Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Surviving the Storm Contemporary Horse Equine Art Oil Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD ! Thank you! 12 x 12 inches of affordable contemporary art! Contact me to purchase. Laurie "Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in truth; ;give me an undivided heart to revere your name." Psalm 86:11 Sometimes in life it seems things are going along in a survivable fashion and WHAM, situations change in an instant. Often we will react immediately to the WHAM, having no choice but to do what instinctively comes to mind and to action. More often in life things take a turn to change, and altho it may be sudden, we have time to consider the overall situation and think about how we should react. This could be anything from discovering a new baby is on the way to receiving a diagnosis concerning your health, or unexpected financial challenges...like our dropping stock market. This is when we take the time to turn to thought before we react. We have a choice in all matters, and...

Morning Bright Contemporary Art Horse Equine Oil Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 12 x 12 inches of oil These smaller sizes are to provide some affordable smaller paintings to some new collectors! Contact me for information on purchasing this painting. Laurie "From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way." 2 Corinthians 5:16 From Perfect Fit yesterday to Divine Order today. One of my favorite moans is WHY? I really draw out the word when I say it and add in an expressive whine to go with it. Things just seem to happen that are off the wall or sometimes what I term as discouraging. Time to change the whining tune of "why" and make it ..."Thank You." Even though I do not have any clue "why" I am thanking God for the "WHY?" situation... I need to approach it in a different direction. I tend to be self focused and o...

No. 95 Pride Contemporary Art Horse Oil Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 20 x 2 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase: Laurie "My purpose shall stand, and I will fulfill my intention." Isaiah 46:10 Why are you here? Have you ever wondered why you are here on earth, or what your purpose is? I know many people who never even entertained that thought as they are really into enjoying their life and the pleasures of life around them. Personally I believe God created each of us for a purpose. In this lifetime it is our goal to find things that fulfill the purpose of our being. As we are knitted together in our mother's womb, God has put together the genetics that are required for us to live this life. There is a wide variety of personalities in our one family alone. Some recognizable traits are there and others are not. Being in the right place at the right time will result in everything falling together as it is meant to be. Our talents and contributions wi...

No. 91 Patio Geraniums Contemporary Floral Flower Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD to a California collector! Thank you! 12 x 16 inches Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase: Laurie "I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world." John 16:33 Have you noticed the hay day the media has taken off on? "Stock market has closed at the lowest rate since 1987" or "Unemployment Rates are up to 11% in the state of California" or "Over 500 people stand in line to apply for a janitor position." The Sky is Falling... THE SKY IS FALLING!!! "Chicken Little was eating lunch one day and suddenly she felt a "PLOP" on her head. Golly that truly hurt. (Little did she realize it was an acorn from the tree nearby.) She decided immediately she had to tell the King that the SKY WAS FALLING and she had been hit by a piece of sky. On her journey to t...

Through the Eyes of Autism Contemporary Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 30 x 40 inches Oil on Canvas Donation to FEAT of North Texas for their Fall HOE DOWN to raise funds for area families with Autism in their lives. Contact me for Commission work: Laurie "...strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God." Acts 14:22 We have all heard the story about the young boy that found a cocoon. He watched as it struggled for over an hour trying to force the butterfly out of the small opening. The boy was truly upset and distressed so he ran inside the house and found a pair of scissors. He hurried back to clip the remaining bit of the cocoon to free the butterfly. His smile turned immediately to tears as he saw the butterfly. It had a swollen body and small shriveled wings. He crossed his fingers and hoped it would change and begin flight off into the air. An hour...

No. 89 SUNLIT Contemporary Art Horse Oil Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 19 x 47 inches of color Contact me if you are interested in purchasing this one! Laurie "I will never leave you or forsake you." Joshua 1:5 Happy Birthday Ben! To the man in my life with the sweetest whistle and always a smile and a good story to share. I have been writing much about the wonderful friendships I have in my life, both male and female. I believe friends to be God's promise keepers to each other. The power of friends coming together in His name honors God. Good friends will never leave you or forsake you. Friends are life givers when you need them. In return you should be a life giver back to them. Jan wrote to me about the different stages of friends in her life, from the early friends as a child, through the first married friends, and onto the middle age and old age friends. She described the joy of her adult children becoming friends to her as well. Friends are an honored r...

No. 87 Geraniums Contemporary Art Flower Oil Painting By Laurie Justus Pace SOLD to a California Collector!! Thank you! 18 x 27 inches of gorgeous color! Can you feel Spring yet? Contact me to purchase : Laurie "I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you." John 15:15 Do you value your friends? Some of them are closer than others. Loving intimate friendships that grow over time are the ones that survive the good and bad times. Those friends are often the ones that bring calm to our lives. Leave it to a good friend to celebrate all the different victories in our lives, small and large. The connection to this wonderful person crosses all boundaries and often fills the emptiest part of us. It is that friend that sticks to you through thick and thin. They are the one encouraging you when you are dragging your feet through th...

