Texas Contemporary Fine Artist Laurie Pace

18 March 2012

Mason's Abstract Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Mason's Canvas

24 x 24 inches Acrylic
Sold...gift.

Soon I will be shipping this three panel abstract out. This abstract painting panel is the first in the series and created for Mason.

©Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 1998-2012
Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie

Is something holding you back?

Have you figured out in life there always seems to be something holding you back from things? Not sure if it is fear or feeling inadequate...but negativity often crawls through your mind when you are confronting new challenges or changes.

There is door before you. Will you open it? Are you leaving somewhere or going somewhere? When you do open it are you facing bondage to something or freedom from something? Technically different doors require different approaches to open them. A simple turn of a handle opens most doors, but often some heavier doors require a key and some are simply a push door requiring nothing but a slight push of your hand or shoulder.

Decisions in life, life changes, life challenges are like those doors. Some require more effort than others to get the door open. Willingness will open those push doors, while the locked doors may require prayer and persistance.

What doors are in your life right now? Some doors are opening up for a new beginning while others signal an end to a time in life. Know which ever you are facing, God is will walk through it with you, He will even enter before and extend His light to guide you.

Words of my Heart,

Laurie

"Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut." Revelation 3:8

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17 March 2012

The Abstract Painting Continues by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Progression on the Abstract

three 24 x 24 inch panels
sold gift

©Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 1998-2012
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What to Build this Day?

We are each blessed with gifts for our journey. Sometimes these gifts change and we may not be prepared to accept new ones or say goodbye to old ones.

You are the artisan of your life. As Moses built the tabernacle, he was assured by God that the workers helping him were gifted with their abilities to know what to do. Moses was not a savvy contractor, but God was. Each person working was filled with the Spirit of God. Upon completion the Tabernacle was filled with the Spirit of God.

Planting a Tree for my Dad

God has given you this day the tools you need to create and accomplish whatever you set your mind to, or if you are listening to Him, where ever He guides you. If you are not happy at this point in your life, what changes are open to you to consider? Have you prayed about it?

Always honor what has been provided in creating you for who you are. You cannot be something you were not created to be. You have indwelling divine energy that will lead you to fulfillment of dreams, maybe even the accomplishment of something you never dreamed about doing.

Pray with me this day ...Good Morning God, This is your day, I am your child, please show me the way.

Words of my heart, Laurie

"I have put wisdom in the hearts of all who are gifted artisans." Exodus 31:6

16 March 2012

Progression of Abstract Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Progression continues...
Painting for Three.

Three 24 x 24 inch canvas. Sold

Thank goodness for sunshine! The process continues.

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Pure Being

You are not alone. You are never alone.

Can you hold this in your mind and feel the true comfort of it? It comes with the ray of sunshine falling on your face, or the cool of evening passing over your shoulders. It comes with the song of birds and the rush of winds through the trees.

It comes in music, books and in touch...the touch of a feather or the touch of water. His assurance surrounds you when you take the time to listen and feel His presence.

God's loving presence surrounds all of us. When you are so busy you tend to miss it. So draw a slow deep breath and close your eyes... can you hear him? Can you feel His love? As you release your breath, let go of your sorrows and your worries. Feel His arms wrapped around you holding you close.

You are not alone. You are never alone.

Words of my heart, Laurie

"Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me." John 16:32

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15 March 2012

Beginnings of a new abstract painting by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Beginnings

It's a gift for Nick and Family
so it is sold... a contemporary slant with three 24 x 24 canvas.
As I begin to work on this I keep in mind three very loved children, Elijah, Daiden and Mason.

Watch this piece evolve.

©Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 1998-2012
Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie

WINNER: I was REALLY surprised with the winner. There were over 40 entries for this small painting but so many awesome emails that came with each entry. Sheriff Paul was running from one event to the other so I had to have him choose a number between 1 and 40 and the list of how the entries arrived were on my excel sheet. He choose the number 12 and the 12th person to write me was one that brought so much joy to me this week, Amber Marie Jones. I had heard from her earlier in the month as she was doing a school project on artists and had chosen my work. (BTW, she is from the UK) I will be sending her BLUE horse for her room... God is truly awesome!

Here was her email:

Hello I just wanted to ask you if you could please put me in to win the painting as I'm a huge fan and for my art gcse I have chosen you as one of my artists and I also did a copy of one of your paintings but gave you the credit and I just said I painted it and If I won the painting I would be amazed as I'm in love with art its my world and I want to decorate my room to represent me and what I love, I attached a file with the painting I finished and one I'm yet to I hope you like them.

Focus on what you have in life...

We seem to be a society of "gotta have it" or "need a". Our brain seems overwhelmed with what we do not have that we truly believe we need and we become obsessed with it until we 'get it'.

Retrain your thought patterns and stop them when you drift into the 'gotta have it' realm, you will find a peace beyond belief. Take a deep breath in and slowly let it out. With each breath express thanks with love for the things you already have in your life. Give gratitude to the Father for these things. Keep breathing in and out. Praise Him and know that many opportunities are ahead for you in His plan.

