Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

SNOWFALL Contemporary Art Horse Palette Knife Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 30 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for Commission work: Laurie As I close out the year of 2008, the flashes in my mind recall the rapid decline of my dad with his Alzheimers; my mom with her health and three hospitalizations; the closing down and moving of my mom from her home of almost 40 years; the horrendous months of no gas or electricity in this house and constant construction all around me; the free fall of the stock market and our economy; my youngest son's two bad motorcycle accidents within one week; etc. Then I smile with the joy balanced out by my daughter's pregnancy; my gallery shows in New York, Jackson Hole, Dallas and Marble Falls; an increase of sales of my art work; my mother's health improving; finding a new relationship with my older brother; watching our oldest friend be elected Sheriff of Franklin County; having electricity and gas working again in the house;...

Brilliant Roses Contemporary Art Roses Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 5 x 7 Oil on Panel Contact me to Purchase: Laurie Yes, I know I did not make it back to the computer yesterday. Stacey is still on bed rest and they ran another test that the results will be back in another 24 hours so real news is tomorrow. Baby is still growing but Stacey actually lost two pounds with her bed rest. This is okay so far since Lauren is still growing. She is over four pounds now. SHHHH....my Terry is still asleep. I must type quietly. I went to bed at seven thirty last night and was asleep in ten minutes. I was talking to Stacey on the phone as my eyelids went shut. After nine hours of sleep, I was wide awake this morning. So while he continues to sleep, I am blogging and doing paperwork for shipping. All the company is gone as of last night. Today is a day filled with wash, wash and more wash. I transferred pictures from the chili party to a slide show and will post that below. After al...

SNOW ANGEL Contemporary Art for the home, Daily Painting Horse Art by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches Acrylic on Canvas SOLD contact me for commission work. Laurie Only a quick picture right now. Stacey is here heading for the doctor so I will add to this blog later today! Please wait for update after lunch with her appt. Laurie

MIXING COLORS Contemporary Art Horse Daily Painting Palette Knife by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas This is a repaint of a painting posted earlier. The first painting sold and went to live on the west coast. Someone from south Texas ask for a similar painting. I do not like to do that as you can never capture the same feel a second time. I did it but she still wanted something else...so here you have MIXING COLORS. This piece has 10 layers of paint and very thick piles of paint through out the surface. SOLD Has to be a short blog. I have been busy at the computer and it is already 7:30. The house has to be cleaned and food finished for tonight's festivities. I think I am going to branch out today to a sore subject in this family. STUBBORNNESS. Humm, do any of you know anyone like this? Stubbornness evolves from pride. We all think we know it all or we want others to think we know it all. We hold firm and stay inflexible in thinking and doing because we kn...

Yellow Flowers Contemporary Art Daily Painting Flowers by Laurie Justus Pace 8 x 10 Watercolor Contact me to purchase or for commission work: Laurie This is Christmas Eve LATE NIGHT. We were eating See's Candy sent by a close friend in Sacramento. She always knows Terry loves his candy. This is late late Christmas Night and I was worn out from 6 hours of cooking and then an hour of cleaning up. Thank you Jan for your help and ever busy hands! Also Mac for pitching in that morning in the kitchen with cooking. THANK YOU GOD! I have to stay with thoughts of bible stories this morning. I keep remembering the wise judgment of King Solomon when two prostitutes came before the king. Both had given birth to babies. A few days later, one baby had died and the sneaky mother took her dead baby and laid it at the breast of the other sleeping mom. She slipped the live baby out from next to her and took that baby to her bed. When the one mother awoke and saw the dead child she was upset ...

Nanie's Fresh Eggs Contemporary Art Daily Painting Farm Oil by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 24 Oil SOLD Contact me for Commission Work. Laurie The day after... uh, my aching back! Somehow we woke to 70 degree temps this morning here in Dallas. DUH, what happened to winter? Today will be general clean up and then begin preps for Sunday's Annual Chili party. I need to stop eating as I gained back all ten pounds I lost in November. I have NOT unloaded the Christmas Pictures but will try and get something up soon. It was truly wonderful and even better that Stacey and Larry drove in from Roanoke. Doctor said she could come for Christmas but she stayed in the chair with her feet up. Truth. I have to write on Truth today. Those that know what is going on in my life right now, know I am burdened with a situation out of hand that is so close to me that it hurts. Terry and I tried to instill on our children that the most impt thing was to always tell the truth. It is hard when there a...

MORNING HAS BROKEN Huge Horse Equine Palette Knife Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD Morning has Broken 30" x 36" (76.2cm x 91.5cm) This painting was selected by a buyer along with three others to purchase. She fell in love with another one and this one was left behind for the new one, so it is still available. It is stunning in person with the colors and the paint is up to 7 layers in thickness. Contact me if you are interested: Laurie Merry Christmas! Joy to the World, the Lord has come. Let Earth receive her King. On this day of joy I give thanks to all of you for your support in both my art and my writing. I pray for each of you this day as we turn our hearts to the celebration of the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. May your day be blessed with the blessings of love, joy, peace, mercy, kindness and empathy as we share our prayers for those less fortunate. There are many families out there that are facing the holidays with out a loved one normall...

