Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

NIGHT CROSSING Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me for pricing. Laurie Last night was our first block party of the summer. So many wonderful families live on our street. Many of the original couples still live here and the younger families fill our hearts and lives with their laughter and play. I hope you enjoy the slides. No Terry and I are not in them, we took the pictures! We had such a great time meeting everyone. We are the new kids on the block. Today before you are unlimited possibilities in your life and in the lives of those around you. The beauty within you is the brightest beauty of the Lord shining through. Light the way today for others to feel the grace of the Lord. Grace, Laurie “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness." James 3:17-18

Seven Cows Farm Animals by Laurie Justus Pace 15 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase and include the name of the painting. Laurie Sunday morning found Terry and I sitting out under our huge trees in the back yard. I was counting redbirds, woodpeckers, mockingbirds, sparrows, bluejays etc. The sun was just breaking through the trees and we have a huge canopy of three trees sheltering the yard. It is gorgeous. The house painters will be here tomorrow to start prepping the house for paint. YEAH! After the house is painted we will take new pictures. The last project will be our shower. August Rush. Have you seen the movie? Morgan bought it for me for Mother's Day. I had not watched it and he was over yesterday working on a commission painting. I was sitting out in the yard reading my book. After he was done he said, MOM, you are coming with me. He took me into the living room and popped the movie in. I was fed chicken soup with cheese on top, crackers and white...

TREES By Laurie Justus Pace 11 x 14 Oil on Linen Board Contact me to purchase and mention title of the painting! Laurie Becoming....Did you ever reflect on the word becoming? I received this photo from a young artist that wanted one of my paintings and her parents bought it for her. The photo was accompanied by : Gracie, age 9, loves Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and now, Laurie Pace. She is so excited to own an original piece of art and hopes to add more in the future. Much like her favorite paintings by Picasso and Matisse, Gracie loves the bold bright colors in "Can't see the forest because of the trees". Thanks, Laurie, for fueling her enthusiasm! Becoming. It is such a fruitful word full of hope. Reminds me of caterpillars cocooning to become butterflies, or of cookie dough becoming soft chewy cookies. Becoming. To a young child it fills their heart with dreams of what is to be. What can be accomplished and had in their life. They are so tantalized by t.v. and ...

FACING THE SUN Sunflower Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 11 x 14 on Linen Panel SOLD ON DAILY PAINTERS THANK YOU Short blog for sure this morning! Can you tell me difference between Happiness and Joy? Happiness seems to be the thing we search for our entire lives. My grandmother was the one that told me it came from within and especially when you do for others. I remember as a young teenager sitting with her in my room when she shared this with me. Everything seems so traumatic at that age...so I thought. It is 100 fold at this age. What I have discovered at this age is that Joy is a far deeper richer feeling than happiness. Joy can be felt even in the darkest moment when you are buried in the deepest of problems. Happiness is temporary because it is based on external circumstance, but Joy... Joy my friend, is based on God's presence with in each of us. Contentment is found with in you and it is there but you are usually too busy chasing happiness to know Joy is with in y...

CLIMBING ROSES 8 x 10 on Linen Panel Contact me for pricing. Please mention the title of the painting. Laurie Finally the rain has let up. Yesterday Morgan and made a dash in it to the grocery store. YUMMM. I love fruit from Whole Foods. I have 8 bags that I use for the large hauls. Some were bought from Whole Foods in other states and it is cool to use them each week bringing back memories of those trips. I use smaller cloth cotton net bags for my fruit. They are a .09 rating for weight and I always make sure the cashier removes their weight from the scale. You can see in the sink I have a white bowl that I use veggie scrub in and we literally scrub or gently wash the fruit and veggies removing all labels before putting them in the refrigerator. I miss living in the country with my garden, but organic fruits and veggies to us are worth the price. Today we will be cleaning and shuffling the last of the mess here to prepare for the health inspection tomorrow as we finish up our las...

