Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Happy Mothers Day. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just a short message this day... and a recent picture of my mom with her three great-granddaughters.  She does have two great grandsons... and another great grandchild on the way. The generations are growing out from my Mom and Dad. Enjoying the beauty as it grows its a great gift from God.  May your family day be blessed today. "A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, a

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 In the Pink 8 x 10   Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you ever felt this way... so much to do and not near enough time! OVERWHELMED! There is time to do it... slow down and give it all a chance to fall into place. You have the time, resources and strength to do all that is yours to do. So, maybe you are doing something that is not yours to do.   Is it time to set some boundaries?  I had to do that recently and I can tell you it is freeing and empowering. I was deserving and worthy and so are you. While I do believe all of us have untouched potential to serve and give, I also recognize many of us are weighted down with re

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Never Give Up  8 x 10  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There seems to always be something out of place in my brain... sometimes I cannot even figure out what it is. But I know something is wrong. NOT a good attitude is it?  I am learning right now as I type this even, that if something is bothering me I have to turn myself inside to clean out my thoughts and rid myself of the negativity. It is really easy to slip into worry isn't it? Try taking a few cleansing breaths and concentrate on your belly rising and falling. Turn your thoughts somewhere else as you watch your tummy.  You will go deeper into an empty-fu

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Lost in the Night  5 x 7  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I cannot tell you how many times I prayed and worried about Terry driving across Dallas from Ft Worth every single day. He drove over 100 miles round trip. The man really loves me. Back then we lived close to family and he literally traveled that far to work and back daily.  I prayed him there and prayed him home.   Sometimes when someone you are expecting is really late, you begin to worry about the unexpected.  Sometimes when you are not worried, the unexpected happens.   Our youngest son was in a horrific car accident in 1999.  He should have died but he lived

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Facing the Storm   Size: 18 x 27  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The spring storms have been rolling through north Texas the past three weeks.  Our lakes were up to 25 ft below level and most are above level. We have been in a drought for years so this wet spring has been welcome.  Well, maybe not the 65 mph winds and the hail and tornadoes, but the rain.. yes it is welcome.  With each rain storm Terry has to pump out the ground beneath our red oak we planted two years ago.  They do not like wet feet and we are doing everything we can to keep it from having soggy roots.   This divine abundance of rain is wonderf

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Green Summer 5 x 7  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Color of Summer .  Time to Mow isn't it? . Quick close the windows, I am allergic to GRASS!  Horse Paintings by Laurie Pace This is my third month fighting an allergy I cannot identify but I know grass is not my friend.  Something in the house triggers it three days out of four and it is miserable... meanwhile I keep all windows closed when people are out mowing, or if we are out in the car, recycled air must be on.  Allergies are NO FUN.  Green is the color of summer. Everything is in full bloom and by August my second worst allergy will usher in Ragweed for Sept

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Girl's Night Out Size: 8 x 10  Oil on Canvas.  Click Available Paintings and go to Small Collectibles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Girls Night Out .  Are you coming?  Passionate pinks and subtle blues await you. Horse Paintings  Through the course of our lives there are time we simply need a time out. These are defining moments.  It is when you break free from the status quo and go for the good. The Better Good. We all get to times in our lives that we make decisions that impact our lives. How do we make the right decision? How do we safely choose a path that could transform us as well as change our world for the better? Tur

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Flower Photography. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sigh... Isn't it beautiful?  Iris at its best . Flower Photography by Laurie Pace I took this painting about 12 years ago. Not sure where the years have gone, but the beauty of this moment stays fresh with me. It carries me through good and bad times. Many emotions roll through me when I look at it with the royal purples, the yellows, oranges, blues and greens. The soft delicate petals contrasting the dark thick green grass... restful. I must rest in God. Often looking back in life it is sometimes easy to see how past situations have worked together for good. Sometimes we rememb

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 In the Deep of Night  Size: 8 x 10  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- color Color COLOR .  Confession: I am addicted to COLOR . Midweek Color Crisis Every color has power behind it. Some more subtle than others and some screaming in your face. Colors are strong. Colors are whole. Colors are worthy. Color fuels me. I am addicted.  I have to remind myself often to not respond to color all the time.  The power of God seems to vibrate in every single hue reminding me of things he has created. That same power pulsates through me and the colors in your home dictate the mood in your home. The colors in your home affect how you l