© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2024 Rocky Mountain Sunrise -> Buy a 24 x 36 inch Giclee Print. Available through March 23, 2024 11 pm Central Time This painting brings back huge memories. It is a big one, thinking maybe 3 ft x 4 ft? It was horizontal as I began building layers of browns thinking of doing a bear. I have really only painted one bear, but I had a photo to work from and thought... why not? Well, two thirds of the way through I was not sold on continuing the bears. I began pulling my palette knife up and down on the area with paint, and then I flipped the canvas to vertical. I countered in the yellows and then re-pulled grays to cover edges. I took my knife and began carving in the thick paint. I reverted to my passion of horses and made them larger and more detailed. I imagined them in my head standing on a cliff area slightly higher up in the mountains asa the sun fell to the east and the horses are gazing out to the west. Add
© Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2023 Face Within . This painting led off in my woman series of warriors back in 2022. Returning to figurative painting for a small collection, this one is magical. Can you find the second face? Layers of color and overlays criss cross this entire painting mapping out two faces. Can you find the second one? 30 x 40 inches lush bright colors. Piled and layered by brush and palette knife. I am known and collected for my intense color. The Latest Quest Putting God first. In the Bible it makes it seem very simple. From my understanding, we need to move our thinking process and all our thoughts to a divine level. Once we do that, we’ll see that God‘s actually got all the physical stuff taken care of. Had to think about that forward to really define what a divine level might mean. And Colossians, chapter 3 verse two, it says “Set your mind on things above, not on things of the earth.” In Matthew, chapter 6 verse 30, it says “Seek firs