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Choosing your Path for 2020 with Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives." ― WILFRED ARLAN PETERSON Choosing Your Path When you are a kid, life is really easier.  You can intuitively go where things are inviting you and you always have a good time. As you mature and grow into adulthood, a few of those paths are laid out after you make certain decisions about getting married, or having a baby.  As you sink into full responsible adult life, it calls upon you to make decisions and choices daily. We all go through the anxiety of decisions.  I had a Father that brought me teaching me to make lists… pros and cons. Read More Here   “ Jesus a

A New Year of Magic... can you help me pry myself from my computer??? Laurie Pace Artist from Texas hooked to her Mac Computer

Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”  — NEIL GAIMAN I need words of hope from YOU. How do you keep from overworking? I want to hear from you on how you slow down and smell the roses. I try so hard to limit my time but this computer and marketing suck me into my day and I am often lost to time. Read more here. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV Laurie Pace  -  A Texas Artist   INSTAGRAM  : @LauriePaceBlog Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter.      My Website         

Come to the Water... Horse Painting on Birch by Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Come to the Water . 8 x 10  Oil on Birch . Christmas Gift.  by Laurie Pace  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.    1 January 2020 -  I was doing it wrong.   28 years of marriage.  We have known each other over 55 years.  So when he confronted me about his work jeans and told me I was folding them wrong, I almost laughed!   I have always taken pride in taking care of him.   When we married a lmost 28 years ago,  I learned to fold his underwear exactly like he wanted it folded.  ...  Read more here about folding laundry.   Romans 8: 26-28. “In the same way the spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.   And he who search our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.   And we know that in

Sunlight inspired by the photography of Helmut Hussman. Horse Painting by Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Sunlight  by Laurie Pace - Available.   Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “ Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy. These pure and spontaneous pleasures are ‘patches of Godlight’ in the woods of our experience. ”  C S Lewis Take your hands off!    Definitely the words of a mom... or a dad... but I think it is from someone else.  The command is a warning to not get hurt, burned, or have something extraordinary occur to you.  Like playing HOT POTATO in elementary school. You did not want to end up with it.    Read more here. “All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.”

Dawn Rising . Wolf Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Dawn Rising  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves.” — LEONORA CARRINGTON Have you ever been stuck in life and frustrated by things not changing and situations worsening? There is another way to look at it.  Read More Here. “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” — 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 Laurie Pace  -  A Texas Artist   INSTAGRAM  : @LauriePaceBlog Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter.      My Website          GALLERY LINKS Mirada Fine Art Denver CO ,   The LaJolla Gallery, LaJolla, CA Dutch Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas © Graphics One Design 2019-2020

The Traveler. Horse Paintings on a mission to enjoy my gifts!

     © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Traveler  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   ““A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” Lao Tzu  Teaching Art has always been a treasured gift.  Teaching children that the outcome of their artwork is not the important thing, but rather what is, is the journey and enjoyment they have creating the artwork.                                         Read More Here.   “  But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the LORD.’ " Jonah 1:8 Laurie Pace  -  A Texas Artist   INSTAGRAM  : @LauriePaceBlog Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter.      My Website          GALLERY LINKS Mirada Fine Art Denver CO ,   The LaJolla Gallery, LaJolla, CA Dutch Art

HORSE PLAY . by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Horse Play  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.” — ROBERT LEWIS STEVENSON Your life. My life. How has it turned out for you? Introvert, Extrovert, how did that work for you? Time alone or time with family? Which do you prefer? Times have changed in the past 67 years and what I grew up with does not exist anymore. We did a lot of Horse Play especially all Summer long! Do you believe in Horse Play? Read more here. Laurie Pace  -  A Texas Artist   INSTAGRAM  : @LauriePaceBlog Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter.      My Website          GALLERY LINKS Mirada Fine Art Denver CO ,   The LaJolla Gallery, LaJolla, CA Dutch Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas © Gra

Abstract Painting close up!

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Omega Close up Detail 1  Abstract Painting by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” Mae West Change is that inevitable thing that happens to us daily... minute by minute.  What get you through?  I have found the absolute best way of coping with things. Even sleeping better with it.  His word and promise to us provides it all.  Read More Here. “ The Lord God will fight for you, you need only to be still.  " Exodus 14:14  Laurie Pace  -  A Texas Artist   INSTAGRAM  : @LauriePaceBlog Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter.      My Website          GALLERY LINKS Mirada Fine Art Denver CO ,   The LaJolla Gallery, LaJolla, CA Dutch Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas © Graphics One Design 2019-2020

Don't Hesitate... commission your small collectible today!

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Hesitation  12 x 12  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Visit Ellepace.com to see available artwork.   Contact me to commission a small painting for you or as a gift. $75-$200 depending on size and content.  I truly would love to paint a small piece for you!    Birthday week arrives next week. Usually we head out to East Texas to visit our good friends. We use to live there at Lake Cypress Springs. This week has been a challenge with an injury to my foot... to the point my 2-3 miles on the treadmill is dearly missed.  So plans are up in the air as of now.   Stop by my website to read more. “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God”   — 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4 Laurie Pace  -  A Texas Arti