Horse 56 Ode to Joy Contemporary Horse Paintings by Laurie Pace

Horse 56 Ode to Joy
  ©+Laurie Pace       Graphics One Design 2014

Horse 56 Ode to Joy by Laurie Pace

 Size:8 x 10  Oil on Canvas.

Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

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

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Summer Rains Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

  

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

Summer Rains

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

Quiet colors, a bit off the beaten path for this artist, but really nice for a change. The muted violets and the soft yellow greens bring intrigue into the painting...and for some dissonance a bit of orange.

We all have that in our lives you know... that dissonance... the part of us that flares out different from the core of who we are. Mine is the color red that 'flares' up in my life occasionally in clothes and now in the color of my car.  It is like the 'rebel' in me I guess. Red was my Dad's favorite color and when he was in his last year of life I bought my car, my red car, and it's name is Gerald after my dad.

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Laurie Pace

A Texas Artist 

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South Hill Gallery, Lexington, KY

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Two Shows by Suzy Pal Powell

 'Just Horse'n Around'

got into the Richardson, TX 48th Annual juried show.  Xiang Zhang was the juror. He is an awesome western art-artist.  The show is May 1-27th.

 

'Road Trip'

 got in the Lubbock Arts Festival, April 11-13th.

The juror for this one was Mondel Rogers

Just Horse'n Around by Suzy Pal Powell

I normally don't have problems naming my paintings but for some reason, I had trouble naming him, and it may change! The background and mane is gouache. The rest is transparent watercolor. Also, it is on 300 lb. hot press, which is a very different paper to paint on.  If you haven't used it, it is soft and when you put the color down, if you don't soften the edges immediately it just dries there. Very quickly.  It was a challenge because the photo was back lit and the sun was coming through his eye and whiskers. I was coming home from Portales NM, and saw him in Tatum, NM and I hit my brakes, and turned around for photos! He was just beautiful, but then I think all horses are!
 It will be 18x24 framed.
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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.

Laurie Pace

A Texas Artist 

My Blog        

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Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards  

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Mirada Fine Art Denver CO,  

The Rare Gallery Jackson Hole WY 

The White Dog Gallery Carbondale, CO.

Vino Dipinte Gallery   San Angelo, TX

South Hill Gallery, Lexington, KY

SR Gallery Hong Kong

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Whirlwind Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

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

Whirlwind

24 x 36 inches Oil on Canvas. Available for sale. 
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 Close ups below of the knife work and colors.

Right now it is in the 'Hanging out" mode while I study it over a week. Changes can always happen. The most important change is being back in the studio painting.  

When we are faced with problems and tough issues, we must believe that God has his way in place and we must trust. Believe me as I feel like this has lasted a very long time, since the second week of December in fact.   I sort of missed out on Christmas and New Years. But for whatever reason, I am home and not out and about among people right now.  I am going to take this week to slowly gain back strength and paint again.  Terry has been awesome keeping up with all the house keeping and the cooking.  In fact he is down there right now cooking as I am blogging.   

And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 2 Kings 2:11

Laurie Pace

A Texas Artist 

My Blog        

My Website      

Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards  

GALLERY LINKS

Mirada Fine Art Denver CO,  

The Rare Gallery Jackson Hole WY 

The White Dog Gallery Carbondale, CO.

Vino Dipinte Gallery   San Angelo, TX

South Hill Gallery, Lexington, KY

SR Gallery Hong Kong

© Graphics One Design 2014

White Runner Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

  

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

White Runner 

16 x 20 inches Oil on Canvas.  

A painting I did in August that is available.  Brilliant colors and a more impressionistic representational horse in this painting.

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.  1  John 1:5 

Laurie Pace

A Texas Artist 

My Blog        

My Website      

Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards  

GALLERY LINKS

Mirada Fine Art Denver CO,  

The Rare Gallery Jackson Hole WY 

The White Dog Gallery Carbondale, CO.

Vino Dipinte Gallery   San Angelo, TX

South Hill Gallery, Lexington, KY

SR Gallery Hong Kong

© Graphics One Design 2014

Art Lesson on line and color by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Art Lesson using Line and Color

  

This week I want to work on an exercise to loosen your thoughts and inspire your creativity.  Painting is ahead but I want some foundation and work done before doing a lot of painting. You need to be using all the elements and having full grasp of different mediums at the same time.

If I gave you the math problem of 8 + 3 = N, you know how to solve for N.  But how many ways can you get there?  That is limited. If I give you the art problem of Line + Color = N , N is limitless. You can do this with Paint, you can do this with crayons, you can do this with markers, you can do this with craypas or watercolors or anything. You can even collage using lines and color.

