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   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.” Charles Bukowski Monday is the beginning of the week. So, if I blog on Mondays, you are likely to start seeing my thoughts on cleaning.  I know my adult kids will not even read these journal entries. Monday seems to be the primary clean day and Friday is the secondary ready for the weekend clean day.  We get through the weekend and usually the house gets pretty gnarly. Especially after all the rain we have had. Mud, dead grass, and more se

Wow, What a Ride! Contemporary Western Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018 Intent 24 x 30 Mixed Media  Sold. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”  Hunter S Thompson THE PROUD HIGHWAY Oh my... took my breath away seeing this in the archives.  This was a pure painting of joy and discovery. Often Discovery is not joyful in the process but very joyful upon arrival.  This was how it began.  There was glazing and collaging and lots of acrylic paint.  Following that th

Nothing is Truly Lost .... Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

© Laurie Pace 2013  Descent      Size: 9 x 12  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Only the phoenix rises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is truly lost.” Neil Gaiman  THE WAKE So the very end of January, my new studio pup arrived. Terry flew to Florida and picked her up. Also bought a second one from Seattle... yes, you heard right. TWO.  The Seattle baby is older than the Florida baby.  Her name is Starla.   The Florida pup is named "Annie" as a call name, but officially she is Pace's Queen Aslaug of the Low Country.  Starla is with our grandson Mark, who just turned five...right now and we are working on training Annie since she is y

No Winter Lasts Forever ... Contemporary Wolf Painting by Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018  Size: 24 x 36  Wolf Dawn Rising  Oil on Canvas. Sold ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” Hal Borland This was the 'second' paint of this wolf in this position but definitely with a change in colors and feeling.  When I saw this one, I was thinking, WOW...and yes I love the freedom in the paint.   Somewhere in my journey the last two years, the joy has slowly left in painting for galleries. Every gallery wants something different.  Just like no winter lasts forever, creativity cannot just stop. What has been churning in my mind is:  Acrylic vs Oil Large vs Small Canvas vs Try

Facing the Storms . . . Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018  Size: 8 x 8  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”  Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear I have mentioned before that God puts us through some magnificent storms during our lifetime. He is working on us to be stronger and more God like.  Each storm we encounter contains new challenges we have never met.  Survival is always foremost and we gain in knowledge how to steer through the next one. "Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I wi

Lone Wolf . . . Wolf painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018  Lone Wolf Size: 24 x 36 Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.”  George R. R. Martin "A Game of Thrones" This photo does not do this painting justice... it was deep and wild at the same time. It sold immediately, but my mind perhaps remembers a different emotion to the piece looking at this saved photo. You know it is true in life... you cannot make it alone.  God has to be apart of any success with living alone.  The other part is knowing and mixing with like minded people in your beliefs and your faith. When you have frie

Never Fear . . . Sailboat Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018  Inset of painting Golden Sail  Sold   Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”  Louisa May Alcott, Little Women We have had a few days of spring type temps and the thought of sailing is creeping into our minds, but we know the lake water would be too cold to be skimming across in a catamaran. Terry is a good sailor when it comes to storms creeping up on the lake... and that comes from experience.  Life is that way as well. Keep your eyes on the Lord... follow where he leads you. Do not be distracted by things around you. If you can trust and follow, you will not

I walk down the street and there is a big hole.... Abstract Horse Paintings by Laurie Justus Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018 I'd Go Walkin Down the Avenue  Size: 16 x 20  Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is not the norm for me to just paste a huge poem, but I have to: “I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place. But, it isn't my fault. It still takes me a long time to get out. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

Walking the Line or Walking in the Light? Abstract Horse painting by Laurie Pace, Texas Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2018 Walking the Line  9 x 12 Oil   Sold  Oil on Canvas. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Available Paintings by Laurie Pace  Follow me on Facebook           Sign up for my monthly studio newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors."  Hunter S Thompson To walk the line is to maintain an intermediate position between contrasting choices, opinions, etc.  OR, to behave in an authorized or socially accepted manner, especially as prescribed  by law or morality...to exercise self-control OR to make a boundary by walking it.  What is your position in life right now?  I probably am NOT walking a line.  I am way over on the God side.    I am con