HORSE ANGEL Contemporary Art Horse Palette Knife Daily Painting 24 x 30 x 2 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD OFF BLOG THANK YOU! Contact me to purchase or for commission work: Laurie Christmas Eve Day....I had to post this, although I am not quite done yet. This is underway on the easel. SLOWLY.. hope to finish it later before, during or after the baking of the Christmas cookies, the cleaning of the sawdust through out the house, the wash, and the food prep for tomorrow. HUMMM...and taking my car to the dealership, picking up one more gift that TP didn't pick up for the name he had, taking the girls swimming this morning indoor heated pool) and finding some new Christmas tins. Are there enough hours in this day Lord? My mom is driving up to pick Dad up for the holidays. They will eat with us tomorrow on Christmas. Stacey and Larry will be over too. This will be my second Christmas Eve with out my children. QUIET is good. Will be after the day ahead! I might suggest that I have lea...

FISHING WITH BIG BROTHER Contemporary Art Daily Painting Brothers Fishing by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD For Commission Work, contact me: Laurie "This Little Light of Mine, I'm gonna let it shine..." A simple line from the simplicity of a child's song. Let your light fill the space around you. Shine out to others and brighten lives around you through every day. It seems there is more "stuff" stacking up in the world. I was in the kitchen preparing a late dinner for my two teenagers that are visiting. Left overs from an Italian Restaurant, Fresh Angel Hair Pasta, Sweet Potato French Fries, Ciabatta Bread and OJ. Terry came in the kitchen next to me and whispered, news bulletin. Now, that is not a normal serious face on my husband. He was so sickened as he told me that some person shot indiscriminately at several cars killing the drivers at several locations. One was a United Movers Driver, on his last late stop to bring furniture to a family relocating h...

SNOW HERD Contemporary Art Mixed Mediums Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 Mixed Mediums on Gallery Wrap Canvas Smooth Varnish Top Layer Contact me for pricing or information: Laurie Shorter posts this week as we have a respite teenager in the house. The kitchen remodel continues and I am taking pictures for a grand slide show. What I did snap a few pictures of are things Mak and I were drawing last night while watching Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel. Terry was in the kitchen stripping cabinets. Yesterday when Liz and Darla were here working on sheetrock and electrical stuff I told them both I wanted to adopt them. Would their parents mind? They are both in their thirties and giggled of course. I told them no matter what I would add them to my will. More Chuckles followed. Mom and I had been to church and brought home Kentucky Fried Chicken and sides. I can honestly tell you I have not had KFC in about 18 months and I know why. It was the best comfort food g...

A HAND UP Contemporary Art Horse Painting with Children by Laurie Justus Pace 20 x 20 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for Commission work: Laurie LOVE, all you need is LOVE! Love it the last candle to light for the fourth Sunday in Advent. I was going to post pictures from the construction in the kitchen but hope there will be more changes in the next few days and I can post them at once. I know I might have mentioned Terry blasting through and ripping out sheet rock in the kitchen. Well the temperatures dropped from the seventies to the twenties and without the sheet rock up the kitchen feels like their are open windows. He brought home sheet rock yesterday afternoon, but then he spent the majority of his home time in front of his computer. He did help me empty my sewing cabinet that I sold. Someone was on their way to pick it up. The electrician will be back today to finish up two under the counter lights around the stove area. The carpenter is coming tomorrow to do a door ...

Leaving Behind Contemporary Art Horse Daily Painting By Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 36 inches Contact me if you are interested and please mention the title of the painting: Laurie Close ups: My mind is back on Mary and Joseph on their long trip into Bethlehem of Judeah. I am certain we could attach the word "weary" to the journey. I am hoping they were not hungry as well, and most certainly hoping they were not attacked by bandits along the way. The journey is not detailed in any of the gospels. Our daily journey is very real to each of us, often painful and confusing and for some, it is rarely filled with joy. God provides everything we need for our journey, why do we not use what He has for us? Paul tells us in the Bible that we are citizens of heaven. We belong. Right now we are simply sojourners in a world filled with danger. When God sent us here He equipped us with the tools we needed to survive. Our provisions vary with each of us and some of us ignore what we have b...

Child on the Hill Contemporary Art Palette Knife Daily Painting Landscape Child by Laurie Justus Pace 11 x 14 Oil on Canvas SOLD For Commission Work, Contact me: Laurie I should feel like I am on vacation as I have not painted in a few days. This morning I will be painting. Yesterday was spent mainly at the hospital during daylight hours. What appears to be, is a tad bit of "inconsiderate hurrying" by the Doctor on Call at the OBGYN office. Stacey went in on Wednesday to be checked for early contractions and they determined through a sonogram that the cervix was not as thick as it should be. They did another test to determine if Labor was possible in the next two weeks. Now the on call doctor had the choice of labeling this test STAT for return information immediately and since he was admitting her to the hospital, he also had the option to have the hospital run the test for results in two hours. The goal was to decide if she was in danger of going into full labor this ea...

