Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Crossing the Rio Grande 5 x 8 feet  Oils on Canvas. Commission This was one of three commissions completed for a law firm in Houston. We were living out at Lake Cypress Springs during that time and the canvas size was 5 x 8 ft for two of them and I did a panel triplet for the third one.  I have many of the process pictures on this, but am sharing mainly the raw beauty of the final painting and the area of the Rio Grande that has the same colors and wild feel. All was done in Palette Knife with a dance of color and texture creating the story.  If you want a personal commission painting for your home... contact me on my website.  I would need to know the size and the subject matter, your time table of need, a down payment and the dance with paint can begin.  Strength from Sorrow Now it came to pass after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke into Joshua, the son of nun, saying Moses my servant

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 UNFOLDING   8 x 8 inches  Oils on Cradled Panel      Available      Unfolding... each day presents us with a new start and hope for the day.  It unfolds before us. Here in the studio... it is a might be slower than it was in 2022. In most of 2023, I was between home and Dallas with my Mom and most of you know she passed late last year.  We never know what the day will bring as it unfolds. This morning in my reading...  Ephesians 1:7 " In whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace." And from my Daily Streams " There is no way of learning faith except by trial. It is God’s school of faith, and it is far better for us to learn to trust God than to enjoy life." If you approach this day and each new day knowing God’s infinite wisdom and wealth is enough for each of us to bloom and grow, especially with his inexh

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Early Sunflowers SOLD. 11 x 14  Oils on Canvas  by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. I cannot believe it has been 13 years since I painted this sunflower painting. By far it is one of my favorites. The purples contrast the yellows and sing a joyful sound as they blend together. You can actually feel the wind here in Texas, blowing through! There is much happening on social media as well as it is on Google Blogs.  I have now begun to pray about this blog and if I will even continue after 17 years on this platform.  I am just over 11,000 hits to hit 1.5 million visitors.    Canada is passing new laws, it is it's long awaited online harms legislation today.  You need to do your own research on this one... but my eyes are open and believe this is another nudge by God. They are going back and applying things that may have been written and stated year

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Fun on the iPad! Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales . Numbers 6:24-26  The Lord Bless and keep you; then Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” I had such fun doing this horse about 6 years ago.  I am still a bit under the weather and I may start trying out more things on my iPad.   Yesterday I was working in my Verse Mapping Journal . I found it on Facebook.  While I am not a fan of Facebook and all their ads, with this mapping journal,  I am learning more about the fullness of every verse in the Bible through the mapping process.  I was surprised to find websites that break each verse down and help you along the way. I love the in-depth research and all the similar verses in the Bible. This slows you down and enables you to see things you might have missed. Then you research the times and p

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Topaz Eyes 24 x 24 framed | Oils on Canvas Available    by Laurie Pace   Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales . John 13: 34-35  “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.  By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. “ It has been a long February still sick with what I started in mid January.  I started on antibiotics Friday…hoping we can end this drain…thanks for your prayers, they are appreciated.  I am ever so grateful for the two paintings that sold.  One stays here in Texas and one heads to Illinois.  The Texas one is a first time collector but I feel like I know her because we met through mutual friends on Facebook. The Illinois collector has been with me at least ten years, picking up small pieces here and there.  This is why I will continue to paint for sma

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 HOME…He’n and She’n is home! They live in Ft Worth, Texas! Shop other Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. Living in the Dallas Ft Worth area gives us welcome visits with my collectors. I think it is my favorite part of this job. It became part of my clients love story!   This sweet horse painting was a look back at when I met my husband. I was 11 and he was 13 and it was summer of 1964. I would turn 12 a few months later, slightly catching up.  He had turned 13 in July of that year.  Those early teen years were filled with giggles, hand written notes on notebook paper, swimming at friend’s houses… and as always church and family. We had small parties on many weekends once spring of 1966  hit.  I cannot even imagine what this is like in today’s world.  We have lifelong friends from this time and we were all well loved within everyone’s families.  I only had one friend with a wo