End of this blog! Happiness for all!!

Just wanted to give my followers a heads up that this is the end my friends! as you noticed by now I haven't posted on here since Oct. I think. My interests in oil painting have led me away from this blog and onto needing other outlets.

So if you have any desire to follow my art pursuits further along the oil painting path I have taken, you may do so at:

http://lapaceart.blogspot.com

Thank you for being there thru the years. Thank you for all the wonderful comments. Thank you for all the fun of mixed media. And thank you for the opening from there to acrylics which led to oils. I have learned much from everyone who i have connected with thru this blog link by link. I can only hope to pass on the same kindness and love that you all have shown thru the years.

I wish you happiness in your art no matter the media. I wish you happiness in your life.

Ever onward my happy, artistic wonderful friends.
Laura

Old Tin Warehouse

Old Tin Warehouse

Apalachicola, FL

Laura A Pace

8x10 Oil  gessoed panel

Architecture

Up For Auction! Bid Here!!

I've been missing in action for quite a while haven't I? Busy busy, with summer winding down. I took a fabulous workshop through PAP-SE which is Plein Air Painters of the Southeast. The workshop was located in Apalachicola Fl, a most wonderful little laid back coastal town. The instructors were marvelous. They paired off each day. These were the sessions as I got them from the PAP-SE site:

Sept.13th

Anne Blair Brown – Fresh Perspective: Painting the Town

Dawn Whitelaw – Notan: Using Value to Tell Your Story

Sept. 14

Perry Austin – The Role of Composition and Design

Kevin Menck – Value Structure in the Landscape

Sept. 15

Lori Putnam – Capturing the Landscape in Modern Impressionism

James Richards – The Value of Values

It really was excellent. The artists would demo and talk first thing, then we would paint the rest of the day. They gave great individual help with our paintings in the afternoon plein air sessions. and tho three of the lessons were titled values, all 6 instructors actually stressed values. So that really is the most important thing I personally took away from this wonderful 3 day event. Oh and Simplifying the painting into shapes. That really helped me bunches seeing that put into practice in front of my eyes over and over!

Unfortunately, we got home on that painting high to find our little log cabin in the trees had been broken into. We've lived here 20 plus years now, and never felt that sort of fear. Seems no place is safe from mean people. As we've come to accept, it was just "stuff' that is gone, lucky no one furry or otherwise was hurt. But we may be in the process now of deciding to leave our little cabin in the woods for a more urban setting.

Ever onward my fabulous friends.

Barb's Summer Cottage

Barb's Summer Cottage

Laura A Pace

5x7 Oil on panel

architecture

Bid Here!

This quaint little cottage comes from a photo taken by a dear internet friend. I just loved the simplicity of the building and the surroundings. The colors seemed so soft, and gently warmed by the sun. One can imagine the path leading to the lake or down to the ocean! Just right for these summer days. And perfect for a remembrance of warmth come the cold winter!

Ever onward my gentle friends.

Tybee Lighthouse

Tybee Lighthouse

Laura A Pace

7x5 0il on panel

architecture oil

Bid Here!

No running into the shore when this beautiful lighthouse is shining through the night! This bluish black and white striped gem is located in Tybee, GA which is on the coast of the Atlantic near Savannah. There is a fort right next to it.  The beach is just to the east. The river leading to Savannah where these huge ships run through, is to the north. On the other side of the river is SC, Hilton Head to be precise. 

Tybee is a cute, quaint little beach island. There is only one real hotel and the rest are small rentals and small condos. No real large overpowering buildings. Perfect with Savannah a hop, skip away for night life! ( If you want that sort of thing) Last we were there, a movie with Miley Cyrus was being filmed down in the main part near the pier. They had a little fair set up on the beach and we saw a volley ball scene being filmed. Loads of fans screaming! (Never did see the movie!)

It'll be fun to go back again. Hopefully we can catch their Pirate days. Argh me hearties, hope you enjoy the fine painting my Polly and I have set before ye.

Ever onward my quaint pirate friends.

Deb's Old KY Home

Deb's Old KY Home

Laura A Pace

7x5 oil on panel

architecture

Bid Here!

This is from a picture a dear online friend took in KY. Hence the name. I fell for the not quite christmas reds and greens of the little scene. The warm inviting grass with it's yellows and reds. Those iris stately standing across from the playful yellow flowers that invite us into the scene.You can about feel the sun beating off the roofs and the buildings. It's gonna be a hot one today, folks.

Ever onward my inviting friends.

