Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018 Night Runners  Size: 12 x 18  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I run because if I didn’t, I’d be sluggish and glum and spend too much time on the couch. I run to breathe the fresh air. I run to explore. I run to escape the ordinary. I run…to savor the trip along the way. Life becomes a little more vibrant, a little more intense. I like that."  Dean Karnazes, Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All Night Runner.  Most of us think of night as the time to rest and recover from the day.  There are some people that come alive at night... they are the late risers in the morning because their joy comes in the evenin

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018 Making Headway  Size: 16 x 20  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking Him the rest of the day. If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day." E.M. Bounds Ouch. Most mornings the moment I wake, I am offering up prayers for the night of rest and the day to come. BUT, there is always the days that I am rushed and jump up without

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018  Size: 24 x 30  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "True beauty, the kind that doesn't fade or wash off, takes time. It takes incredible endurance. It is the slow drip that creates the stalactite, the shaking of the Earth that creates mountains, the constant pounding of the waves that breaks up the rocks and smooths the rough edges. And from the violence, the furor, the raging of the winds, the roaring of the waters, something better emerges, something that would have otherwise never existed.    And so we endure. We have faith that there is purpose. We hope for things we can't see. We believe there are lessons

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018 Blue Moon Wolf Size: 16 x 16  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in a storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man."  Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear Are there things you fear in life?  I believe we all have 'fears' lurking in the back of our minds all the time.  It is totally against having faith in the Lord, the human 'fear' factor often takes over our brains and lives. Trusting in the Father through ALL times is a challenge and if you can do it, it is the pureness of grace, because He is with you at all times.  Don'

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018  Ponies in the Meadow  Size: 11 x 14 Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels."  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie Winter is at play in Texas.  We are bouncing from very very cold to spring temperatures over night...and back and forth.  They say the flu is running rampant and we are trying to stay home as much as possible.    One of the big things on my mind is a puppy we are suppose to pick up.  She is in Savannah and we are here in the Dallas area.   The temps are too cold

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018 Heart Painting Sold   Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man." Benjamin Franklin  In Ephesians 2:8 it says "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God."     Right now unfortunately, our nation is split over politics, religion, sexual identity, ... you name it, we are split.  The other split is the half of the nation that has walked away from God.  That is for me the toughest part. Reading the Bible in entirely last year, left me with a broad pict

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018 New Direction FINISHED!  Size: 12 x 18  Oil on Wood. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "As long as I am breathing, in my eyes, I am just beginning."  Criss Jami, Killosophy I took an extra day to clean this baby up quite a bit. Terry has gessoed and prepared my next wood pieces and I am anxious to see where I am going.   New Direction, New Year... New ideas, new growth.  Are you ready? I am. " Jesus turned and saw her. "Take heart, daughter," he said, "your faith has healed you." and the woman was healed at that moment."  Matthew 9:22 #horsepainting  #lauriepaceart  #equineart

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018 New Direction  12 x 18 inches Oil on Board  Available Contemporary Horse Painting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "PUSH your boundaries, that's what they're there for."  Colleen Hoover,  Slammed. You cannot be learning or creating unless you are willing to be outside your comfort zone. If you stay only inside your rules and safe places, you cannot grow.  You can quote me on that one! So in this new year, I am out to discover my voice in the studio again. I am also committed to not just painting more, but playing my piano, guitar and singing more.  I am pushing all boundaries open wide and committing to living li

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018 Goodnight to the Day.  Size: 12 x 24  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Question Everything.  Your love, your religion, your passions. If you don't have questions, you'll never find answers."  Colleen Hoover, Slammed.  When you are thinking about things, often it is good to question things. It seems to be the only way to learn something new or make sense of something you may not fully comprehend. You may not always find your answer or solution, but it asking questions and researching will help you find a peace within yourself.  Be open to all new information.  Be interested in the new, the old and t