Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015        Two on the Prowl.. in progress . sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I worked that night wiping, carving and restructuring the canvas.  I really felt drawn to the earthtones as it blended out.  Tomorrow I will post the final painting of the wolves. I love sharing the progress so you see making mistakes or trying again is part of the artistic process for me. It was the little painting guy Bob Ross that said, "We don't make mistakes, just happy accidents."  My faith is strong when I have to step out of the box on these. It is terrifying, but the one thing I have is the spirit within that will not allow anxiety or fea

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Prom Night.  Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why is it life always seemed easier when you look back at memories of yesterday?   When my daughter was born (the second of my three) I was in love with her, in love with life and in love with the world. She made it all complete. I feel strongly every woman needs a daughter.  She was my total joy. I loved all of my babies when they came, but a daughter is so different. Must be that inner conversation in your head that you know what you want for her as a woman and you pray you can prepare her to make wise choices.   Today Is Stacey's birthday. She was born at 5:05 am. She still

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Longhorns progres. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost the Longhorns . Buried in Paint . Expressions of Creativity Exploding in the Studio .  Wait until tomorrow . Laurie Pace Well, you might see longhorns developing now but you sure won't see them tomorrow. Yep, you gotta come back to see what happens in the next episode.  I sent these off to Steve but he wanted my Moon Face Longhorn.  I loved the colors here and decided it was a case of scrap and blend. It is always freeing and scary when you do that.  Sort of like in winter when you are so bundled up you cannot move and everything seems slower and more difficult.  You feel be

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Preparing the Longhorns ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Received an email from Steve Sonnen at Mirada Fine Art in Denver and was invited to be part of a special show at the gallery opening the last weekend in March.  The clincher was Steve wants four new pieces... so to work I go.   I am still not totally unpacked and fell over one chair while working today. Love being upstairs though as I have twice the space, no hard concrete under my feet and a beautiful view of the sky out the large double windows. It does play havoc with the lighting on the canvas for pictures.  Every painting has a beginning. Luke 13: 8-9 “‘Sir,’ the man rep

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Sketches. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW DO I LOVE THEE? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.  I love thee to the depth and breadth and height  My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight  For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.  I love thee to the level of every day's  Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.  I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;  I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.  I love with a passion put to use  In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.  I love thee with a love I seemed to lose  With my lost saints, -- I love thee wi

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Rose Photography. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tomorrow... we are putting it all together for tomorrow.  Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. Tomorrow we will celebrate Stacey's birthday... shhh... she does not know. This is a surprise. She will not read about it here... she is doing the new mommy baby thing. I really REALLY want to thank Whole Foods Colleyville, Texas for their love and support today. As we shopped, the store manager came out to see us midway and gave us a wonderful THANK YOU card from the store. They have been there for us this past year as their first year open...through my husband's surgeries, through our bi

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Heart Beat  Size: 8 x 10 x  2  Acrylic on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will never forget the day my youngest son called and said, "Mom, you know me better than anyone else, I am so tired of the dating scene and all the different personalities out there and the disappointments...can you find me a wife?"  This was in summer 2008.  We were actually on our way to the airport to fly to Washington DC and then drive up to the Finger Lake Region. My mom was with us for the 10 day vacation. It definitely gave us food for conversation during the flight.  As soon as we hit ground I started watching for 'the wife type