Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Zinnia 5 x  7 inches  Watercolor on 300 lb paper Free Drawing for this Little Blessing - must register by  midnight 8 August 2023 CST Click the painting above to enter.   by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. This is a short blog today. I have been working on a commission painting since last Thursday. That means 16  hours a day on my feet except only 7 on Sunday! Today  My grandson was over and we watercolored for about 30 min. I decided to give this 'blessing' away.  It is free and I pay the shipping to you as well... but you must live in the United States to qualify to enter, and you must be 18 years of age or older.  Again click the painting above which will take you to the page to enter.  ONLY available through midnight 8 August 2023 CST The heat continues here in Texas.  Great is my faithfulness... I know God has this and for some reas

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Two from the Herd in the Sun SOLD  by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. This painting came from a scrapped painting where the mounds of scrapped oils made two paintings! The stark white against the earthy green grays exploding into Sunrise was simply remarkable. The horses were there waiting to be discovered with my palette knife! I will try to remember to post the second painting in my next blog! 3 August 2023 My Choice is "LIVE" Live for joy. Live for Love. Live for adventure. Live to touch others’ lives. Live to give. Live to sing. Live to dance. Live to paint. Live to praise.  In this life we have too many worries or things that distract us from our own joy in life. God has blessed us with gifts to share with others. He has blessed each of us with different things and our lives should be lived fully. He does not want us unhappy. Usuall

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 The Seed  by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. "The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully." 2 Corinthians 9:6 The summer heat has been harsh on our yard and our flowers. We are in round two of sowing more Zinnia seeds. As you can see in the photo above, it is EASY to cull out seeds from the dead or dying blooms and have seeds for more blooms this year or saving them for next year.  The last few years we have not had much luck with our Zinnia beds.   The seeds above are from our Marigolds. These are helpful for gardens in reproduction by bringing in 'helpers' to pollinate. They also reduce bugs in the area.  I did not know till this weekend how many seeds were in one marigold bloom... Let's just say fifty plus, or maybe one hundred

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Three Boats Sunrise 18 x 24  Oils on Canvas SOLD  by Laurie Pace   I love this piece!  I have. painted it with different buildings, different boats but always the sky and the water meeting together. They remind me of European destinations, but totally a figment in my creativity!  Sunrise is a quiet time as you see the sun in the horizon gaining on the day... The boats far quiet in the water and it literally invites you to come be apart of the painting. Go on up the stairs to the entry... and let yourself in.  Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales.  "But Jesus said, “You feed them.”  Mark 6:37 (remember this) Story Time Today! Thursday was a day I only thought I was prepared for! Isn't that how it always happens?  Make a plan and hear God laugh. Our week has been full of errands for one grandson, baby sitting for a granddaughter and babysitting for another

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Four Abreast 30 x 40  Oils on Canvas SOLD  by Laurie Pace   COLOR COLOR COLOR... it meets you coming at you with brilliant yellows and vivid reds in this contemporary abstract horse painting! Painted in my Golden Pond Studio in 2010, I am revisiting the heat wave months of Texas right now.  The horses are painted with a pulled palette knife. I love giving each horse their own contemporary look with different colors, so none of the them look the same. I believe this was a commissioned painting but not for sure. Most of these were painted as commissions at this point because I did not want o flood the market and it allowed me the ability to work with colors the buyer loved.  Commissions are welcome right now. Get in touch with me! Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. Terry's hands! When we go to bed each night, Terry and I share our evening prayers together and