Monday, August 9, 2021

Strength of Day, Contemporary Abstract Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace.



  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2021


I should have named this painting Discovery. I painted this contemporary abstract horse during a workshop I was teaching at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas several years ago.  I did paint yesterday. I worked on the eyes of a portrait of a little girl I painted. I will try to remember to share it next week.  Since this is basically Abstract Horses in this blog... I will try to just post my equine work.  

This painting was sold to a minister on the east coast. She has three pieces from me and is a dear friend.  The best part of being an artist is when you sell a piece of work, you add a new friend and sometimes they become like family. 

Time changes many things. Daily Painters, an organization I was part of since 2006, closed its website in 2017.  I miss the friends that I grew close to over those 11 years. We all blogged continuously and pushed forward supporting each other.  Times have changed and especially over the past 18 months. 
Be safe and take care!

Have a fabulous day!  Laurie



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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

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GALLERY LINKS
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Saturday, August 7, 2021

Cantilever Horse - Contemporary Abstract Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2021

Cantilever Horse
5 x 7 inches Oil on Canvas. SOLD 


This beauty of fall colors was painted last fall in 2020. I do have a video of it, but not sure how to get it on here!  ! I will work on skills using google blogger again with an embed. Meanwhile watch the video and see my heart open as I discover this beauty! 



Knife work, thick Holbein Duo Oils, music and love... This is the pure joy of painting! 

Are you an artist?  Are you a horse lover?  I am blessed to be both! So excited to be back blogging again. 



Have a fabulous day!  Laurie




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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

My Blog        
My Website      

GALLERY LINKS
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Friday, August 6, 2021

Summer Grazing! Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


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


Posting again!  It will be slow getting started here but I was so excited to find my sign in to use this blog again!  We have a lot to catch up on. 

Grazing 2 had a similar flavor to Grazing which was painted in 2014. This one was painted last fall in 2020. I really do not like to imitate other paintings I have done. The actual journey creating a painting is individual to each canvas.  If not you get caught up in trying to force things to work.  That is why I call it 'The Spirit of the Paint.'

My news is a thought to return to teaching and doing it for free or for a low cost to people that want to revisit the basics and push to find their journey.  Watching other artists find their path in creativity is one of the greatest joys!  If you think you might want to do this, click through to my CONTACT PAGE and send me a note. Let me know what you are wanting to learn or where you are in your art journey.  We really will start with basics things but everyone works at their level.  Just in the beginning of thought on this one.  Helps to know if people are interested in it before I put all the planning and recording into it. 

Have a fabulous weekend!  Laurie
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A Texas Artist 

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Wednesday, August 4, 2021

New Directions, A contemporary horse painting by Laurie Pace.


  
  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2021

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.


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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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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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.


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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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

My Blog        
My Website      

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



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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.


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


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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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GALLERY LINKS
Mirada Fine Art Denver CO,  
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
  ©+Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2014

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 

My Blog        
My Website      

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


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