Abstract Horse Painting by Laurie Pace: horse paintings

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Wednesday, August 4, 2021

New Directions, A contemporary horse painting by Laurie Pace.

New Direction

Oil on Panel. SOLD

It has been literally years since I have posted on this blog. I will be posting here and on my regular blog, https://lauriepace.blogspot.com. Over the past six years I have been busy with grandchildren and less time in the studio painting. I have continued to do commission paintings, so please reach out on my website to contact me if you are interested in one.

COMMISSION A PAINTING

This painting is oil on birch with glazing and brush work. It sold with in 48 hours of my post with it on my other blog. I will be filling this with some past work and some available work too. Meanwhile stop by my website and see the paintings that are listed. AVAILABLE PAINTINGS.

You will see several series there and I hope you enjoy them! With the past 18 months filled with covid, many of my representing galleries have closed. I have two left open and I will be sending some to The Painted Horse in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. They have hung several of my paintings there and the owner welcomes the opportunity to hang some for you to purchase!

Blessings to you and your family. Stay safe and stay well. Laurie

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Been There... Completed Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Been There © Laurie Pace 2014

Been There
©+Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2014

Size:30 x 40 Oil on Canvas.

Available Paintings by Laurie Pace

It is finished... I can say I have been there officially. The composition of this painting literally grew from the story that I felt in my body of the daily movement of the world and the sun and moon. Inside that is the movement of each of us... routinely doing the same thing over and over again. You have been there I am sure!

This contemporary horse painting uniquely captures that moment that you realize it is time to do new things and bring new moments into your lives.

I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;
I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor,
and this was the reward for all my toil.
Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done
and what I had toiled to achieve,
everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind;
nothing was gained under the sun. Ecclesiastes 2:10-11

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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Progress on Been There, Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Progress Been There
©+Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2014

Size:30 x 40 Oil on Canvas.

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The patterns have begun to establish themselves on the surface. The strength in the horses neck is evident by the color choice. I am an artist that goes after 'contemporary horse paintings' with brilliant colors.

I had hoped to finish to post but taking this composition slowly as it develops and not rushing the energy. I want the painting to evolve naturally. You can see the rough music through the layers of oil paints as I progress into the next layers of paint. Still caught up in the 'been there' as I think more of the sun and moon and the daily journey and how our lives are totally situated around this natural happening of day into night repeated to what seems infinite or until the sun bursts and flares out leaving the earth cold and dead.

What do people gain from all their labors
at which they toil under the sun?
Generations come and generations go,
but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises and the sun sets,
and hurries back to where it rises.
The wind blows to the south
and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,

ever returning on its course.
Ecclesiastes 1:3-6

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Monday, August 11, 2014

Been There, Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Been There ©Laurie Pace 2014

Progress Painting Been There
©+Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2014

Size: 30 x 40 Oil on Canvas.

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I am constantly looking for neat things to mount as the foundation of my contemporary horse paintings. I came across a CW book of older music and chose the Clint Black song "Been There". I shredded it and glazed it onto the canvas.

"did you ever wake up in the middle of the night"
"did you ever wake up in the middle of the day"
"did you ever wake up in the middle of a dream"

Those were the lines that struck me as I worked... and as you can see there are spheres in the painting... When you think of how "rote" our days have become... Work, Drink, Eat and Sleep... and do it again the next day. Both Parents working, children in day care.... everyone forgetting how to live... how to be alive. We have all BEEN THERE.

So the painting has a strong horse prancing with the sun and moon revolving... like they have 'been there' forever each day.
Watch for the finished painting tomorrow.

The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
Psalm 119:130 NIV

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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Florida Sunrise Painted Ponies by Texas Artist Laurie Pace, Contemporary Horse Paintings

Florida Sunrise
©+Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2014

Florida Sunrise by Laurie Pace

Size: 15 x 30 Oil on Canvas.

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My cousin was here from Florida with her lovely granddaughter. We spent time all over Dallas and also time with the guitar, harp and in the studio painting horses. From our trips to the beach in Florida, the blues of the water and the brilliant blue skies and bright yellow sun plays through my memory bank providing colors for this Painted Pony Pull.

It is unusual because it is the count of 8 ponies and I usually paint odd numbers. Just seem to fit better as I worked across finding horses in the paint.

His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden. Habakkuk 3:4

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Sunday, July 6, 2014

Horse 50 After the Afternoon Rain, Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Horse 50
After the Afternoon Rains

Size: 9 x 12 Oil on Canvas.
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The storm blew in so quickly it caught us off guard. We have had such a drought situation that rain was a word only whispered and remembered from another time in another decade or another universe. North Texas is in extreme drought. As the storm broke mid afternoon the thunder roared and the rain blew out of the southeast almost diagonally like millions of sharp arrows hitting the two story windows in our family room.

The storm lasted about 90 minutes before it lessened and began to dissipate. I knew I felt like painting and hurried into the studio just as the four o'clock afternoon sun broke through the clouds and the entire yard was filled with vivid colors from the garden, the roses and the green lawn.

The inspiration ended up here. The canvas began with a layer of pink, white and purple. The secondary, third and fourth layers began to pile with colors that enriched the surface. From there the emergence of the ponies in the colors. Enjoy... I know we enjoyed the rain.

“‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:18

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Monday, June 30, 2014

Then Came Three, Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Then Came Three

Size: 8 x 10 Oil on Canvas. SOLD
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Stop by my website to see available paintings. I cannot believe this is the end of June... and tomorrow is July. I count through the summer months in anticipation of Fall, often trying to hurry time. Does not make sense!

July is ahead with many family activities and joyful gatherings... birthdays, the Fourth of July and lazy summer evenings. My twinkle light surround the back porch area... the mosquito plants surround the porch and the little egg filled with citronella is doing its job. Memories in the making on these hot summer days and lazy evenings. Terry has our backyard filled with roses, flowers and our garden. Our morning hours are spent from about 6-7 in the garden and hand watering the trees and plants in the beds around the house. They have predicted a rainy July and I would embrace it readily.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever. Psalm 107:1

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Sunday, June 29, 2014

On The Lamb, Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

On The Lamb

Size:32 x 48 Oil on Canvas.
Robert Kelly Home Gallery
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Here is the final on this painting. You can see I pulled in some soft oranges in the sky contrasting with the blues. The reds are strong in the center of the painting contrasting the next layer of green sliding across in the lower middle area and the bottom is a combo of white, grey red and blue. It is a strong piece with very thick layers of paint. Email Kim at Robert Kelly if you are interested in this painting.

Here are some close up images below.

May your weekend be filled with FUN... laughter and new memories.

Praise the Lord.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his love endures forever. Psalm 106:1

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