Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 My youngest brother and the 'hot' toy of the year...Rudy the Robot. Est maybe Christmas 1970. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Childhood memories are sometimes covered and obscured beneath the things that come later, like childhood toys forgotten at the bottom of a crammed adult closet, but they are never lost for good.” ― Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane Memory is a type of mental time travel. It is unique to humans, but I cannot help but wonder if it does not also extend to dogs and cats somehow...or even horses.  For humans the earliest memories are sparse and most people have no memory prior to age 3, but some o

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included." Bernard Manning This was the title and theme of my December newsletter. I had an immediately email from  Dawn Waters Baker , a fellow Texas painter that said, "I know it's crazy at Christmas but this was a nice reminder how God has us. May you have a lovely Christmas Laurie. Thank you for serving others in any way God leads you. Bless you and may your days be filled with songs!"   It made me look.  It made me look at what I had written because I truly did not remember how &#

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Size: 32 x 48  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ”  ― George Carlin   Just a quick journal this day.  The wolves above are newly hanging at Mirada Fine Art in Denver.  Stop by and visit Steve and the staff and find some wonderful art for gifts or for your own home. Saturdays are busy... still in preparation for celebrating the first arrival of Jesus Christ to the earth. Every morning we light our candles in our wreath and spend time in God's word seeking his strength and guidance during this time.  The still silence of night often brings the opportun

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Size: 20 x 20  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”  ― Roald Dahl I painted Sunbeam about six weeks ago.  She is a beauty in person with thick layers of paint creating a surface of energy. This painting is available and if you are interested, CONTACT ME here and I will give you 50% off and free shipping here in the US.  It should arrive in plenty of time for Christmas. It is

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016  Size: 12 x 12  Oil on Canvas. SOLD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.” ― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men The 30% off sale went well this past week. The painting above, Indian Summer, was one that just left for it's new home.  If you see a painting on my website that you really really want, you need to use that CONTACT ME form on the website and tell me. I will make it happen for you. I can even get it shipped to you well before the h

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “At the center of the Universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person. Anything that we can do to help foster the intellect and spirit and emotional growth of our fellow human beings, that is our job. Those of us who have this particular vision must continue against all odds. Life is for service.” ― Fred Rogers (Mr. Roger's Neighborhood) "Leonardo da Vinci painted the fresco (wall painting), "The Last Supper," in Santa Maria delle Grazie  church in Milan in three years (1495-1498). A very interesting story is

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.” ― Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place We are only four days into December and I feel like I am behind and I have not even started.  For many trying to feel fulfilled turns into personal need or even greed...the constant need to feel satisfied.   For some unexplainable reason, we begin to think 'enough simply becomes not enough'.   Living in the United States there seems to be excess pushed with every ad on television and across social media.  W