Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Blue Mist 24 x 30  Oil on Canvas  SOLD  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.” EY Harburg    I looked it up and found the word 'blue' is mentioned in the Bible 49 times. But, did they really have a word in Hebrew for blue?  I found so many articles about this and read through the pros and cons.  This is probably the easiest read here.  Even Wikipedia had something about it as well.  My favorite colors are based around blue... or periwinkle. I know there was zero chance of that appearing in any Biblical discussions.   (I always though my Mother created the word for me when I first heard it as a child.)  I love all shades o

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Appaloosa in the Wind . 24 x 30 . Oil Contemporary Abstract Horse Paintings  Available Here.    at a special reduced 20% off. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.” William Shakespeare Are you a talker or a listener? Not sure about what you answer to yourself here, but 95 percent of the time... I tend to be quiet and withdrawn.  Then there is that 5 percent where I cannot seem to stop talking. Usually that is where I am offering advice or a story that pertains to someone's question to me. I have learned as I aged, there is a time and a place to offer up information or advice. I know now that my kids do not listen to any of it....but they have suddenly aged and made me

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Eurus in Flight Contemporary Horse Paintings - Pure Justus 32 x 48  Oil on Canvas  Gift Painting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.”  Thomas Merton The thoughts scrambled today, but are about twisting things to fit our needs. Back in the day that Jesus walked this earth and in his years of teaching, he was really up against it.   By this time and through all the years before, the Pharisees were reported to be "a quiet group thought to be respectful to their elders and harmonious and affectionate in their dealings with others."  At the same time they were thought to be defenders of the

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Eurus 32 x 48 inch Gift for a Friend in Progress  Contemporary Horse Paintings ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “ Are you thankful no matter what? Perhaps you have lost your job recently, as the economy has continued to struggle. Or you may have lost your health, or a loved one. Such circumstances can be tremendously difficult. But even so, we all have much to be thankful for. Look with me at the story of a man who had every right to be bitter—but wasn’t." Billy Graham Nov 21, 2017  Read more here.  Have you ever realized how often you are never satisfied with your life, or things happening around you?  Have you ever thought about why?  I can only speak for myself, but in my years I have often found myself focusing on what I thought

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 On The Run 24 x 48 Oil on Canvas. Contemporary Horse Painting - Pure Justus  Purchase Here ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thoug

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Painting in Progress  Sketch on Canvas with Graphite 24 x 48 inches canvas Sketched with graphite first and then covered in Clear Gesso to maintain some of the sketch through the final painting.  First attempt at this and I love it!  Contemporary Horse Paintings ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” Martin Luther King Jr.  This was a fabulous journey so far. It began with the sketch you see above and the painting is entitle

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 The Race is On Contemporary Horse Painting with stunning colors. 18 x 24  Oil on Canvas   Purchase here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.”  Johann Wolfgang Goethe It has been a busy time the past week and I have not had time to post at all. Our dog, Annie, has been sick for four weeks. She finished up her championship just to come home