Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

  © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Face Within .  This painting led off in my woman series of warriors back in 2022. Returning to figurative painting for a small collection, this one is magical. Can you find the second face? Layers of color and overlays criss cross this entire painting mapping out two faces.  Can you find the second one?  30 x 40 inches lush bright colors. Piled and layered by brush and palette knife. I am known and collected for my intense color.  The Latest Quest Putting God first.  In the Bible it makes it seem very simple. From my understanding, we need to move our thinking process and all our thoughts to a divine level. Once we do that, we’ll see that God‘s actually got all the physical stuff taken care of. Had to think about that forward to really define what a divine level might mean. And Colossians, chapter 3 verse two, it says “Set your mind on things above, not on things of the earth.”  In Matthew, chapter 6 verse 30, it says “Seek firs

© Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Yellow Sunflowers 12 x 12  Oils on Canvas Available    by Laurie Pace   COLORS... colors of those cool mornings in spring and early summer. The dew on the grass and the flowers open to the morning light with pink and gold skies lighting up.  The colors are balanced woven together for this beautiful piece.  2 Corinthians 4:6 "For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ." Do not Give into Life, but Yield to God This came to mind this morning when I was walking on my treadmill.  The life we have here on earth is easily swayed and affected by the times, by our friends and our enemies...  as well as our personal journey here on earth. We are distracted by chaos on the internet, social media,  politics, illegal immigrants taking over our communities, cartels, drugs etc.  At night we sink into a cha

   © 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