Friday, January 31, 2014

Green Fields Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013

Green Fields
28 x 42 inches Oil on Canvas. 
Available at Mirada Fine Art Denver.

The painting is not quite as dark as it looks on my screen.  A different palette for me and a pretty cool contemporary horse painting.  Contrasting colors and lots of buttery paint. 

Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist
Golden Pond Studio



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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Second Beginnings? Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace, Golden Pond Studio


  
  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013

New Beginnings a Second Time...Horse Paintings
30 x 40 inches Oil on Canvas


Well, it is still not going well. I want to paint upstairs on the huge landing where light is streaming in each morning, but we have too many boxes that are still in the way.  I have to be patient, scrape this again and go back to work....Laurie

GPS... where are you?



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Monday, January 27, 2014

Color Rising, Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


  
  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014

Color Rising
24 x 36 inches Oil on Canvas. SOLD 

A beautiful new painted pony piece for a friend in San Francisco to decorate her new law office.  She asked for the feminine colors and I think I delivered it in this contemporary horse painting.

With some deep thought and a lot of prayer, I may be not be blogging daily.  I can only believe you get tired of getting my emails daily and seeing either older pieces or old thoughts even at times. 

With the job of editor of Visual Language Magazine I stay pretty involved on the computer with many artists daily. I am working this spring to be back in the studio more and bring to you NEW work and new pieces and new ideas for art.  If there is anything you would like to see me paint, please email me by clicking HERE, or going to my website and use the CONTACT ME page.

I want to celebrate you this year and try to give back more to my collectors, so you will have to check in occasionally for give aways. Books, paintings and more.

From Gary Mueller, a Methodist Minister on Facebook is posted a comment from last Friday. I have to stop focusing on the struggle of making it all work and focus on what is working and the gifts I have and want to share. 

“God Really Does Change Your Life!”
by Gary Mueller


Something destructive happens when you choose to focus on what you don’t have – the right job, the house you want, the car of your dreams or enough money in the bank. Something wonderful happens when you focus on what you do have - even in the midst of real struggles in your life. When you focus on what you don’t have, you quickly develop an attitude of entitlement. This inevitably makes you more and more self-centered, which takes you away from God. However, when you focus on what you do have, you begin to experience overwhelming gratitude. This makes you more and more God-centered, which takes you into a ever-deeper relationship with God. The irony, of course, is that the more you make it all about you, the more you struggle. While, the more you make it about God, the better off you are. Confused? Well that’s exactly why it’s important to remember that God really does change your life! #GodNMe

BTW... Happy Birthday to my youngest son... he is one of my greatest gifts from God.  Hope to see him more in the studio this year too.



Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 


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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Starlight Run, Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014

Starlight Run 
30 x 40 inches Acrylic on Canvas.  

This painting is available through South Hill Gallery in Lexington KY. It is a stunning embrace of contrast and energy, painted in a wide brush and rich colors.

http://southhillgallery.com/?17

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4: 7

Laurie Pace, A Texas Artist 


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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Bathed in Gold, Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace



                                        © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014


Bathed in Gold
by Laurie Justus Pace
16 x 20 Oil

This was completed in 2010 and is available in prints from Fine Art America.
Here is a link to purchase a print.  Click here.   This was such a surprise painting for me as it emerged from layering of colors.  Very contemporary horse painting and very loose, it still manages to capture the essence of horse!

"To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more.
Matthew 25: 15-17

  

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Summer Winds Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

  
  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013

Summer Winds
40 x 40 inches Oil on Canvas. 


Summer Winds was quite a progressive Horse Painting. I began by rotating my canvas on the easel a quarter turn at a time and working the entire canvas with layers of paint. After I covered the entire surface I immediately knew what I saw in the painting. These are not normal palette colors for me, but I was pulled strongly to thinking of summer winds and how when they are strong they feel like they could blow right through you. They become a part of who you are. Same in the painting... the summer winds are not cold, but they move through each horse in the herd with the layers of paint weaving it all together.  

This piece is at MIrada Fine Art in Denver.
Contact Steve Sonnen if you are interested in this horse painting.


Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist
Golden Pond Studio



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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Two at the Raising, Contemporary Abstract Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014


I love the connectivity of this painting with the flow of line and movement, like the earth continually turning and the horses standing watching the sunrise and the moonrise... two together at the raising.  This is a pretty unique contemporary Abstract Horse Painting. 



 "The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God."    John 1:9-13

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

12 The Pair, Summer Herd 2013 Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013

8 x 10 inches Oil on Canvas Board 

The series continues out of demand and sales.  I am in the midst of a workshop right now but still painting away.
This small 8 x 10 contemporary Horse Painting has several layers of thick oil paintings carving out its surface. The Pair are two evenly matched ponies raising dust in their run.  A fun day with a fun get away.
Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist


Pace Studio 
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Monday, January 20, 2014

Shiny Red Shoes Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014

Shiny Red Shoes
24 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas. Mirada Fine Art

Weaves of purple, greens, and yellows are accented in blues and reds in this abstract horse painting.  I shared this in a blog earlier in the summer before it shipped to Mirada Fine Art, but it is available there by contacting Steve Sonnen, the Gallery Owner.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Beneath the Branches, Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

  © G.O.D.  Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013

24 x 36 inches Oil on Canvas. 

Venetian Plaster is the base on this contemporary Horse Painting, followed by acrylic overlays and then 20 layers of oil blending into pure sensual power.  

You can buy this painting by clicking here if it is still available.


When I gaze around the world, I see His creation everywhere, yet much is overrun by man's creation.  Cities are towering and more cement is laid daily as populations spread oozing out from the city itself.

Perhaps that is part of the tension and creation in this painting. It built simply and exploded with passion as the days went by and I worked on it. 

How do we stop the massive march of man to have more, build more and be more, when he is truly nothing without God? Carving out time in a busy day to spend it with God rarely happens.  Too much pulls our attention and even more demands our time with constant pressure.  One day we will realize how much has been lost, yet God waits patiently for us to come to Him.  


Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist
Pace Studio


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