The Collage Work represented Pace's most recent studio efforts. These works are symbolic of the learning process. They are remnants of our consumer-based culture such as pieces of photographs, scraps of paper, torn diagrams, drawings, and other items which construct visual statements of discovery. Some comment on larger social issues that will require massive cultural change in order to rectify; others are personal explorations of understanding the lessons of this life.

"The unexamined life is not worth living" is a statement which describes Pace's view of the importance of inspecting one's life, which in many ways is inseparable from cultural and political events. Pace suggests that art is an important means by which individuals may examine their lives and, even more significantly, a venue for social commentary.

Pace's work embraces ideas of the early 20th century German artist Kurt Schwitters and his Merz Pictures, and the Russian Constructivist Antoine Pevsner, who believed that art must express contemporary culture. The influence of contemporary greats Robert Rauschenburg and Max Ernst can also be experienced in Pace's work. The artist has constructed many avenues of approach for the viewer. There are recognizable images which act as symbols and metaphors, large abstract color fields which suggest emotive and psychological states, and overlays of dot patterns which reference our hypnotic belief in now. There are lines, patterns, and visual trails which serve as conduits from one level of understanding to another… all pieced together as an expression of the methods for learning. The now is supreme. These works offered insight into the journey.