Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Three in a Dream' 9 x 12  Oil on Canvas SOLD FROM THE BLOG! Thank you. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: This was unusual as it painted out but I fell in love with it! Email me if it tugs at your heart and mention the name of the painting. The Thought:  Purple Barns.  We saw two purple barns on the way back from Bonham yesterday.  We drove one route up to Bonham through Commerce and Bailey but there as so much road construction we came home through Paris and Bogata.  Made much better time that way (altho mileage was longer) the roads were wonderful and very little traffic. On the way home is when I spotted the purple barns.  I truly have never seen anyone paint a barn purple before... a dark lavender purple, like the sky is at night. The ends of the barns were light forest green.  Had there been black and white cows I would have stopped ...

'Springing Free' 9 x 12  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: Soft oils and  wide brush.. The Thought: I think it must have rained for 48 hours.  The pond is full, the trees are green and it is good to be home.   My thoughts revolve around several things this morning and one is praying for a friend.  We have very similar prayer needs and we both believe we clearly know what we need in our situations to fix them.  But do we?  From our human viewpoint, we see what would clearly be the answer, but so far it is not happening for either of our situations.  It is so obvious that there is nothing else that could possibly happen to resolve the situation, except our concept of "the answer".    Sometimes this sets up an "uh oh" for me as it means my way is not His way and His way is not the easiest way all the time for me....

'Out of the Canyon' 24 x 36  Acrylic on Canvas SOLD COMMISSION Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie    © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: This just was finished two days ago and is in Dallas at the Dutch Art Gallery being framed for the collector.   The Thought: As I reflect on yesterday and the long trip into Dallas and our over-stuffed day... I get tired thinking about it and I have had some sleep last night. More travel in the next few days as well... What did I learn yesterday? That another family must have died in a wreck on I30 traveling east into Dallas. There were five new white crosses with names and flowers on the right side of the road going into Sulphur Springs.   Terry and I prayed together as we saw the new crosses and I could only read one name as we whizzed by at 65...it was a little boys name on the cross.  This accident wiped out an entire family. Made us...

'Mountain Herd Appaloosa' 24 x 36  Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: This is only a part of the larger painting... I did not paint this week! This piece is available to purchase. You can click  ON MY EASEL above to view it. CHECK OUT on the left side of the blog... the upcoming July Issue of Appaloosa Journal. The two links below are pages 1-4 of the inside story of my art.  The Thought:  There are these situations in life that you never think about because if you did, you would dread them.  Literally dread.  Some are actually those life or death things and  you truly never know how you are going to react when they happen .   Thinking back to my Camp Fire Girl training and the common sense my parents instilled in me,  it is not the wisest thing to be out on the lake in a sailboat in a rainstorm with thunder and lig...

'Sugar Jacks A Girl's Best Friend' 16 x 20  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:    I was asked to repost this painting for the cowgirl in the picture...she has been caring for her hubby and has not had normal computer time. The Thought:   I was finishing up the book EAT PRAY LOVE last night and came across this thought.  Smile to make your liver feel better.  The point was you don't have to do YOGA and do twisted positions and sit until you hurt, you simply have to show gratitude and share it with a smile.  Sit smiling and mediate on all you are grateful for.  Smile during the day. It will make you feel better. So I told my friend Kim that we were going to smile (Even through gritted teeth) this week so our 'livers' would feel better and see if that would help the rest of our body.   EAT PRAY LOVE has been an interest...

'Mountain Herd Wild Appaloosa' 24 x 36  Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  This painting developed and went wild as I built the layers higher and higher adding the Spots to my girls! The Thought: They spoke on grace and blessings at church yesterday.  I know I write about that often.  But when I thought about it today, it is His Grace that is ours as we face so many challenges. He is there with us... and from each of those challenges comes blessings.  There is the Breakfast Club Sunday School group that goes to the local cafe for Sunday breakfast and it was here the discussion continued on the sermon today.  " Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, 'For three years now I've be...

'Into the Sun' 24 x 36 inches  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: I was trying a larger version of a prior painting and still working on it touching up there and there...but it is available. All thick oils and a palette knife. The Thought: Last night Paddy was nose to the window under the closed blind around 7:30 pm.  I was busy at the kitchen table signing 300 posters for the Appaloosa Horse Show in Jackson Mississippi opening in about 10 days.... and heard him growling. I walked around the table gently nudging him away from the window as I flipped up one of the blinds to peak outside.   The sun was setting on the lake making it a silver shimmer of beauty reflecting the gold rays of late day.  Next to the house between us and the lake was a herd of deer just grazing away and wagging their little tails.  No wonder the dog was going ...

