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Showing posts with label #abstracthorsepaintings. Show all posts
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Friday, August 8, 2014

Rocky Mountain High, Abstract Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

© Laurie Pace 2014

Rocky Mountain High
  ©+Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2014

 Size:24 x 30   Oil on Canvas. Sold


Rocky Mountain High... John Denver singing in the background of course... and one of my unusual palettes of all earth tones sauced with a bit of dark red.  This abstract horse painting sold from Mirada Fine Art.

 Layers of palette knife oils spread piling high and mixing together in natural formations. Sweet calm energy flows from this one, like that sweet time you take as you savor something good.

 How sweet are your words to my taste,

    sweeter than honey to my mouth! Psalm 119:103

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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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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 

My Blog        
My Website      

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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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 

My Blog        
My Website      

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



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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 

My Blog        
My Website      

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



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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Appaloosa in the Wind, Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


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

Appaloosa in the Wind
 Size: 24 x 30  Oil on Canvas.
Contemporary Horse Paintings

 Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

This is one of my top ten favorites as well. It is at Davis and Co Gallery in Houston. 
http://www.dandcgallery.com 

 Color and design are the strong points in this painting. It is not for the meek of heart.  I feel more men are drawn to it because of the strength, but many women like the mystery of the work. There is a gentle presence with the stance of the horses calm in the movement surrounding them.

 Often when our lives are in turmoil we begin to wonder what to do to calm things down.  We loose energy wrestling with what we could have done differently and slowly we begin playing that blame game. 

 In actuality there is a gentle presence with us all the time... God is there through it all. If we can slow the blame game down and open our heart and mind to just Him, we can find a peace in our quiet contemplation. When we are in a peaceful place it is easier to 'hear' an answer to our turmoil. This gentle spirit of the Father guides and directs us when we are open to allowing Him into our lives. 

 "If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit."  Galatians 5:25

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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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Friday, June 6, 2014

Horse 46 Fan Dance, Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


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

Horse 46 Fan Dance
 Size: 12 x 12  Oil on Canvas Panel.
Contemporary Horse Painting

 Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

Didn't recognize the flowers? Rotate the canvas clockwise one turn of the square and it begins to fall in place. If you have time click through to the available paintings to see the close ups on this one as they are incredible. With it being a painting built on a painting the layers lend to a depth not often seen in painted artwork.  The little centered part of the green on the horses face is central to the contrast of the red throughout the painting. The blue does the same with the orange. I truly loved changing and evolving with this painting.

 Trusting in God all the time as you evolved is not easy. We see our friends or family in stressful situations and we wish we could change them. We often find ourselves wanting to push a 'restart' button when we blow our schedule or even our diet. That is when we have to rise above the earthly situation and set our eyes on God. We need to remind ourselves that God is in charge. How well I know His restarts in our lives are often life changing and not always what we wish for. Stay with prayer and stay with God. We cannot determine an outcome in our own life or the lives of our family members and friends. Accepting the fact that we cannot control things, makes it easier to take a deep breath and let it out...letting go of all anxiety and control. 

 "Pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances." 
1 Thessalonians 5:17-18

#horsepainting  #lauriepaceart  #equineart

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, June 2, 2014

Horse 47 Facing the Light Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


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

Horse 47 Facing the Light
 Size: 12 x 12  Oil on Canvas.
Contemporary Horse Painting

 Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

As I painted Facing the Light... I decided to keep this painting uncomplicated. It has thick layers of oil and movement with texture. It does not have a complicated layout... it is simply woven together.
The joy was in the simplicity.

 We often search for something or someone to make us happy. Same with artists painting on a surface... constantly looking for that perfect painting. Does perfection come from something outside of ourselves? This is when we should turn inward and look for the discontentment and what is behind the discontentment.  Something is lacking inside of us.  The circumstances in life do not define us.  As an artist they do not define our art unless we are using those circumstances to communicate our feelings and express it directly onto the canvas.

 Joy is inside of each of us. It may be buried deep and still waiting to burst forth. Why is it, as an artist or a person, we do not give ourselves permission to be joyful? Why does everything have to be the hard long painful way?  The joy inside of us was planted by the Spirit and is woven into each of us. We carry joy 24 hours a day. We need to learn how to experience it again, be it in our art or our lives. 

 No more waiting today for something 'good' to happen... it is already happening.  Your Joy is there... let go and get Joyful.

 "I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete."  John 15:11

#horsepainting  #lauriepaceart  #equineart

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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Saturday, May 31, 2014

Horse 48 Uneasy Ride Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


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

Horse 48 Uneasy Ride
 Size:8 x 8  Oil on Canvas Panel.

 Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

Raw paint. Uneasy edges. Patterns of paint colliding together weaving into the surface of this panel. It is there among the texture.  A horse painting emerges... easily but with the flow of paint, I entitled it 'uneasy ride'. 

 First time painters initially struggle to bring content and paint to the canvas. With each day they gain confidence and strength in working with their oils. The biggest hurdle is not to copy or use an image (photo or painting) of another artist.  When you realize as a painter that the surface of that canvas holds unlimited ideas, you have arrived. This blank canvas holds the surface of a new world, a new creation... a new painting. 

 If painting becomes a struggle and not an adventure, it is time to change your perspective. Walk away from whatever is limiting you. You have imposed 'conditions' on yourself and it is time to paint in a new light. When you allow yourself this freedom unexpected worlds open up to you. The journey on the canvas becomes joyful and feels like something you have waited for a long time.


 "You have heard; now see all this; and will you not declare it? From this time forward I make you hear new things, hidden things that you have not known. Isaiah 48:8

#horsepainting  #lauriepaceart  #equineart

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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Friday, May 30, 2014

Horse 45 Northern Exposure Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

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

Northern Exposure
 Size: 8 x 10 inches     Oil on Canvas.

 Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

Color and contrast are the backbone of this fast moving pair or horses... to me they looked like they were flying across snow with a brilliant morning sun. Thoughts went to Alaska for some reason, hence the name Northern Exposure. Make sure you visit my available paintings and look at the close ups on this baby. The paint is really piled high in layers.

 Sometimes life is that way too! The tree we planted a few weeks ago has shed most of it's leaves. The arborist says watch and maybe new ones will sprout but I am dubious on this one. This tree looks pretty done.

 I imagine God spend time watching to see if we 'sprout' new leaves after our trials and temptations, or if we basically give up.  

 However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:   “‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.  What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord.
   Or where will my resting place be?  Has not my hand made all these things?’ Acts 7:48-50

#horsepainting  #lauriepaceart  #equineart

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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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Horse 44 Three Mares in the Pink of Things, Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

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

Horse 44 Three Mares in the Pink of Things
8 x 8 inches Oil on Canvas.


Yeah there is 'girl' talk going on here. I debated only a few seconds on this one because I absolutely fell in love with the structure of the horses as they appeared to the paint. The motion of palette knife strokes and blends. The painting is different. The Painting is NOT the same. This piece is for a 'strong of heart' person.

 Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail.  But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God. Acts 5: 38-39
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Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist 

My Blog        
My Website      

GALLERY LINKS
Mirada Fine Art Denver CO,  



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