WHITE IRIS 8 x 10 on Linen Panel Contact me to purchase, mention the name of the painting please! Laurie SOLD on Daily Painters! Thank you. I am late this morning blogging. I had work issues to handle before I could start my day. This is a delicate painting I did yesterday. Very soft and very sweet! Someone in your life is sitting in darkness. Someone in your life is trying to shield his eyes from the light. Someone in your life is trying to find the light. Today is the day you can reach out to them, extending your hand to guide them into the light. We are unable to physically pull any one from the dark. The journey must be theirs with the Lord. We are there to encourage and love unconditionally. Give what you can today. Light a life with your love. Grace, Laurie "Feed the hungry and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness and the darkness around you will be as bright as day." Isaiah 58:10

FILLY IN BLUE Horse Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches of Oil on Canvas Contact me for pricing and mention the title of the painting. Laurie Yes, I was up too early this morning ( four a.m.). Terry took off Mother's Day and is working for someone else today. Life at American Airlines...go figure. Still trying to digest FURP. Families Under Reduced Pay. Pilots, Mechanics, Flight Attendants...matters not...we are all FURP. Mechanics were making $55,000 in the early nineties. Just before 911 we had been on a wage freeze for 10 years...and FINALLY saw a raise in pay of about $20,000 a year that brought us into reality for all the cost of living raised over the prior ten years of our salary freeze. (Yes it was cold) Finally we could breath and not take the calculator to the store every time we grocery shopped. We had kids in college and a house note to pay. We had this wonderful increase for about 18 months. WHAM... the company was failing... all of us took cuts; ...

BALANCED Nude Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches Contact me for pricing and include the name of the painting. Laurie Balanced is a good place to start the week. The window installers will be here today to begin windows. We are only doing 1/3 of the house but the major part that is important with large glass windows on the west side of the house and two huge 8 ft sliding glass doors that are non functional because they are broken. AFTER Tuesday...wow I will not know how to act!!! Finding Balance in you life is an important thing. How does a busy woman balance church, home, work, children, a husband, meetings, hobbies etc.? I believe in my heart it is much more than time management. I believe it is in centering and balancing yourself. My dear husband always says to Keep the Lord in the center. He visions in his head a circle and God is in the center of this circle. Everything else is circling in orbit around God in the center. The balance of everything is always chang...

My Mother Portraiture by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD Private Collection of Artist Contact me for portrait work. Laurie This was painted about ten years ago... I never finished it and I think I will. It truly looks just like my mom. The tribute below was written in 1979 for my mother for a Mother's Day Banquet at her church. I lived out of town and had two small children and could not make it up for the Friday night banquet. I sent flowers and had my best friend Candy read this to my mother at the dinner that night. A Tribute to Mother To paint upon a canvas the glory of life, the total of love, the beauty of earth... One could close your eyes and imagine never ending fields of brightly colored wild flowers, cool meadows surrounded by the quiet of a shade trees with echoes of drops from a nearby waterfall. In the distance you can both hear and smell the sounds of a cool rain on the horizon and anticipate the sunrise of a new day. One could imagine endless pictures of the beauty of na...

SPRING FLOWERS for Mothers' Day Floral Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 30 x 30 inches Contact me to purchase, please mention the title of the painting. Laurie Here is the size in a frame with a couch... it is a large oil painting. Size in this picture is not perfectly to scale. The painting is 30 x 30 inches. Yesterday was the LONGEST day. I literally worked from 5 a.m. until eleven last night and fell into bed. Terry got home just after midnight and here it is five forty two and I am blogging this morning. Not sure how intelligent the blog will be. Friday coming up next week is our CPS inspection. We were certified and ready to go at our last home in Justin last November and we moved. With the house in the situation it has been in, we could not redo all of our stuff until now. We still have much to do to meet the standards for the health inspection. I will paint this morning and then work on inside stuff this afternoon. Terry will be left with finishing walls where the...