Billie Jean's Pots Contemporary Flower Art Floral Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace Reflections if the posting theme for DP today. and my Reflections post will be added to this blog later. CURRENTLY, my reflection is memory...and today I will add a painting reflecting the thoughts and painting below! This is an older painting, probably 15 x 30. My mother in law used to keep colorful pots and every spring she filled them with flowers. I decided I would paint a few of these this spring.. so be prepared!!! This one sold three years ago... but I love painting commission pieces, contact me: Laurie "Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart." 1 Peter 1:22 Spring is here in Dallas..early but it is here. I have spoken about ABUNDANCE continually through out the past months and now want to challenge you to plan something for others in your life. Make JOY abundant...

No 84 Brown Horse Contemporary Palette Knife Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD. Thank you! 18 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase: Laurie " I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth." Genesis 9:11-13 Don't you often think about the storms that roll through your life and the battles you fight against the heavy rains and winds? As a small child living in St Louis, I remember sitting at the tiny kitchen table on a chair next to the basement door....waiting. Tornado warnings were on the black and white TV in the living room; Mom was in the kitchen making food, and I sat petrified...

Mama's Boy Contemporary Art Long Horn Bevo UT Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches Oil/Acrylic layers on Canvas SOLD. Thank you. Contact me to purchase. Laurie " Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day." Timothy 1:12 When I woke up with a leg cramp at 3:30 this morning, in my prayer time I came across the thought of... Are you a participant or a victim? Okay, so those are weird thoughts for that time of wee hours, yet when I think of living life as a believer I am a participant in God's plan. I am never a victim. I work on finding the positive side of everything and constantly buff off my rose color glasses. A victim is an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance. In our lives God definitely confronts each of us with adverse circumstances....are you a participant or a victi...

No. 85 On The Run Contemporary Palette Knife Oil Painting Horse Art by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase or for commission work: Laurie SOLD from my BLOG! Thank you!! "Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles He does for His people." Psalm 66:5 A friend sent me the daily posting for Neale Donald Walsch. In his daily posting were the words, "If you think you are looking at struggle, struggle is what you will experience. If you decide that you are looking at a gift (even if you can't see it clearly in this exact moment), a gift is what you will get. Just wait. You'll see." The sheer simplicity of this thought is HUGE. This morning I applied it immediately as I had gotten up early and cleaned house expecting an 8:00 am appt to arrive. At 8:30 I was still waiting. I felt I could not go in and paint as I would loose the energy built into the painting if I was interrupted. ... I waited and waited. Finally ...

No. 83 Play Boy Contemporary Daily Oil Painting Horse Art by Laurie Justus Pace 20 x 24 x 2 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD from the blog! Thank you! Contact me for more information: Laurie CLOSE UP WITH THICK OIL PAINTS... no Impasto on this baby. Will take extra time to cure to ship...look at those edges! LOL...I had fun today. "Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." Jesus answered, "It is written: Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God." Matthew 4:1-4 Okay, I hope some of you thought out some things to let go of for the next 39 days. Believe me, you will be tempted to forget one day and I am praying for you that God will tap you lightly on the shoulder to remind you that every one has to go through temptation in their liv...

No. 80 Lightning Contemporary Art Daily Horse Colorful Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches of thick oils! Contact me if you are interested in this painting: Laurie SOLD SOLD SOLD. Thank you! "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song." Psalm 28:7 I had another thought already composed when I realized I wanted to go a different direction and totally deleted it all! We are now in Lent. For new believers a quick definition of Lent as a period of fasting and repentance. It is commonly practiced by Catholics and certain Protestant denominations in preparation for Easter. History traces it back to the 4th century when it was given the period of 40 days. I always associated that with Jesus time on the mountain where he wen to prepare, fast and pray for his journey ahead. From my early childhood days I remember Mom always encouraging us to give up something during t...

A Bit of Wonder Contemporary Horse Oil Daily Painting Art by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 30 x 2 inches of thick buttery oils! Contact me to purchase: Laurie "This is the day that the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it". Psalm 118:24 It was a day of celebration yesterday as Lauren Gracen was born. Stacey began her labor around nine in the morning and was ready to push by 12:15, but they held her off while getting things set up. Took four good contractions with multiple pushes and the baby was there! All grandparents accounted for to count the toes and fingers! My admiration is for my daughter and her bravery and calmness despite the tension and newness of what she faced. I was honored to be there as the baby was delivered seeing my granddaughter push out into the light and take her first breathe... and then cry... and that she did. Terry was able to participate and he and Larry helped with pushing and getting Stacey upright for the process and then Terry was hon...