Two for the Beach

Two for the Beach
Laura A Pace

Oil on panel

8x10 Seascape

Tis summer and you know what that means: The Beach! So here we are: two little bobbing heads, cares thrown to the wind, enjoying the waves, and not a thought of anything except relaxation. The sun is just right adding the right amount of warmth with out being that too hot temperature you can get sometimes in the summer. The wind isn't blowing too hard and note the low, slow wave action. A perfect summer day.

Hope everyone is having a perfect summer day.

Ever onward my bobbing friends.

Fishing Floats Found!

Fishing Floats Found!

Laura A Pace

Oil on museum panel

7x5 Still life

You may bid here!!

Hey it's been a while! Where ya'll been? I've ben in my studio and sometimes out of it painting away. I haven't bothered to show you the ones that haven't turned out. There have been many that haven't turned out to my satisfaction! That's what happens on the long long road to learning to paint. But every one of those pothole paintings are learning experiences for me as I fill them back up with thoughts on where I went wrong and how to do the next one better.

This is a painting of some fishing floats that were hanging in a restaurant in Tybee, GA. I thought they made a cool still life with all those subtle colors that had been washed over throughout the years. The circular and oval forms of the floats and shadows against the column and the rectangular shapes of the fireplace and wall seemed very interesting. I kept looking at them when we were at the restaurant. We didn't eat inside where they were, we went outside on the beach. But I came back in to look at the floats.

Hope everyone is staying cool in this weird summer we are having. Our poor yard and little forest dried up like it was fall in a desert like condition. Now it is getting rained on every day and is jungle steamy hot. Can't catch a break with it!

Ever onward my long lost friends.

What Lies Beyond

What Lies Beyond

Laura A Pace

7x5 oil on museum panel

Architecture

colorist/impressionist 

You may bid here!

Ok, so I did a sorta new thing when I painted "What Lies Beyond". I used the whole photo it came from, no cropping down to size like usual. I pretended I was under an umbrella, outside these wonderful old gates. Then I proceeded to paint pretend plain air! Course there were no bugs, no heat and humidity, and no glaring sun to change my color palette. But it was a big change not to have it all laid out in a neat little preplanned specific size. It was like working on a still life. 

This is from I have no clue, as it is another photographer's work. But it intrigued me as to what was behind that slightly crooked gate, columns,  and those massive stone walls. A bit jungly looking. I bet there are some beautiful flowers run amuck if we were to follow that path.

I'd like to thank the wonderful folks who have now become the first of my art collectors! It's good to know my pieces have gone on to live in homes where they are wanted. As they are sent out I have the joy of remembering painting each one and what I felt at the time. I'm happy to be bring a little joy and color to others with my paintings!

Ever onward my intriguing friends.

Wisteria Mysterious Doorway

Wisteria Mysterious Doorway

Laura A Pace

7x5 oil on museum panel

Architecture

colorist/impressionist style

$45.00

This lovely, mysterious doorway is taken from a photograph on WetCanvas. This is a wonderful site for artists with loads of information on every type of art from mixed media to pastel, water color on to oil. Plus artists have been kind enough to share their photos with us to use which is great for those of us who don't get all around the world anymore!

I was attracted as always by the light. Here, playing off the tips of the wisteria in places and on part of the arch and on the door in bits and then on the cobbled street. And where there were shadows was just as interesting! Of course the colors were just so much fun what with the coral/orange wall and the blue green door and the blue violet and red violet wisteria. 

And while I painted this, I wondered: what was behind the door? I think this is why I enjoy painting doors and windows so much. I'm intrigued with what could be beyond and holding me out. What secrets do they hold? What joys, what sorrows, and what life tales are the doors and windows keeping?

Ever onward my mysterious friends.

TN Barn

TN Barn

Laura A Pace

6x6

Oil on museum panel

Architecture

Here's where you may bid!

This is an oldish barn in a sweet sounding place called Grassy Cove, TN. There isn't really much there in Grassy Cove. An old store, some barns and a few homes. Fields, lots of fields tucked in-between the ridges. There used to be sheep right on the main road, but now they are back off a ways and you hafta search for them. It's a cove and it doesn't have a beach, but it does have a grassy shore line.

Time is definitely taking over this barn. The bottoms is starting to have more holes than not and the vines are creeping up higher every year. It doesn't get new paint any more. I can't tell you the number of barns I've watched collapse to nothingness over the years. Usually a big storm is the final straw that does them in. I always feel bad. 

Still working from a more colorist perspective. Not totally, but as a partial basis for what I'm thinking as I start and where I'm going when I paint. I like where it's taking me so far.

Ever onward my sweet sounding friends.