Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Rollover SOLD  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I like storms. Thunder torrential rain, puddles, wet shoes. When the clouds roll in, I get filled with this giddy expectation. Everything is more beautiful in the rain. Don't ask me why. But it’s like this whole other realm of opportunity."― Penelope Douglas, Bully Stretching in bed, rolling and breathing in the morning as it breaks around you. The sun is just creeping up bringing pink to the sky. The day has limitless opportunity. It is all your gift. How will you use it? For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for t

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Size: 24 x 24  Oil on Canvas. sold Commission ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "But there is not enough time,  And there is no, no song I could sing. And there is no combination of words I could say  But I will still tell you one thing - We're better together." Jack Johnson "Better Together" I had the pleasure of doing a painting for the daughter of one of my oldest and dearest friends. The first painting did not really work as I painted two horses traveling together because when I looked back at photos...there were always those seven kids between us... hers and mine.  Sunday afternoon journeys piled in her su

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Nude  Sold Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair”  ― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet Sometimes a girl has to do what a girl has to do... then I remember I am a bit old for streaking across the backyard or down the street.  But I will never be too old for walking barefoot, or sitting with feet dangling into cool water.  As the years fly by and age creeps in, your body changes and your outlook on life changes. Time is ticking away on the clock and the years are passing by.  What do you want to do with the years left? Have you ma

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 White Poppies Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.” ― Alfred Lord Tennyson A good friend purchased this painting from me eight years ago. It was one of my favorites that I was going to keep. It was hanging in the master bathroom when she spotted it.  I truly hope she is still enjoying it. She moved from the area about six years ago, but the fun we had painting together stays with me forever.  She is part of my garden of friends and the sweet memories I have of our mornings at the easel. "And why are you anxious about clot

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 sold Three Roses  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open.” ― Rose Wilder Lane My Grandmother taught me that happiness was elusive if I was on the constant search or wait for it.  She and my Mom both taught me happiness was something that crept in while you least expected like when you are giving and doing for others.   We have become a society here in the states, that seems to glorify self and focusing just on our own needs and desires.  We seem to always notice what we do not have instead of being thankful for wh

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 Sold Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too. And baby, I hate to say it, most of them - actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can't give up because if you give up, you'll never find your soulmate. You'll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly,

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.” ― John Lennon I remember the night I finished this painting.  The power coming

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015  Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.”  ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Follow the Leader was a favorite at recess time when we were children.  Be careful what leader you follow as an adult.   These horses were painted for one of my first gallery shows in NY in 2006.  The composition lends itself to hot summer days with horses in the meadow seeking shade and a cool stream. And why am I sitting at this computer?   But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and t

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2015 sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.”  ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring This painting was a playful experience. Beginning with a black canvas and adding the lines of color opened up creativity in a new way.  I only did this one but enjoyed painting it. Sometimes it is good to work outside your norm or