IN MORNING LIGHT Contemporary Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 30 x 30 inches Contact me to purchase and mention name of the painting. Laurie This painting is still available. The previous offer has turned into a 48 x 48 inch commission piece, so if you are interested in this painting, it is still available. This morning I had an email from a young mother of two autistic children. Many of you know my eldest grandson died a year ago in February and he was gifted with autism. His gift taught all of us so much about life. His short time here on earth made his journey into our hearts even more important. You never know how much time you have with those you love...call someone today and let them know you care! MEANWHILE.... I am so good at sidetracking, back to the email. The mom seemed a bit down with all that was on her plate. She was pulled to my work through Color. I have told you many times in my blog, color is an addiction problem for me. She used those same words and I ...

PEACE IN THE FOREST Landscape Art by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches of Oil on Canvas Contact me for pricing and mention the title of the painting. Laurie Behind before the day starts! It is almost seven and I am not even ready to paint. Am waiting to get there though! This is a painting that has been in my heart for a while and yesterday I was finally able to get it to the canvas. It is a bit different, but Sometimes you have to take a chance and explore other things in life. This weekend is the Chili cookoff with our Sunday School Class. Terry is making his personal chili that is always good. I am trekking off trying something out of the box. Hawaiian Chili. The folks as Whole Foods laughed at me. Chili does not come from Hawaii. I know that, but I wanted different flavors and decided in the beginning I wanted to use Ginger and Pineapple in my chili and began researching recipes to blend with my recipe. Mine does have Chicken in it, which seems really different, so we will ...

Horse Play Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 22 x 28 inches SOLD Okay, so I got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. I am extremely grouchy. Funny because this is way NOT the norm for me. We had birthday dinner with Morgan and Hillary last night. Morgan fixed a scrumptious dinner for Hillary's birthday and we ate until we were overstuffed! Chocolate birthday cake with ice cream finished it off. Terry and I drove home and once in bed fell into a deep slumber...and then... BAM. I woke startled and disoriented... He ran into the wall on his way to the bathroom at 3 a.m. I surfaced enough to realized I had a pounding headache and as I rolled over he hit the main light switch in the room trying to turn on the fan. That was even more painful. He finally landed in bed like a flip flopping fish and then reached up to pull on the fan cord to speed the fan up and ONE MORE TIME turned on the room light. I was groaning by then. Normally I am a good sport about things...

THE EDGE Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD There is a massive thunderstorm hitting in about fifteen minutes, so my fingers are flying through the blog. In the electrical storms I always turn the computer off for safety. God has a safety way for all of us too. We constantly seem to put ourselves in danger despite our knowledge. Having knowledge does not always lead to good choices. He is always there not matter how we try and foul up our lives. My son always said, "Mama, I try to be good." Do you remember those days?? Grace, Laurie “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”- James 5:16

PATINA TWO Horse abstract by Laurie Justus Pace 3 ft by 4 ft Oil on Canvas Contact John Stange at Patina of Marble Falls to purchase. This is the second in my Patina Series for the store in Marble Falls. Patina One sold and they were ready for more! Contact John at the link above if you are interested in this fabulous 3 ft by 4 ft colorful horse painting. Life is joy. Life is sadness. Life is love. Life is tears. Life is laughter. Life is beauty. Life is pain. Life is light. Life is dark. Life is glorious and full of the grace of the Lord. Celebrate all the positive He has given in your life. If you did not have the negative you could never appreciate the positive. You cannot have the fullness of joy if you do not have sadness as well. STOP today and appreciate the good, the joy, the laughter, the beauty, the grace; GOD IS GOOD. Through the tears, the pain and the darkness, there is life, there is love and there is God. Grace, Laurie "There is a way that seems right to a...

