Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 Good People - 60 x 90 inches Oil on Canvas  by Laurie Pace - Available at Mirada Fine Art or through my website.  Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.” C. Joybell C. The Painting 🖌 The Good People is the very last one I will paint in this series. I believe I have maybe 8 or 9 variations out there in different sizes, all inspired once again by Jack Johnson and the song, "Where did all the good people go?"  Using the abstract pull of my palette knife in downward strokes, the contemporary painting celebrates color representing the people. This palette pull of color is something seen in my horse paintings dating back to fall 2006. Contemporary Paintings of action by knife infused with co

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 Shooting Star  by Laurie Pace - Available.   Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “In your life you will meet shooting stars. You will see them, make your wish and see them disappear.” Nazhiar Ozar The painting above is available. It is one from a few years ago and it is at The La Jolla Gallery in California. Painted to the tunes of Jack Johnson, inspiration always flows with his music. "Shooting Star is 32 x 48 inches of thick knifed paint and startling colors. It tells a story of life on the open range in Texas and the vivid evening sky, filled with massive constellations and shooting stars.  I was listening to Banana Pancakes as I finished up that evening. Terry was actually making me Banana Pancakes and as I left the studio and walked across the upper balcony of our home, I caught a glimpse of a shooting star across the floor to ceiling window

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 Color After Noon  by Laurie Pace - Available.   Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “   “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” Oscar Wilde The dog days of summer in Texas.  Temps are hitting 100 plus but thoughts of September are in the air. I even ordered two new PACT shirts with long sleeves with light weight cotton. Pact makes up 55 -65 percent of my wardrobe. I have worn their clothes for the past 25 years. They are made in India by a woman owned company. Best return policy I have ever seen, and the best quality of anything in my closet.  Their socks are so soft and last for years....  So much of clothing, but it is important in the studio when I work, that I am comfortable and 'washable'!  This particular painting was in progress over the past year and I finally dug it out and finished it.  The paint

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 Twelve Plus One  by Laurie Pace - Available  Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.” L. M. Montgomery  Anne of the Islands Summer has hit the hot days. My miniature roses are still blooming... and I was able to paint some today!  I finished up this one as well as three others.  Sometimes Paintings are in the HOLDING stage ... and it is always nice to return to find their true heart. Terry plants roses for me. This year I have four pots of miniatures and I almost feel they have a stronger scent than some of my bigger roses. Do you grow roses? Stop by my Facebook Page  and leave a comment about your blooms!  We were blessed with cooler temps today and RAIN!  Only two more weeks of August... and we head into the fall. I cannot wait!  My favorite time of ye

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 California Dreaming  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. California Dreaming... on a winters day.  With the temps in the 100's, I would be California Dreaming on a hot Texas summer day! These are hot red poppies done in a pop art type fashion with color steaming from the canvas!  I have been thinking about painting flowers this next week, and posting this older painting made me hungry to do it!  Poppies are one flower I have never planted.  Might be too hot in Texas.  We have hydrangeas, iris, zinnia, marigolds, roses, dahlias, and more!  Right now only the marigolds are hanging in the heat but fading rapidly.  On another side, I will share that I just finished a few weeks of study in Hebrews and have started in Romans.  Not using any study guide... just reading and cross referencing verses. Some nights it has brought me to tears, other nig

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 Shiny Red Shoes  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. Like many Americans, we are not watching news anymore. I did manage to catch the weather for the next week and it is going to feel like 105-108 every day.  Is it hot where you are? The week ahead is going to start early on Monday at 7 am with an appt with a client on a website build.  I spent yesterday afternoon (after cleaning the house) cleaning the studio and rearranging canvas and finishing up the Bull and Bear painting I have been working on for the past three weeks.  Also finished up Lila which you saw yesterday after I finished it and blogged.  Next week, the brushes and the knives come out and paint will be involved.  I believe there will be horses, flowers,  maybe a bird or a wolf.   I have been thinking lightly about something. I am mulling it over on how it would look or work.  I h

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 Lila - Ready to Party  by Laurie Pace - Commission Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. This is the granddaughter of one of my dearest friends.  This little girl is the spitting image of her beautiful grandmother.  This was a crazy day photo with her wearing all her favorite colors and the net layered colorful skirt that grandmother brought to her!   Do you remember in your lifetime, being surprised by a gift from a family member that made you feel special?  I do... with several memories and my favorite was a soft yellow sweater at age 3 with tiny rosebuds near the neckline.  We used to be able to smile and greet people with a warm hello. Cannot do that these days. Covid Masks. How about if we used sign language... with our sparkling eyes and the sweet uplifted hand like a salute with a wave?    https://www.babysignlanguage.com Southern men might pull their hat slightl

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 THE MARSH  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”   F. Scott Fitzgerald.  The Great Gatsby It took a few extra weeks, like six of them, for summer to arrive here in the Dallas Ft Worth area of Texas. The temps the last few weeks were in the 100-105 area with heat index about 10 degrees higher. We had a cool front come through which gave us a few cooler days but we are back over 100 again now.  AUGUST is here.  The painting above was painted last summer when we saw 100 plus for months in a row,  I kept things simple with a simple palette. August is the month I turn my thoughts to September.  At the top of the thought list is Cooler Nigh