Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Wild in the Wind Size: 36 x 36  Oil on Canvas. Kasum Contemporary Art ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." Jimmy Dean This painting is at Kasum Contemporary in Oklahoma City .  The layering of color picks up the energy and flow of the wind.  Horses seem to adjust to life and people easily unless they have been mistreated. They are such loving creatures.    Staying the course... being steadfast in thought and actions and not allowing things to knock you off course is often a challenge in life. If you affirm a life of harmony

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Flag at the Pond . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ragged Old Flag by Johnny Cash I walked through a county courthouse square, On a park bench an old man was sitting there. I said, "Your old courthouse is kinda run down." He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town." I said, "Your flagpole has leaned a little bit, And that's a Ragged Old Flag you got hanging on it. He said, "Have a seat", and I sat down. "Is this the first time you've been to our little town?" I said, "I think it is." He said, "I don't like to brag, But we're kinda prou

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 The River 24 x 48 Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away." Marcus Aurelius Passing Events...   Last week we were still finishing up sorting things for Good Will and cleaning and dusting and getting settled when Terry fell ill.  Three days of massive headache, irritated digestion and wanting the pure silence of dark and quiet.  I was so thankful when he smiled and cracked a joke on Friday morning.  I stayed by his side trying

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Tiny Blue Iris  Size: 18 x 18  Oil on Canvas.Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.  Iris Murdoch A garden without flowers is like life only in black and white.  Flowers seem to reflect every possible color and shade created by God. I could not imagine life without color or flowers. If we do not have dreams or goals, we are living life in black and white day by day. If we are discontent with life we need an inner nudge..or an outer nudge... to awaken the missing desires and colors from our lives. We often get caught up

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Day Break 40 x 60   Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.  Miguel Angel Ruiz Have you been thrown any unexpected curves lately?  How do you handle them?  It is your reaction that determines the outcome, whether you can find the good in it or not.  With this new living arrangement we are still on the 'honeymoon' with occasional glitches that make us take cover and want to think about what was ...before.  We are committed to stay this course and continue to find the good in

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Horses 40 x 60   Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks to you on an emotional level. It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect and goes to a different part of the brain." Steven Bochco Every painting has it's own rhythm and voice.  I paint by music. Each painting has a variety of songs and words behind the process. Our lives are no different ... we have our own rhythm and voice.  Each a unique timbre of sound in the melody of life.  What is your melody? What is your life? Here at the "Lazy Ours" we all have our day to live in the best

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Opposites Attract  Size: 30 x 30 Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Aaah, summer - that long anticipated stretch of lazy, lingering days, free of responsibility and rife with possibility. It's a time to hunt for insects, master handstands, practice swimming strokes, conquer trees, explore nooks and crannies, and make new friends."Darell Hammond Can you measure love?  This horse painting from 2008 of two trotting side by side ... made me ponder that question. We often think more of love as an emotion, but it is so much more. Love is measured and maintained by what you give... NOT what you receive.  You c

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Horse 8 24 x 30   Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun."  Brian Wilson The days are flying past.  Last week we had Tropical Storm Bill move through adding another 8 inches of rain to our garden and trees. With it came a lot of wind. Damage: Two tomato plants blown over; several branches off the Red Oak tree in the backyard. In the middle of all of this... our youngest son, Morgan, and his wife Kelly, moved in across the street.  She is five months pregnant.  Rain, wind and a uhaul for boxes and I can say it was n