'Santa Fe One' 30 x 40  Acrylic on Canvas SOLD  Painted in 2007 but sold this spring 2010 to a new collector in China through the Red Tree Gallery. Contact me for commission work. Laurie    © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: Had to repost this beauty. I will be revisiting this style this week.  It is fascinating to work with so many of the acrylic additives and subtractives.  I was thrilled when Santa Fe Shipped to Shanghai two months ago. The Thought:  Turtle Races. The first thing that probably comes to your mind is the tortoise and the hare.  Close but of course not where I am going. I have learned by experience when I feed the fish, the turtles come.... their little heads peeping up over the surface of the water like a submarine slicing through the water.. .but the body is more cumbersome and more round than a submarine. Proven fact, they move faster in water than on dry land. Both th...

'Late Sunset ' 6 x 6 Oil on Panel Contact the Dutch Art Gallery  PAM   Contact me for commission work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  This piece is framed at the Dutch art Gallery and is a gorgeous idea for Father's Day. The Thought:   Not much yet this morning. Terry and I enjoyed feeding the fish together last night, throwing food out into the lake.  We watched turtles and fish both scamper after the treats. Life is full right now and seems busier than ever....and it is suppose to be retirement.  We did not get to sail today but hopefully tomorrow.  I was doing computer stuff most of the day creating collector books for my commission work. I leave you with PEACE in your heart...gather your joys today and give thanks to God.  He is good all the time, and He has you wrapped in His care.  To your own self be true. A man's character is based on their action...

'Dancing in Color' 18 x 24  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for commission work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: Had to archive today... was not here to paint, but my canvas arrived this afternoon!!! YEAH!!!  Canvas comes from Rupen at www.canvasplace.com He has absolutely the best smooth surface canvas I have painted on. You have to ask for smooth surface.  His toothy is okay but I LOVE his smooth surface.  His canvas is well built and extremely sturdy. Never in 7 years have I had a canvas warp. NEVER. The Thought:  The Definition of Responsibility is..... ta da..... to respond. T he word has many of definitions, but I sort of like this one. In my brain to be responsible takes responding. Right? A Thesaurus definition says: An act or course of action that is demanded of one, as by position, custom, law, or religion: To have an act or course of action is to respond.   Today I wa...

'At the Ocean' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas Available through the Dutch Art Gallery. Contact Pam . For commissions, contact me. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  I posted this last month.  I didn't paint the past two days. Terry took everyone sailing yesterday but me... but I still didn't get to paint.  I did get to enjoy the company of his dearest cousins and I learned how to play a new domino game. The Thought:   My thoughts are on disappointments this morning as this is something that touched my life recently.   Plans never seem to flow as we plan them, only as God wants them to go.  Although I do believe the humans in our lives affect some of that flow with their choices. Often those choices affect us. When the disappointment hit me, it was after something was promised that was not delivered. There was a logical reason for it, but that didn't lesson the disappointment. I...

'Organic Horse 3' SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  This is a partial picture from a larger one.. but is sold this weekend. The Thought:  God Made Little Green Frogs In Coffee Cups That is a true statement. God did make little green frogs in coffee cups.   When I was cleaning off the kitchen counter and picking up a coffee cup to put in the dishwasher, low and behold there was this little green frog.  This cup had not been outside...only on the counter by the kitchen sink. Where did the frog come from? I know where the frog ended up! Those little unplanned things in life are humorous.  God definitely has a sense of humor.  If you think of what is humorous ( Terry loves the Three Stooges), it is usually something unexpected, incongruous and preposterous.  As a child many of us laughed at clowns, learning from an early age ...

'Horse One' 9 x 12 Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  This was the first in the series for Organic Horse...watch for more happenings with the horses. The Thought:  Okay I don't have the pictures unloaded from yesterday...but it was wonderful I am going to share the chicken salad recipe as it turned out fabulous.   Jan you must try this!! It is healthy Chicken Salad Serves 8-10. 6 chicken breasts (which you will cook and debone or buy the boneless) Two -three tablespoons Dijon Mustard (Depending on what you like)   Four Tablespoons  Tarragon. Fresh is best, but I used dried in the bottle this time   4 Tablespoons Chopped Chives   Two Granny Smith Apples diced.   Juice of Two lemons   One cup of diced Celergy   3-4 cups seedless grapes (Either color)   Approximately one and a half ...

