Portrait of a Horse, by Melissa A. Torres, 4x5 acrylic on wood

I painted my first horse portrait several months ago and loved it!  There is just something so beautiful about these animals.

This painting was painted on several pieces of wood, which I originally obtained for a different project that didn't work out. I decided to glue the pieces together and create a "canvas."  This wood is recycled. I get them from a fellow artist (he may not call himself that, but what he does with wood is amazing) Doug, of Redeemwood, in Colorado. This is one of several pieces of art I have created using his product.

To see more of my work, please visit my website at www.melissaatorresart.com.

To purchase my work, you may contact me at MATArt75@gmail.com, or visit my Etsy shop.

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Thank you!

Color Rising, Contemporary Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

  

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

Color Rising

24 x 36 inches Oil on Canvas. SOLD 

A beautiful new painted pony piece for a friend in San Francisco to decorate her new law office.  She asked for the feminine colors and I think I delivered it in this contemporary horse painting.

With some deep thought and a lot of prayer, I may be not be blogging daily.  I can only believe you get tired of getting my emails daily and seeing either older pieces or old thoughts even at times. 

With the job of editor of Visual Language Magazine I stay pretty involved on the computer with many artists daily. I am working this spring to be back in the studio more and bring to you NEW work and new pieces and new ideas for art.  If there is anything you would like to see me paint, please email me by clicking HERE, or going to my website and use the CONTACT ME page.

I want to celebrate you this year and try to give back more to my collectors, so you will have to check in occasionally for give aways. Books, paintings and more.

From Gary Mueller, a Methodist Minister on Facebook is posted a comment from last Friday. I have to stop focusing on the struggle of making it all work and focus on what is working and the gifts I have and want to share. 

“God Really Does Change Your Life!”

by Gary Mueller

Something destructive happens when you choose to focus on what you don’t have – the right job, the house you want, the car of your dreams or enough money in the bank. Something wonderful happens when you focus on what you do have - even in the midst of real struggles in your life. When you focus on what you don’t have, you quickly develop an attitude of entitlement. This inevitably makes you more and more self-centered, which takes you away from God. However, when you focus on what you do have, you begin to experience overwhelming gratitude. This makes you more and more God-centered, which takes you into a ever-deeper relationship with God. The irony, of course, is that the more you make it all about you, the more you struggle. While, the more you make it about God, the better off you are. Confused? Well that’s exactly why it’s important to remember that God really does change your life! #GodNMe

BTW... Happy Birthday to my youngest son... he is one of my greatest gifts from God.  Hope to see him more in the studio this year too.

Laurie Pace

A Texas Artist 

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Vino Dipinte Gallery   San Angelo, TX

South Hill Gallery, Lexington, KY

SR Gallery Hong Kong

© Graphics One Design 2014

The Power and the Glory... the spirit of the paint with Texas Equine Artist Laurie Pace

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

The Power and the Glory

4 x 6 feet Oil on Canvas. SOLD 

I posted this for you to see the magnificent power in the bottom half of the painting.  Hence it just was blessed with the name "The Power and the Glory".   Still not sure what will occur with line and color up around the rider.

The Twelfth Day of Christmas

A Texas Artist 

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South Hill Gallery, Lexington, KY

SR Gallery Hong Kong

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Summer Winds Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

  

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

Summer Winds

40 x 40 inches Oil on Canvas. 

Summer Winds was quite a progressive Horse Painting. I began by rotating my canvas on the easel a quarter turn at a time and working the entire canvas with layers of paint. After I covered the entire surface I immediately knew what I saw in the painting. These are not normal palette colors for me, but I was pulled strongly to thinking of summer winds and how when they are strong they feel like they could blow right through you. They become a part of who you are. Same in the painting... the summer winds are not cold, but they move through each horse in the herd with the layers of paint weaving it all together.  

This piece is at MIrada Fine Art in Denver.
Contact Steve Sonnen if you are interested in this horse painting.

Laurie Pace
A Texas Artist
Golden Pond Studio

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

SR Gallery Hong Kong

Monday Art Lesson with Laurie Pace, and register for free Horse Painting by Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2013.

Combing Elements to create a Painting through color and composition.

This Monday Lesson is about combing more elements. using color to create movement on the surface of this small canvas, I have no intent of what will be painted here.  I literally am basing the color application on good composition and movement along with balance.

This is a small 9 x 12 inch board canvas and I am working the undercoating with acrylics.

After the surface is dry, I began to use my finger in more wet acrylic paint and began to push around the surface trying to mold in my mind what I wanted to form on the composition.  As you know I paint a lot of horses so of course that is what came to mind. See if you can line these up to note where I saw the movement to create this piece.  If I looked long enough, I might have flipped the painting and created a floral piece.

After securing a horse in mind I use more finger painting to form things up and then it was the palette knife I reached for. The layers of color came together with thick swipes of paint.

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

Journey West

9 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas. 

Since this is lesson Monday, how about we make this a 'give away'? I cannot ship it for the next week as it is wet, but if you want to be included in the drawing for this painting, email me by clicking HERE. 

Include in the message line Monday Lesson Giveaway so I do not miss it.

On Wednesday night I will pull a name from those that email me and the next week I will get the painting in the mail.

Make sure you register to win this free 

contemporary horse painting today.

 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Psalm 119:105

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

Head Strong, Colorful Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

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

Head Strong  

12 x 12 x 2 inches Oil on Canvas. 

This is a fun thick canvas with color and paint and energy. 

Available and the perfect holiday gift and very affordable.

Email me. 