There is no given subject, no given rules or guidelines.  Here is a painting I did in 2008.  Gives you an idea  to loosen you up with thoughts and plan a composition of maybe a vase with flowers...or a cityscape with the buildings in black and white and the sky in colors.

Hard Wired

Matthew 6:21 - Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Laurie Pace

A Texas Artist 

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The White Dog Gallery Carbondale, CO.

Vino Dipinte Gallery   San Angelo, TX

South Hill Gallery, Lexington, KY

SR Gallery Hong Kong

© Graphics One Design 2014

Horse Paintings White Stallion Running by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

  

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

Slowly coming to.... 

16 x 20 inches Oil on Canvas.  

I began working on the head of the horse first and coming down the neck in this equine painting.  I was not sure about the background colors, but decided to play them up rather than take them out. Normally I would be taking them out... I can feel the strength in the composition and for the third time painting in the past week, feel a strength in myself that has not been there in awhile.

 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts. Psalm 55:8-9

Laurie Pace

A Texas Artist

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Standing Ground, Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace at The White Dog Gallery, Colorado

  

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

Standing Ground

40 x 40 inches Oil on Canvas. 
Available at The White Dog Gallery Colorado
or email Alan

STRONG stunning piece for a room. The size is 40 x 40 inches. The strength of the horses and the color tell the story through the energy of the palette knife.

The White Dog Gallery is in Carbondale, Colorado. I have been a featured artist there since February of 2013.

Laurie Pace

A Texas Artist

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The Dutch Art Gallery Dallas TX 
South Hill Gallery, Lexington, KY

SR Gallery Hong Kong

Follow the Leader: Three Paint Horses

9x12 watercolor on Langton 140 lb cold press paper finished today of three pintos walking along with a thunderstorm brewing in the distant background.
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Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

  

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

No ideas... 

24 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas. 

clueless... 


Some days you are totally baffled by happenings and often overcome trying to control things. I am definitely in the way of this painting.  I will see this through but probably will do a repaint of the sketch as this was not the direction of intent.

Do you often go off intent on going a certain place and find yourself sidetracked? Then you know where I am right now.

Blessings to you. 

Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist
Golden Pond Studio

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The Rare Gallery Jackson Hole WY 
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The Dutch Art Gallery Dallas TX 
South Hill Gallery, Lexington, KY

SR Gallery Hong Kong

Crossing the Meadow Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

  

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

Crossing the Meadow 

16 x 20 inches Oil on Canvas. SOLD Commissioned Painting 

I arrived at the smile I wait for and that feeling of energy and completeness.  Incredible knife work with very thick strokes of color complete this dynamic contemporary horse painting heading for the United Kingdom when it is dry. That may be a month as thick as this paint is.  To the drying room it will go.

A new week is already begun and I have sketches in mind as I begin  to work in the studio this week.  

Weathering the Storm in Progress by Texas Artist Laurie Pace, Abstract Horse Paintings

  

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

Weathering the Storm 

30 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas. In Progress 

This is about 8 hours in and still not sure of direction but I am loving the palette colors chosen for this horse painting. I began with the orange paint, then the soft turquoise, then the blues... after that came quinacridone golds, purples, lavender and brown pink.

The personality is beginning to develop.  

Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist
Golden Pond Studio

My Blog        My Website      Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards     CFAI.co   

GALLERY LINKS

Mirada Fine Art Denver CO,  

The Rare Gallery Jackson Hole WY 
The White Dog Gallery Carbondale, CO.

The Dutch Art Gallery Dallas TX 
South Hill Gallery, Lexington, KY

SR Gallery Hong Kong

Colors of Wind in Progress Horse painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

  

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

Colors of Wind 

24 x 36 inches Oil on Canvas. IN Progress 

My studio is downstairs and my computer is upstairs... so progress shots are as good as it gets.  This is in progress right now in the Advantage Series.  Color is not good in the shot as we have had cloudy foggy days... watch for updates on Colors of the Wind Horse Painting. 



Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist
Golden Pond Studio

My Blog        My Website      Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards     CFAI.co   

GALLERY LINKS

Mirada Fine Art Denver CO,  

The Rare Gallery Jackson Hole WY 
The White Dog Gallery Carbondale, CO.

The Dutch Art Gallery Dallas TX 
South Hill Gallery, Lexington, KY

SR Gallery Hong Kong