Looking Up Town Scape by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD OFF DAILY PAINTERS! THANK YOU! The still and the quiet of Sunday morning. Gotta love it! It is so nice to have Terry home on Sundays. We will be heading to church in the next hour; I have to blog fast, shower and dress yet. One of my strongest beliefs in life is to spread the light. God has gifted each of us with individual strengths and talents to use in our journey here on earth. When you blend that in with the spirit of the Lord, you have a fullness in your life that spills out into the world around you. Nurturing yourself through meditation and prayer keeps your mind, body and spirit balanced and you are able to share with others. He plants in each of us the fruit that flourishes to feed others. Through our constant relationship with God, He fills each of us with His love. Today let PEACE rule your heart, the peace of the Lord. Pursue a life of peace today and pass it on. Grace, Laurie "The Fruit of the Spirit is love, jo...

MORNING RIDE Child on Horse by Laurie Justus Pace 15 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD Saturday morning and I am struggling to stay awake. Stacey is coming to visit soon and I want to finish up a painting before she arrives. Maybe we will shop a few hours and she will drop me on her way home at my son's house to visit and see my grandson. Terry will pick me up there on his way home this afternoon...so my studio time is short today. Make a plan and hear God laugh. I had great time management this week with completing all I had planned out. Sometimes in life we plan but it is not His plan. That is something to pray about, having God guide you in to putting your life in Right Order. Most of us have issues with control. Well at least 99.9 percent of us do. So when you think about it in life you must be willing to submit (eek) yourself to others. That is losing control. God works on us our entire existence here in this life's journey to get to the point that we realize we do...

INTO ACTION Abstract Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 15 x 30 inches SOLD Yesterday was a full paint day and I will paint this morning and finish up some paper work and then head into the weekend with the thoughts of a day or two off from the studio. Today I will finish up a greyhound soaring across a canvas and will start a horse painting for a collector in the UK. Then I may work on a ME piece...a painting with no rhyme or reason, but one for applying technique and care. ALSO have to finish a new PATINA 2 painting for Patina of Marble Falls. They sold Patina 1 and I will keep their series going with a new baby to send their way. All of the Patina Series are 3 ft by 4 ft and can be purchased through John Stange at Patina of Marble Falls. Watch for this after the weekend! Rain is falling and the lightening is making a tremendous light show in the dark early morning sky. It is a fast moving storm though and is blowing through quickly. I can hear the birds in the pear tree o...

HARD WIRED Abstract Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches of Oil over acrylic black. SOLD To paint, I am ready to paint! On these mornings it is difficult to blog first because I am so eager to play in my paints. Now by four this afternoon I will be WORN OUT and not wanting to play any more. Decisions in our lives are always hard to make. Sometimes we anguish and worry, sweating out every detail and looking over every scenario, just to find we wasted our heartache and God has a simpler plan for our lives. We know that He "stores up wisdom for the upright." (Proverbs 2:7) Our journey should be upright and obedient to Him, sharing with others His light. Sharing with others the news that He will provide the wisdom, knowledge and understanding we need to make choices. With that will be the discernment to veer away from possible evil that would make us stumble and possibly fall. What a treasure this would be to know in our heart and mind that all we need will...

MORNING PAINT Horse Abstract Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 24 inches of Oil on Canvas SOLD Back to work this morning! Back to my easel. As Terry packed boxes last night I was sketching out on the canvas with my charcoal. I like sketching in Charcoal, nothing is permanent and easy to adjust. Planning out my painting day is a help. I spend about two hours thinking about what I want to work on this week and then do sketches in my sketch book. After the sketch book, the ones that attract me still the next day end up on the canvas with charcoal. Then Wednesday comes and I begin to paint. Prayer, meditation and waiting often sitting for a moment and studying the canvas on the easel...and then I pick up my palette knife or paint brush. In life we try often to plan. Goes back to time management I guess, or as well OCD where we really are serious about control and planning. Painting you find the painting itself takes on its own life and 98% of the time does not turn out like your...