Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Horse in Progress 24 x 48  Painting in Progress  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Not always getting what you want, but sometimes getting what you need.”  Stephanie Perkins I have made some strides with my painting... this is all background to come through the on coming layering. This contemporary horse painting is a tall one... and I am not sure what direction it will take this week. I will keep you in the loop.  Tomorrow is the 12th day of Christmas. ...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 In Progress  The contemporary horse painting above is in progress.  The destination is unknown, but I am taking my time and seeing where the Spirit of the Paint leads me.  24 x 48  Oil on Canvas   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Hope  Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,   Whispering 'it will be happier'...” Alfred Lord Tennyson  Happy New Year from Golden Pond Studio ... from both myself and from Terry...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Progress in Painting 24 x 48 inch canvas  Horse Painting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”  Albert Einstein Today I stepped up to dry clear gesso over the graphite. I can already see what I want to do differently next trip around the studio with this.  Meanwhile I will press on to see what discoveries are made as I go.  Besides looking like a unicorn-horse... it truly is just the...

In Progress Horse sketching on Canvas from Laurie Pace on Vimeo .    © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Painting in Progress 24 x 48  Oil on Canvas in Progress ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can hear a tiny bit of Celtic Woman "Walking on Air" if you know the song... otherwise it is very faint.  Music is important when I work.  Messy fingers are leaving a trail of graphite on my keyboard as well.  Will be finishing this up and then doing a coat of clear gesso on it before painting. I...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 New Visions 8 x 8  Oil on Panel   Available Here.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”    C.G. Jung  Feels like an awakening here in the studio. This is the latest painting on my easel. a contemporary abstract Horse Painting!  The Lord is here with me and it is because of my husband praying with me and urging m...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Seven Sail Away 36 x 48  Oil on Canvas  SOLD - Commissioned Painting.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “ Creators understand that their emotions are not necessarily a sign of the circumstances. They understand that in desperate circumstances they may experience joy, and in jubilant circumstances they may feel regret. They know that any emotion will change. But because emotions are not the centerpiece of their lives, they do not pander to them. They create what they creat...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018 NEW PAINTING! Looking Back 8 x 8 on Panel See the painting here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Short blog this morning.  This is called "Looking Back", a rich heavily layered oil painting of a wild horse. Definitely has a determined look!   Sometimes looking back in life brings back beautiful memories, laughter and joy and brings some happy peace to our lives. Other times looking back stirs up negative things or times of conflict...those are things that bring us down. We do not have to allow this to happen. We have the choice. While we must live in this mome...

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018 MERRY CHRISTMAS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wishing you and yours the blessings of Christmas with the everlasting Love and Light from our Father through the birth of His Son.  The stockings were down from the gathering and gifts last weekend.  Jonathan on the top row, far right, is our oldest grandson.  Then the little ones across the front are our other 'grand' blessings and next year there will be one more!! (I have to mask the faces of our grandchildren under the age of 18.)