This one does not need a frame, it is ready to hang.

This was a verse that really spoke to me this morning. Think about it when you read it.  

"Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them." 1 John 2:9-11

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

Beneath the Branches, Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

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

Beneath the Branches 

24 x 36 inches Oil on Canvas. 

Venetian Plaster is the base on this contemporary Horse Painting, followed by acrylic overlays and then 20 layers of oil blending into pure sensual power.  

You can buy this painting by clicking here if it is still available.

When I gaze around the world, I see His creation everywhere, yet much is overrun by man's creation.  Cities are towering and more cement is laid daily as populations spread oozing out from the city itself.

Perhaps that is part of the tension and creation in this painting. It built simply and exploded with passion as the days went by and I worked on it. 

How do we stop the massive march of man to have more, build more and be more, when he is truly nothing without God? Carving out time in a busy day to spend it with God rarely happens.  Too much pulls our attention and even more demands our time with constant pressure.  One day we will realize how much has been lost, yet God waits patiently for us to come to Him.  

Laurie Pace

A Texas Artist

Pace 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

Primavera Overture - Original Abstract Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Primavera Overture

Abstract acrylic painting on stretched canvas
30" x 30" x 1.5"

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Meandering - Original Abstract Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Meandering

30"x30"x1.5"

Abstract Acrylic on Canvas

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Original abstract painting
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Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist
Filomena de Andrade Booth

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Returning Home - Original Abstract Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Returning Home

Acrylic on Canvas

40"x40"x1.5"

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Original abstract painting
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Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist
Filomena de Andrade Booth

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Running Free - Original Abstract Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Running Free

48"x36"x1.5"

Acrylic on Canvas

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Original abstract painting
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Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist
Filomena de Andrade Booth

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Shiraz - Original Abstract Wine Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Shiraz

11"x14"x.75"

Acrylic/mixed media on canvas

Original abstract painting
by
Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist
Filomena de Andrade Booth

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Pinot Noir - Original Abstract Wine Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Pinot Noir

14"x11"x.75"

Acrylic/mixed media on canvas

Original abstract painting
by
Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist
Filomena de Andrade Booth

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My top priority is your complete satisfaction with your new painting!  I'm sure you'll love your purchase, but just in case
it does not work for you, simply re-pack it in its original box  and return it to me within 7 days.  I will refund your
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Zinfanel - Original Abstract Wine Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Zinfandel

14"x11"x.75"

Acrylic/mixed media on canvas

Original abstract painting
by
Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist
Filomena de Andrade Booth

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My top priority is your complete satisfaction with your new painting!  I'm sure you'll love your purchase, but just in case
it does not work for you, simply re-pack it in its original box  and return it to me within 7 days.  I will refund your
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Bread and Wine - Original Abstract Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Bread and Wine

14"x11"x.75"

Mixed media on canvas

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Original abstract painting
by
Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist
Filomena de Andrade Booth

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My top priority is your complete satisfaction with your new painting!  I'm sure you'll love your purchase, but just in case
it does not work for you, simply re-pack it in its original box  and return it to me within 7 days.  I will refund your
purchase price as soon as I receive the art in its original condition.  You simply pay the return shipping cost.

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Wine for 2 - Original Abstract Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Wine for 2

Acrylic on canvas

11"x14"x.75"

Palette knife painting

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Original abstract painting
by
Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist
Filomena de Andrade Booth

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My top priority is your complete satisfaction with your new painting!  I'm sure you'll love your purchase, but just in case
it does not work for you, simply re-pack it in its original box  and return it to me within 7 days.  I will refund your
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Back to Basics - Original Abstract Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Back to Basics

24"x24"x1.5"

Abstract Mixed media on canvas

Original abstract painting
by
Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist
Filomena de Andrade Booth

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Why purchase art directly from my studio?

My top priority is your complete satisfaction with your new painting!  I'm sure you'll love your purchase, but just in case
it does not work for you, simply re-pack it in its original box  and return it to me within 7 days.  I will refund your
purchase price as soon as I receive the art in its original condition.  You simply pay the return shipping cost.

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Primavera Overture - Original Abstract Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Primavera Overture

Abstract acrylic painting on stretched canvas
30" x 30" x 1.5"

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Original abstract painting
by
Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist
Filomena de Andrade Booth

Why purchase art directly from my studio?

My top priority is your complete satisfaction with your new painting!  I'm sure you'll love your purchase, but just in case
it does not work for you, simply re-pack it in its original box  and return it to me within 7 days.  I will refund your
purchase price as soon as I receive the art in its original condition.  You simply pay the return shipping cost.

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Day at the Beach - Original Abstract Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Day at the Beach
36"x36"x1.5"
Abstract Acrylic on Canvas

 

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Original abstract painting
by
Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist
Filomena de Andrade Booth

Why purchase art directly from my studio?

My top priority is your complete satisfaction with your new painting!  I'm sure you'll love your purchase, but just in case
it does not work for you, simply re-pack it in its original box  and return it to me within 7 days.  I will refund your
purchase price as soon as I receive the art in its original condition.  You simply pay the return shipping cost.

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Meandering - Original Abstract Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Filomena de Andrade Booth

Meandering

30"x30"x1.5"

Acrylic on Canvas

Available

Original abstract painting
by
Texas Contemporary Abstract Artist
Filomena de Andrade Booth

Why purchase art directly from my studio?

My top priority is your complete satisfaction with your new painting!  I'm sure you'll love your purchase, but just in case
it does not work for you, simply re-pack it in its original box  and return it to me within 7 days.  I will refund your
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