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Your Mountain is Waiting Contemporary Western Horse Paintings by Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Rocky Mountain Pony  Size: 30 x 30    Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “You're off to Great Places!   Today is your day!  Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!”  ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You'll Go! This painting was done back in 2007.  I actually love all the colors and the strength of the presence of the horse.  It is in a private collection.  When I come across these older pieces I am often inspired to try something similar.  Have to see where that goes today! A new challenge, a new mountain to climb... are you on your way? I hope you are climbing a new mountain to take on a new view in life

The River Moving in You... horse paintings by Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 River Crossing  Oil on Canvas. Sold  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” ― Rumi It has been an unusual August.  We have had our two weeks of 100-109 degree temps and suddenly this weekend a cold front blew through and this entire week will be in the eighties.  This morning we actually woke to cloudy skies and drizzle for the first time in months. It has not officially rained here in almost two months.   SO I chose this painting to share...which speaks to me of red hot skies and trying to cool in the water that is almost like hot bath water.  Trying hard to esca

If You Look the Right Way... Music Painting by Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Sold Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden This painting is another gift for a friend in Missouri. She has in her home her Grandmother's piano.  She loves my piano girls and I do not do many of them any more... but this one I had to do. It has all her Grandmother's favorite Hymns, including "In the Garden".  Each of these paintings is hand created with songs and verses that are part of the family's life. Are there things that are symbolic or special in your life?  Make those apart of who

My Soul Will Find Yours . Horse Paintings by Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “My soul will find yours.” ― Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor Have you ever just met a person and felt like they were an old friend that knew you inside and out?  It is rare but when it happens I am amazed.  There are some basic things in each of us defining us and finding someone else who 'gets' it is rare. This painting is a gift for a friend. She loves her horse and he is her protector. I think we named the piece Noble Knight... and it fits Griffin. Psalm 5:11 "But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection ove

We Are Golden, Flower Photography by Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Size: 8 x 8  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “We are stardust, we are golden and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.” ― Joni Mitchell I love taking photos of flowers. I know it is that color addiction issue I have!  Terry has the beds in the front yard full of color blooms. I will try and sneak in some more pictures this next month. Think about the seeds you plant every day from the smiles you share to even the cross words you might share.  What you plant is what you will grow and reap.  Plant the best things in life that make others see the joyful goodness of you and of life itself.  Psalm 28:7  "

Sunny Smile Costs Very Little Red Tulips, Flower Painting by Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Size: 12 x 12  Oil on Panel.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald I signed up for Nancy Medina's class, her new online class.  She has an incredible approach to painting and is a superb instructor.  I used my own tulip images but did use her vase in this painting. I like to be able to sell my work and I do not feel right if I use someone else's photos and there are 400 of those paintings out there by each member in the class.  So these are my sunny red tulips on a gorgeous

Wind Under Your Wings Abstract Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Size: 24 x 24  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Well I do like it this way!  A bit risky but more of what I am enjoying but still not where I want to wander entirely.  I love the light of the moon and the highlights in the piece. I love the ebb and flow of the paint and feel the strength in the painting itself.  It came a journey and I had to let go of the foundation sketch and let the paint go where it wanted to go. 1 Chronicles 28:20 "David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do th

Some Ways don't work.... Contemporary Western Horse paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 24 x 24 Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”― Thomas A. Edison Looking at this is terrifying.  Failure and NOT the path I had in my head.  WHY did I deviate?  Totally wrong not trusting myself and the Holy Spirit inside of me to let it go.  Go another direction.  I had that beautiful sketch all on the canvas and SMOOOO comes out. UGLY to my eyes. I scraped it. So come back to the next blog and see what it became.  I took the sketch as the foundation and built upon this mess to get where I am going but NOT where my vision is yet. Deuteronomy 31:8  &quo

Losing Sight of the Shore Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ― William Faulkner My mind has been going in so many directions with my art. I have this idea in my head but I cannot seem to get there yet.   Hard to let go and just take off knowing there will be quite a few blown canvas in the journey.  Taking Risks.  Risky subject.  If we stay in one place we never get anywhere.  It is a new week... make some changes in life and take some risks.  I will if you will. Deuteronomy 31:6  " Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, fo