Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 Disney Dreams  by Laurie Pace - Private Collection.  Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about..”  Haruki Murakami,  Kafka on the Shore. The Painting Her favorite place is Disney. It was a fun week adventure exploring this large painting. Her favorite dress with a cute curtesy and a smile was brought to life on the canvas. The haze of the background gives way to dreams at night before you fall asleep.  Forever young.  Grandchildren are a blessing and our future. The Story The sermon Robert Morris (from Gateway Church) shared with us today touched us both.   The Verse a

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 Dawn Rises Wolf  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It's just a different wolf. This fright complex is rooted in every individual.” Alfred Hitchcock The Painting Dawn Rises... and the wolf knows it is time to be hidden again, or does he? The toss of the wolf's head gazing at the growing light between the trees in the forest shows a sense of awareness and caution. This painting built from the bottom surfaces covered in dark blues and dark grays with slits of white where the gold settled. Looking back on the beginnings, I have decided I will be painting a dark blue wo

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 Morning Wolf  by Laurie Pace  10 x 10 oil on Birch  Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “Sometimes your dearest friend whom you reveal most of your secrets to becomes so deadly and unfriendly without knowing that they were not really your friend.” Michael Bassey Johnson The Painting This is my newest piece. Morning Wolf...Wet but ready to post online!  Painting on birch with deep sides, I laid out beautiful glazes of oils layering up the texture in the final painting. This was a good 17 day process with the last colors added, the blues.  It always surprises me how beautiful the glazing is on birch.    The Predator in your Life Why is it we do not see the predator in our lives that intends to harm us or our friends and family until it is too late? If you think about it, a predator is usually wise to the 'game' they play. They can spot the weak

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 Rites of Spring  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  18 x 27 inches - Oil on Canvas  I am ready to do a commission painting just for you! Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you. Spend your life with people who make you smile, laugh, and feel loved.” Roy T Bennett  The Light in Heart The Painting This was one of my smaller Painted Pony Pulls of color.  The colors rock the scale with the bright yellow heating up the composition and the reds slicing up next to the yellow.  The action lies in these primary colors and secondary colors all working the surface.  I would love to paint one just for you in your fav colors! How to Change Other People Things can bother all of us, b

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 The Invitation  by Laurie Pace  24 x 24 with Black Shadow Box Frame included.  Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “Don't be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart                                                           The Painting This could have named this the celebration of color.  Not sure of day or night. BUT you can be sure it carries full color into the party of life.  Named the Invitation, this is the third painting in the Red Shoed Pony pieces. Action and color with four to seven layers of paint in areas that count… It is the "Pure Justus Collection" by Laurie Pace My Turn - The Invitation to Find your Path Ten years ago in a painting workshop at Selah Inn, just north of Mount Vernon, Texas, I used a slogan, "It is not art until you step out of

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 Night into Day   ( this is only a small portion of the painting click through to see the full piece) 6 x 12 oil on panel  by Laurie Pace - Sold.  Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” Tom Bodett Sold a painting today. It is a small one, but packed with beauty. If you hurry, you can click through by clicking on the painting and see the original piece. I love the freedom in it... the discovery and the finish.  Tomorrow I will be covering it in layers of glazing varnish!!  Then Wednesday we will pack it up to ship to Florida! During this slide of our country, the stress of people in the new great divide, the loss of jobs, the risky decisions before you and your family... Terry and I will be praying for you.  God lays it ou

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 Summer Winds  by Laurie Pace   Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”  Leo Tolstoy  PAINTING 🖌 Transitions and change ... This was part of a painting that began as two horses sketched on a canvas... paint applied and knifed around... and this beautiful contemporary horse emerging. There were parts I loved and parts that seem weak. It stayed like this about 24 hours and I was back to play with it. This painting no longer exists.  Palette Knife Modern Representational Abstract Horse Painting called Summer Winds.     👉 LIFE 😀💏  "Change" September the month that marks the change from the summer heat here in Texas. Our temps will stay in the 90's most of this month and this week the high nineties.  It was noticeably cooler this morning... but only this morning! 😎  How is it wh