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.


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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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

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Friday, July 25, 2014

Horse 56 Ode to Joy Contemporary Horse Paintings by Laurie Pace


Horse 56 Ode to Joy
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Horse 56 Ode to Joy by Laurie Pace

 Size:8 x 10  Oil on Canvas.


This painting is thick.  It is really thick. I have some additional close up images on the main website if you want to see them. I loved the way the colors blended throughout the background and in the center of the horse. His head is tilted up to feel the sun on his face in the early morning cool breeze. The grass is wet and covered in dew and the day has just begun. 

Do you stretch in bed and feel this way sometimes? Eager to get up and start your day?  That is one wonderful thing about life, we are not 'stuck' to a time clock, but we still stay responsible to what needs to be accomplished in our lives. What brings your joy to the surface? Mine is the early morning sunrise.

He is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings grass from the earth. 2 Samuel 23:4

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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

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Vino Dipinte Gallery   San Angelo, TX


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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Horse 55 Night Appaloosa Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Horse 55 Night Appaloosa
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Night Appaloosa  By Laurie Pace 
 Size:8 x 10  Mixed Media on Canvas.


I went back and forth on this Appaloosa Painting.  It is really much prettier in hand than in the image. Stop by my website by clicking the link above to see some close up shots of this painting. This is the second of two more realistic paintings I did this week.  The Appaloosa is definitely one of my favorite horses to paint.
Contemporary Horse Paintings.

Let the wise listen and add to their learning,

    and let the discerning get guidance— Proverbs 1:5

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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Horse 54 Summer Twilight, Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace



Horse 54 Summer Twilight by Laurie Pae

Horse 54  Summer Twilight
  ©+Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2014

 Size: 9 x 12  Mixed Media on Canvas Board


Always fun to do mixed media pieces. This has in the background pages from a western novel. Over that are rubbed layers of glazing and then acrylic on the top surface. I only do a few of these with a touch of realism to offer something other than abstract.  Maybe these horses will be more collectible because they are rare for me...who knows.  If it calls to your heart, visit the site on the link above to see if it is still available. Contemporary Horse Paintings.


But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Ruth 1:16

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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

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Monday, July 21, 2014

Horse 53 Summer Sun Waterhole a Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


Horse 53 Summer Sun Waterhole by Laurie Pace


Horse 53 Summer Sun Waterhole
  ©+Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2014

 Size:8 x 10  Oil on Canvas.


We finally hit the 100 degrees last week and there is no escape. Then we had rain and 65 degrees.  This week it is back up in the high 90's again.  This is what prompted this painting...the summer heat. There is only vivid bright shades of blue sky, red eyelids when you close your eyes to the brilliant yellow sun... and a tiny bit of green grass in the shade. Couldn't have captured it any better in this contemporary horse painting. 


And I saw something else under the sun:
In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,
    in the place of justice—wickedness was there.
Ecclesiastes 3:16 


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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

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Mirada Fine Art Denver CO,  
Vino Dipinte Gallery   San Angelo, TX



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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 by Laurie Pace © 2014

Horse 50
After the Afternoon Rains

 Size: 9 x 12  Oil on Canvas.
Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

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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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

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GALLERY LINKS
Mirada Fine Art Denver CO,  
Vino Dipinte Gallery   San Angelo, TX



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Saturday, July 5, 2014

Crowning the Hill, contemporary horse painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


Crowning the Hill  48 x 48   © Laurie Pace 2014

Crowning the Hill
Contemporary Horse Paintings

 Size: 48 x 48  Oil on Canvas. Sold

Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

This painting hangs in a restaurant in Broken Bow, Oklahoma.  I am hoping to make it up there this summer to see it hanging and to enjoy a wonderful meal.  Keeping up with my paintings is hard because there have been so many...but in the past three or four years I have painted less and enjoyed it more. Doing a larger paintings and connecting with the new owners and making the experience special is what makes it so very special.

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.  Ephesians 6:18

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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

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GALLERY LINKS
Mirada Fine Art Denver CO,  
Vino Dipinte Gallery   San Angelo, TX


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Friday, July 4, 2014

By the Dawn's Early Light, Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


The Dawn's Early Light  © Laurie Pace

By The Dawn's Early Light 
  ©+Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2014

 Size: 30 x 40  Oil on Canvas.


The painting was in my mind a few weeks ago and looking through my painting archives I came across a single horse with a sun rising entitled Dawn's Early Light.  I thought it would be appropriate to do a contemporary horse painting for the 4th of July and name it By Dawn's Early Light.

 Today is Independence Day in the United States. This is a holiday we all look forward from the time we are little bitty until we are old and in our rocking chairs.  In the old days when I was young....we had sparklers, small firecrackers and simple things to light off with our families.  I loved the holiday at my grandmother's farm. It was always darker in the country and the fireworks seem brighter.   

 When I had children, two of the three were boys that played baseball so we were always at the baseball field for Little League fireworks in Nacogdoches. Most of the community was there and all of our friends. 

 When I moved to Kentucky, we went to the fireworks in Cincinnati on the river. We sat high on the banks and literally laid on a blanket looking up watching the beautiful lights over the river with a power reflection from the water. 

 Freedom is a powerful thing. But more powerful is God.

 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.  Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 
Ephesians 6:10-17


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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Second Race of Spring by Texas Artist Laurie Pace, Contemporary Horse Paintings



Second Race of Spring  ©Laurie Pace 2014

Second Race of Spring  
Contemporary Horse Painting

 Size: 8 x 10  Oil on Canvas.Sold

Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

A bit more color today as I prepare my thoughts for the Fourth of July... an American celebration surrounding the birth of our nation with Independence Day.

Terry has my  dad's flags ready to line the sidewalks. I am so proud to carry on his tradition in our neighborhood. We have always put out our big flag, but this will be our first year to use Dad's flags. Lady L will be over later to help her Bampa put out the flags for tomorrow.

For the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth. Ephesians 5:9



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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

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Mirada Fine Art Denver CO,  
Vino Dipinte Gallery   San Angelo, TX



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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

First Race of Spring, Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace



First Race of Spring   +Laurie Pace 
  © G.O.D.Laurie Pace      Graphics One Design 2014

First Race of Spring

 Size:  8 x 10  Oil on Canvas.

Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

Choices.  Are they good or bad?  Change. Is it good or bad?

Change is inevitable. Choice is inevitable.  Weighing pros and cons to make choices is one avenue to making a decision and the second way is to make a decision with your heart.  I find myself bouncing between the choice of lists and using my heart.  I have to say most of the time my heart leads with the Spirit of God guiding me.  I believe my core values are instilled in me through all my life experiences and those affect my heart decisions as well.

This horse painting is small but packed through with heart choices on both color and approach to the canvas. My addiction is color but in painting for me that is a positive.


Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.  Ephesians 5: 1-2


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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

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My Website      

GALLERY LINKS
Mirada Fine Art Denver CO,  
Vino Dipinte Gallery   San Angelo, TX



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