Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017  Sold   Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt, This is My Story  Last night when I could not sleep, I was up journaling. I stopped to look something up on the internet and this quote jumped out at me and I wrote it down.  Little did I think a second thought that it would pop up on my search screen this morning when looking for quotes on wisdom. Twice in 12 hours.  At midnight, I was searching for a personal look at how you be bold with God's light and love in your life, and do it with humility.  God did not create us to be fearful or to feel afraid

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017  Emerging Size: 36 x 36  Mixed Media on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart Yep... it is the same painting. Well you are not the same on the outside as you were 10 years ago... life has passed and experiences have changed things inside and outside of you.   This is the same painting but with some final layering of colors with bleed throughs of prior layers.  Takes time with abstract to allow it to 'age' and evolve to where it feels done.  During my studio renovation this piece has been on a

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017 In progress... Size: 36 x 36  Mixed Media on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. ” ― Oprah Winfrey When teaching art to middle school students I loved my unit called You-niquley Yours.  We had piles of sugar cookies and lots of icing in colors, tons of decorating bits and pieces.  The cookies were about 8 inches each in size and everyon

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017 Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love I loved doing this painting. I took my Mom to a workshop presented by my good friend Nancy Medina. She was teaching how to paint flowers.  We had a blast and this is the piece I did at the workshop. It is not perfect on composition, but I was concentrating on the technique Nancy was teac

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017 Photography Laurie Pace ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” ― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays Do you look around at people you know and see how you stand in comparison? Are you more successful, or perhaps hoping to be more healthy and active, or thinking how you are perhaps better than they are?  Seems to be a human nature to compare ourselves to our peers. Always it is easier to measure objective things, like cars, clothes, and homes.  Here is where we go wrong because self-worth is not related to net-worth.  Your life and mine is worth more than anything we o

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017 Photography by Terry Pace ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “ I didn't belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I'd known that one day my differentness would be an asset, then my early life would have been much easier.” ― Bette Midler I was reading recently an article from becoming minimalist on why self-worth is more important than net-worth. Today in our world it always seems to 'matter' about the net-worth and who can collect the most toys. As an artist, your value seems to be dictated by your gallery representation and the image you portray online.  We all have the opportunity to put 'the best face forw

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017 Summer Winds Size: 40 x 40  Sold Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” ― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations We are deep into Lent and my heart and mind are more in love with my Father than I was the week before. He not only gives his love, his grace, his light, his comfort, his presence... but he gives us HOPE. Psalm 119:116 "Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed."    #horsepainting  #lauriepaceart  #equi

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2017 Joy in the Journey    Size: 30 x 40  Mixed Media on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” ― Stephen R. Covey Is there turmoil in your life? Do you feel like the years are tumbling by and you are wasting away as you grow older? Do you live with feelings of guilt and condemnation? Is there a void of peace in your life?  Are you enjoying your life? Most folks I know, including myself, have this weird 'trust' in their inner feelings or gut feelings. Hummm... not sure tha