No. 78 March of the Toreador Rose Contemporary Art Daily Painting Rose by Laurie Justus Pace 20 x 24 inches of Acrylic and Varnish layers on antique Music "March of the Toreadors" SOLD FROM THE BLOG! Thank you! Contact me for information to purchase.. . Laurie " The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;" Song of Solomon 2:12 Curiously Flowers are not really mentioned often in the Bible. There are words of things flowering and blooming, but only three flowers are mentioned, the lily, the rose and the camphire. The Song of Solomon contains all three. In the New Testament, Jesus spoke to the people of the lilies of the field in one of His parables. He also spoke of the vine, the orchards and gardens, but not specific flowers. Easy to understand that flowers we have here in North America are going to be different from what was grown in that region 2000 years ago. The Camphire was ...

Bevo Bound for the United Kingdom Contemporary Western Art Longhorn Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD and on its way this week to the UK 24 x 36 inches THICK OIL on Canvas Contact me for Commission work: Laurie "Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart." 2 Timothy 2:22 This bevo is going to go on a long trip from Texas to the UK. He is Texas Born and Bred. Not sure where the BORN and BRED came from, was it a movie? I know in the UK they had a show entitled Born and Bred about four years ago. I think this little fellow will like his new surroundings and will take a bit of Texas with him; he was after all born/created on Texas soil. You were born here on earth, on God's soil. This is God's turf isn't it? If you were blessed you grew up in a family that took care of the "Bred" part and brought you up as a His child in His word. Or maybe later in...

No 74 In Thought Very Contemporary Art Figurative Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 15 x 30 inches of Pizazz. Varnish and Acrylic Overlays A little off the wall, but truly an interesting piece on my easel. Contact me if you are interested. Laurie "Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones." Proverbs 16:24 Writing from bed as I am puny again. This has been a different week for me. The gallery opening at The Dutch Art Gallery was really nice and I wish I would have been there. My mother and brother went and stood in for me. I will run by on Tuesday to see the show as it is set up so nicely from pictures my youngest brother sent me. So my thoughts today are on healing...the power of God to bring healing into our lives. Not just healing for our worn bodies, but healing all through our lives including relationships we might need to work on. May your day be blessed richly with His Grace. Joyful Abundance, Laurie "Then your light will break f...

HIS BOOTS Contemporary Western ART Boots, Cowboy Boot Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 20 x 24 inches of Mixed Mediums, lots of acrylic, varnish and other stuff! Contact me to purchase. This is the FIRST in this series. Mention the title in your email: Laurie “He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.” Proverbs 17:9 There is something comforting about seeing my husbands cowboy boots on the floor by his chair. Usually his socks are stuffed hanging out of the top of each boot. It tells me he is home and when he is home I feel his protection and love surrounding me tightly. I am no longer alone at home.... he is with me. What is your comfort from the Lord? What do you have visually that reminds you He is home with you, both in your heart and your home; what do you see before you that He is filling your every need, loving you and protecting you? Is it your bible? Is it a cross hanging in a room? What visually reminds you of Him ...

No 73 DUST Contemporary Horse Art Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 30 x 2 inches of layered pages from a western novel, varnish layers, acrylic paint layers and more varnish. LOTS more varnish. Thanks! Painting is sold this morning. Contact me for Commission Work. Laurie "Then Abraham spoke up again: "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,..." Genesis 18:27 Through the Dust Even in Dallas we get our fair share of dust storms from west Texas. You can see it coming across the horizon in the west and the sky begins to turn a murky yellow. You have about 20 minutes to get where you are going and get everything buttoned up and shut in the house. The dust begins blowing through and it is worse than fog because it hurts if you are out in it. It stings and bites as it hits your face and your arms. You definitely should not try and breath and it will scratch your eyes if you allow it to hit your face unprotect...

Her Favorite Polka Dot Shoes Contemporary Pot Art Daily Painting Shoe Art by Laurie Justus Pace 8 x 10 inches of Slick Acrylic Color Varnished heavily. Contact me to purchase and include title of painting. Laurie "And God said, "Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind." Genesis 1:20 Polka Dots God created the polka dot. Dots appear on so many things from the bark on some trees, to hard mottled rocks to flowers and feathers. When you think of animals that change colors and different types of foliage and camouflage... dots and polka dots are in all of it. Oh and how about those beautiful blue speckled eggs found in the early nests in the spring? Have you ever flipped over some of those ferns that come from the florist? On the underside there are spots (spores) and what about all the animals with spots? Can you name some of those? Go to the beach and see fish and sea shells all gorgeously decked out in spots. My f...