on my phone when we went into town. Rain was predicted and Dallas had been blessed with 18 hours of solid rain. Not much was on the screen to our disappointment.      The ground is dry and much has died around us. I gave up watching the computer scene hearing my grandmother's voice echoing in my head, "A watched pot never boils".  Click here to read more. Laurie Justus Pace My Bl

In Awe    20 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD This equine painting was done in 2010 and it sold with in two weeks of completion.  I love the energy and the colors that explode behind the horse in the painting and the powerful strength in the horse. When looking at it now I realize I want to paint it a again and tweak the neck area coming into the chest.   I guess that is why artists revisit subjects to paint them again and try new things.  ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie          Colors of God God is the light that surrounds me. God is the love that enfolds me. God is the power that protects me. God is the Father whose presence watches over me day and night. His artistic touch was present yesterday when I was visiting a my friend Ann at her country home. Her gardens were in late summer bloom with the continued Texas heat. Despite the drought the color was