'Desert Storm' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie    © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  Another wild child dimensionally coming off the canvas. Terry laughs when I do these as I patiently build layers and layers of paint. The Thought:  Yes, I used the Pace Dumpster yesterday...twice. Should have used it more! We went into town late yesterday for the 100 year celebration and saw one of those fabulous gun fights by the TEXAS PISTOLAROS.  They start out by teaching Gun Safety and they were swearing in their deputies that were assigned the job to keep the people watching the show in line. Awesome....just like being in Jackson Hole at 5:30 pm when every night in the summer there is a showdown at sunset.  I took some great shots last night in Mt Vernon that probably will become paintings. Makes me wonder how God does it with out Deputies to keep us all in l...

'Horse 2' 9 x 12 Acrylic on Canvas SOLD  Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: Vibrant and defined by color. The Thought: We made several trips to the neighborhood work area. Once every month or two they bring in a dumpster and you can load it with anything but brush or trees or grass.  It is here about a week and then it goes away until the next time.  We happened to notice there was a sign up that said DUMPSTER is here.  We have truly been working hard the past few days emptying the stuff left by the prior owner and finishing up and sorting the rest of our stuff too.  Terry has made three runs so far and we will go once more this afternoon.    The men that work the yard here in the neighborhood have one of the digger machines with the scooper on it. It is a tall one.  What they do is as the dumpster fills up, they sprinkle smel...

'Free Spirit Horse' 4 x 6  Mixed Medium on 140 lb Watercolor Paper Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: Just for fun!!! The Thought: I guess summer is here.  We were sitting outside again last night and there was a small thundershower building over the lake. It missed us.  Paddy was barking and there were deer running every which direction.  He wanted badly to go on a 'deer run' to try and catch those elusive long legs streaking across our yard. It didn't help that there were fire flies...yes they have arrived...the fire flies.  I have not seen them since I was much younger.  In Paddy's mind, he doesn't get it.  The deers are running and the fire flies are lighting and lighting and lighting in different spots.  He is busy chasing them and trying to snap at them with his mouth and as you know he cannot catch one.  I guess he could...but th...

'Sunset Herd' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas SOLD COMMISSION Contact me for commission work. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: This baby will go to live in Missouri...my home state, also known as the 'Show Me' State. The Thought: Last night Terry and I were sitting outside on the swing about 8:30 p.m.  That is when the symphony of frogs begins each night and Paddy the dog begins to freak out.   I noticed last night that the Old Bull Frog starts the evening out with a few low croaks.  Then the older frogs all begin their part in the music. This lasts about five minutes and they get totally quiet and the tiny frogs begin their chirping.  This continues in repetition for the entire night.  After those baby frogs sing... total silence. Then Old Bull Frog croaks three times and immediately the old frogs begin to sing...and lastly the tiny frogs. Such magnificence is from the Almighty and only ...

'Special Moments Together' 12 x 12  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: Just a small painting, 12 x 12 but deep with thought in the eyes of each horse. The Thought:  The journey of the day is often a test of our spiritual health more than the actual physical happenings.   In a single blink or small action we literally change our path despite our destination.  Our goal is there, but life ever changing continues to happen and our lives are affected by others around us that we cannot control.   Missing a turn on the road, or misplacing your cell phone, or leaving your wallet behind at a restaurant....simple things change our journey in just seconds.     Rick Warren says, "The way you see your life shapes your life. How you define life determines your destiny. Your perspective will influence how you invest your time, spend ...

'Spirit Sun Dance Two' 10 x 10  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: I revisited Spirit Sun Dance with more vivid colors. The Thought: Today is our anniversary.   We prayed together already this morning and will do our morning walk as soon as I am done blogging.   I don't think we will go out to dinner tonight but will wait until we can sneak off together to celebrate this special day. When it comes to getting married and staying married you need God in the center of the relationship.  Then lots of faith, hope, love and respect. God's vision for marriage requires us to be centered in Him and to accept and recognize that we are nothing without Him and when we enter into a relationship, it is to accept each other as we are made, as He made us.  Maybe those vows should be altered a bit,  "Will you accept me as I am and not as...

'Dancing in the Moonlight' 24 x 24  Acrylic on Canvas  I reworked this painting, so this is updated and it is available. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: I worked more on this painting and really feel the power in it now. The Thought: This week is our wedding anniversary. Terry and I have known each other for 46 years.  That is a long relationship now days.   We are blessed to both be believers and to have grown up as teenagers visiting each other's churches and youth groups.  Yesterday morning we joined the First United Methodist Church of Mount Vernon Texas.  We are so blessed to be apart of this wonderful congregation.  Many of our neighbors from Tall Tree drive into town to attend this church as well as a large majority of folk  from town.  It is a large church with two services, active groups for every season of life and...