Instead of allowing apprehension into your life with worry, allow appreciation to fill you with enthusiasm. Use the simple mantra, "Thank you Lord" through out the day as if sharing it with everyone...and the response back will be overwhelming from the Lord. "You are welcome my child."

Words of my heart, Laurie

"Bless the Lord, O my Soul, and all that is within me." Psalm 103:1

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14 March 2012

Moonlight Crossing Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Moonlight Crossing

3 ft by 4 ft Oil on Canvas

Mirada Fine Art with Special Pricing.
Contact Steve.

©Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 1998-2012
Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie

Praying for others.

Circumstances in life happen. They happen to all of us. Sharing a prayerful life that includes the needs of others. We have to look beyond the temporary that surrounds us and focus on God's perfection... God's perfection for each of us.

The power is among us and as we gather together that power is multiplied. This is the presence of Christ. Honoring His presence in others and lifting them up.

No matter where you are today or what you are doing... stand in line and pray for others. At the next red light, pray for others. Every moment offers the opportunity to bless others and pray for them.

You are enfolded in love...

Words of my Heart, Laurie

"I pray that... Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love." Ephesians 3:16, 17

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13 March 2012

Trotter, Horse drawing on Paper, by a Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Trotter
Pen on Paper

Sketching from the studio for future horse paintings.

©Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 1998-2012
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Renovation

I was browsing through Amazon and came across the title of a book called Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard. The reviews were very strong for the book and there were 65 of them. Seems like it was written to help you through exactly what it says...renovation of your heart as you find what is truly in line with where you should be with God.

Our home today.

Terry and I have had our fill of renovating houses. We did it for awhile flipping a few houses and making some money ahead, but then we lost on the last one because of the drop in the housing market. It was a pretty hard hit for us. It came just as we were thinking of retiring but with the plunge in the economy we consulted a higher power, called our CPA and took the loss to try and keep the loss from being even worse.

Definition for renovation:

Web definitions:

the act of improving by renewing and restoring; "they are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property";...

wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Breakfast Room at our Lake House

Taking that last contemporary home and doing all that work that was a huge journey. It was a home designed and built by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. We really tried to renew and restore it to what is was in 1959 and put a lot of hard labor and dollars into. We went two months without gas and had to rewire the entire house.

Thankfully living there was a joy and a time in our lives we will celebrate and remember, but the selling was a total demolition of our retirement plans. Yet was it part of His plan?

How often do we have to renovate 'ourselves' to get where we are renewed and restored? I found this one blog by Rick Warren called Renovation Begins with Demolition. It is a short but solid read.

During this time of Lent, you may have to go through a type of demolition of who you are and how you think and then slowly begin your renovation with the Carpenter, the Son of God. He will help you rebuild so you will be renewed and restored.

Words of my heart, Laurie

"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." Hebrews 4:12

Post Note: Our CPA held us to two years and not renovations at our lake house... I have exactly two weeks left to hit that two year mark...but for some reason it is no longer important. When you are at home in yourself, the things around you are not as urgent to change. Peace in the heart brings a smile. So did golden yellow paint in the kitchen. see picture above.

Read more here.

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12 March 2012

BLUE HORSE Painting Giveaway, by a Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Blue Horse

12 x 12 inch Giveaway Painting

Free shipping in USA. If you enter and live outside USA, you must cover the shipping.

She is small but joyful in character and color.

Email Me and mention you want to be in the drawing for

the BLUE HORSE.

I will accept entries through Tuesday night at 6 pm.

Sheriff Paul Fletcher will draw the winning name for me Tuesday night.

Forgiveness

The sharp pain of betrayal and the hidden hurt weigh heavily on heart,

Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy from the start.

Peter asks, “Lord how often shall my Brother sin and I forgive?”

Jesus answers Peter, “Seven times seventy” or as long as you shall live.

When you pray to the Father while holding things against some one,

You must forgive him first, before the Father forgives what you have done.

“Do not judge, least you be judged, do not condemn and you’ll not be condemned.

Forgive and you will be forgiven"; all the anger will dissipate from where it stemmed.

If the hurt and pain stay inside your heart, it will harden day by day

You simply must let go of all that pain for it to go away.

Just as you forgive all those that wronged you and hurt you through the years,

May God grant you grace in their eyes, for their forgiveness of you to appear.

Release anyone who has injured you in the past and stop the slander and the pain,

Show mercy through the eyes of grace so your prayer is not in vain.

As Jesus ask His Father for forgiveness for those that accused and crucified Him too,

He prayed on the cross as he died, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

L Pace March 11, 2012

I sit here in reflection... that often we cannot forgive ourselves for things in our past. Stop condemning yourself and embrace the goodness that has been in you since conception. You are made in God's image. God is good and so are you.

Make a conscious choice to forgive yourself today. Then think of people that you might have hurt or injured and ask for their forgiveness. Then think of those that have hurt you and look to them through the same gentle eyes that Jesus saw Peter, through the eyes of grace.

Life is a learning experience and often situations arise that are tough, but each offers a time for you to learn and grow both in Spirit and in life.

Words of the heart, Laurie

"Forgive, act, and render to all whose hearts you know, according to all their ways." 1 Kings 8:39