Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Progression on Drummer SOLD Gift 28 x 42 inches Still working on it.. .and truly having fun with it. I am hoping the drummer likes it... have not had feedback as of yet! I still need a title.. he plays in a Christian rock band at his church. Email your thoughts.. Laurie   .  ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Staying in Line. Thoughts of childhood and all those lines we stood in. Minutes that seemed like hours. Times you broke out of line only to be corrected and times your mind wandered and you forgot to follow the line... you were staring off into space. OR there was a really neat rock almost five feet away and you desperately want to make a dash for that rock... while no one is looking. No one like the adult in charge. Remember those lines? Hands to your side. Do not touch anyone. Walk in a straight line. How about  these lines? These children have no food.. they

Black Canvas Drummer in progress 28 x 42 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD GIFT   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Learning to Forgive “Life is an adventure in forgiveness.” Norman Cousins (1912 - 1990) One of the joys of a new year is the thought of forgiving and letting go of things that have piled up over the year. This process can open up your heart to find more love surrounding you. When we allow anger and issues to compile over time, they squeeze shut our hearts and we become cold inside.  Forgiving rarely means forgetting. We are too human for that. Does God forgive and forget? It is reasonable to feel hurt and angry over memories because they fester over time. Without forgiving they will never heal. If you can forgive, the wounds will eventually heal and only a scar will remain. Over time even that scar will fade. When you are ready to forgive, you are ready to ACCEPT t

Big Black Canvas ? 28 x 42 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD GIFT....for a friend. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      A Grumpy Day? I don't think so. Well yesterday was overcast and dark...with thick fog and altho the day started out good, by early afternoon I was tired and ready to nap. Terry was in a really grumpy mood as he has an injured back. Despite the mood and the back, we took down the Christmas tree and dismantled the decorations on the fireplace mantel and put away the stockings. That alone was a mood setter for sure.  Then came the realization that there are always choices to make new things happen in our lives... my life is under God's authority, not the dark clouds outside.   Choosing peace and prayer I retreated to my studio to work on a painting.  With that peace came a freshness to my work and the light seemed brighter despite the thick fog. The power of the indwe

Horse in Snow 24 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas   Yes, I finished this Palette Knife Beauty Horse Painting yesterday.  If you click HERE you can visit the page on CFAI.co where I have some awesome close up pictures of the thick paint. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Co-creator? Thoughts of God's touch creating so much beauty in our world, puts me in awe of His artistry.  As an artist, I feel so much responsibility to use my gift wisely and to allow Him to work through me as I am only a poor imitator of His dimensionally work.  Ladies at my summer workshop. Painting in my own style, expressing what is important to me using line, color, palette knife and movement, is primary to the success of the work. Success that He was apart of the making.  I can do nothing with out Him. Encouraging other artists to paint from the inside out is often hard. '

Progression on Horse in Snow 24 x 30 inches Hope to finish this horse painting today!  ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Perfect Order? Not sure it exists in my world, but it is suppose to be there. God promises His perfect order. As the days and weeks unfold things never go the way we think they should go. We all struggle with God's way as it happens, trying desperately to make it 'right' the way we think it should be. One of my favorite chores is folding wash. I have so much control. I am very particular about things being folded in the proper manner to fit in the drawer neatly.  God has His particular way too and we fight Him all the time.  He is unfolding in our lives the path He has chosen for us. It is never neatly packaged because we are human and always tinkering with our own lives and those in our family. If we would stop and

Progression Horse in Snow Working it out...  but the day was so pretty... I went out to play. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Deep Do-Do I KNOW you all have heard that phrase before.  We get there in life all the time.  Either we produce the mess we are knee deep in, or we wade in often not realizing it. Well, I laughed until I cried yesterday when Stacey sent this image of Lady L. If you recall they have two new puppies they rescued that are about 4 months old. They are little miniature Schnauzers, but I really believe one is really part black lab.  So the dogs love playing in the back yard.  This is Lady L's personal territory with her new "Park".   She walked in the house late yesterday with dog poop all over her shoes, socks and lower legs.  Her mom could not even imagine HOW she got into this much puppy poop. The backyard is snipe

Horse in Snow? I am just beginning this horse painting in the studio. The sun was streaming in the studio, it was warm outside, near sixty and it was time to create and paint. ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Our Highest Good... Our Inheritance When we are born we have already begun 'inheriting' things...such as our DNA from our parents.  Red hair, green eyes, long legs and spunky attitudes. By age two we continue to inherit things, like mannerisms and toys handed down from older siblings. Things continue to pile up as we inherit more through the years. These things are not for our highest good. As hard as we look ... we never truly see everything we 'inherit' or recognize if it is truly 'good' for us.  As a child of God I never doubt His kingdom is my inheritance. It is who I am. It is who I became as my parents set the example

Progression in Painting 30 x 40 inches oil Not sure where it is going yet... stay tuned... no dp ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Healing Thoughts for the Year The well being of our bodies can be changed at any given moment in our lives. We are often challenged by disease that appears unexpectedly.  Our bodies have a marvelous ability to rebound back and fight off and restore itself against most attacks.  Everything in us is alive and good health is a state we all seek.  It is at times that 'bad health' creeps in that we must keep our thoughts on life and healing and affirming His hand in our lives. If you know someone that is suffering right now from a disease they cannot fight and 'win' on this side of life, time to prayer for healing to rise up and heal them with the life ever after.   Pray for each other. Times are hard and often people

Cannot Remember the Name... but I remember the day I painted it. It was a Sunday morning early before Church and I was pulling ribbons of color.  24 x 30 inches  Oil on Canvas    SOLD ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011  Contact me for your own commissioned painting : Laurie       Oh What  A Day I truly debated on my feelings last night. I was in my studio cleaning up and a group of children and some parents arrived at the pond behind our house. Part of the pond is our property, part is with the lot across the pond, which belongs to our Home Owners Association.  This is a gorgeous neighborhood of high end homes in the millions on this lake.  Ours is quite a bit simpler as we are next to the lake but not on it.  It is also a gated community. I love watching children fishing in the pond with parents as it warms my heart to see time spent with young ones...but late yesterday caught me totally by surprise as one of the men in the group basically

Sunset River Crossing Mirada Fine Art 28 x 42 inches  Oil on Canvas     no dpi ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting or  to purchase this piece: Laurie      Words of Hope Well I certainly did not spend my day improving anything yesterday... or even with my darling husband. It was another day with CFAI.co. Today I am going to pace myself to only 6 working hours as yesterday was 13 hours working on the site.  Those are my words of hope at least! Praying you had a safe New Years and look forward to 2012. We didn't dance or party like we use to... but we enjoyed the change in the year and feel like most people do that it a new start for many things in our lives. Choose for it to be a closer time with the Father. I am heading that way to my bible right now and will start my day in Psalms. Words of my heart, Laurie “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old

Descent from Snowy Mountain 18 x 27 inches Oil on Canvas Available now on Cfai.co with gorgeous close ups! CLICK HERE    ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or  to purchase this piece: Laurie       I just realized the number of visitors I have had to my blog this year...over 204,800 visits!    The Joy of New...  A new year. A first for me in years that I do not have that huge list of things to do and change. A first year that weight loss was not primary on the top of the list.  A first year that I did not write out a long list of things to add or change in my life. WHY? Because this past year I have gained some insight in dropping much of the worry. I have kept 16 pounds off for full year and I am ready to drop five more. I am getting better at it. I still fail. :^(   But I get back on my knees and realign myself with God.  My prayer for you my friends is to find peace and happiness in th