The Joy of the Jump Contemporary Art Daily Painting Child and Horse Painting 20 x 20 inches Oil on Canvas COMMISSION for CHRISTMAS SOLD Contact me to do something for your home! Laurie Yesterday I spoke to you about what lies ahead. My daughter is in the hospital at 6 1/2 months into her pregnancy receiving steroid injections to help the baby's lungs develop. She has been having premature labor pains in a pretty intense way over an extended period of time. I am heading there shortly and will spend most of the day with her. I have packed her favorite GIRL movies and I am taking the baby quilt along that I have been working on. I will make some headway at least on that. Please keep them close in prayer as the doctors complete their work and as Stacey stays relaxed through the treatments. We are within the last week of the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Mary was already on that donkey riding toward Bethlehem. Unimproved roads, rocky terrain, switchbacks and no phones to cal...

SUNRISE OVER __________ Contemporary Art Horse Palette Knife Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 24 inches of THICK gorgeous color! This is SOLD. That is why I cannot complete the title above. It is a Christmas gift for one of my readers and they do not know about it. I love it. This is the best time of the year for me. SURPRISE SURPRISE TO ONE OF YOU! SOLD! WRITE ME when you open your package Christmas morning. Yesterday we woke to the sleet/snow and by mid morning we were back out heading for Fed-ex. We have one more Fed Ex trip tomorrow and I pray the packages make it on time! I sent a huge one off to Italy yesterday, and one to Santa Fe NM. Still need to send one up to the east coast and one to Georgia.... Sorry I can't divulge more on the painting above... I am way excited on this one. There are actually several kind spouses that ordered work for their husband/wife. It is thrilling to be part of this! I want shared pictures for sure. Jumping off into the thought...

Sharing a Hug Contemporary Art Daily Painting Horse by Laurie Justus Pace 8 x 10 Oil on Linen Panel GIFT for friend. SOLD For commission work, please contact me: Laurie YES I AM WAY LATE POSTING! It was snowing when we got up and we HAD to go out in it of course. I needed to make the grocery store for a huge package of ground beef to make the dogs food. We lucked out and got a BUY IT NOW huge package for only $3.00. They will eat well the next five days. I use my big soup pot and fill it with about 8-9 cups of water. To that water as it begins to heat to a boil I add garlic and onion diced, and any left over veggies from the frig. Today it was small grape tomatoes, yellow squash, broccoli, black beans, and of course carrots. I also drop some vitamin D drops in the mixture along with a 1/4 cup of Olive Oil. When this comes to a boil, we add four cups of brown rice. You let this cook until the rice is done. At this point you add either chopped up chicken that you boiled and debo...

CHRISTMAS HORIZON PONIES Contemporary Art Palette Knife Horse Oil Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 x 2 inches of incredible thick paint pulled on this canvas! Contact me to purchase or commission one in your colors. Laurie This one sold today from the blog! Thank you!! I should not even be up right now. This is even thirty minutes earlier than I normally arrive at the computer. (Kathy, you get to read my blog on time this morning!) Terry was sleeping sound and I woke to his snoring. Then I kept thinking about the last 8 x 10 painting I need to finish and the bookwork I did not do yesterday. I worked yesterday from 5:30 am until 9:15 last night NON STOP. Normally I would NOT work on Sunday, but we had 18 paintings to get out for Christmas and we had to get them to FEDEX today. I have three of those still hanging on the wall drying until the last second before Terry tucks the into their boxes for their trips "home". It was a choice I made to give up my Sunday to...

COLD RAINY NIGHT IN DALLAS Contemporary Art Cityscape Rain Daily Painting Art By Morgan and Laurie Pace 18 x 24 inches THICK OIL PAINT SOLD Contact to Purchase: Laurie This is a mother/son painting. He loves working with color as you can see! He also is trying to pay his rent and feed his dog. At least his priorities are good! We worked on this painting together in the studio a few weeks ago. JOY JOY JOY JOY Do you know anyone that does not want joy in their lives? Unless it is Christmas or you read the Oprah magazine there is not much use of the word JOY in our language from day to day. Why does it seem there is not enough joy in our lives? The third candle we light today is the Joy Candle. We add this to Hope and Peace. Yesterday I was with a friend, Deborah, driving across north Texas from visiting Stacey and Larry. We were talking deeply, as we normally do, about life and where we are in life in our fifties. Deborah lost her f...

My Horse Contemporary Art Daily Painting Horse and Child Painting 18 x 18 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for commission work. Laurie In my videos you always see Terry's side of the work room. This is my side. This is the only chaotic room in the house, except the kitchen, which is being redone right now. I did not paint yesterday. Didn't feel good. Not normal for me at all. But I spent the day cleaning out kitchen cabinets and rearranging for the installation of the granite. Terry continues to strip cabinets so his job will be complete. Yes I need to take pictures. Stacey had a sonogram yesterday. She was having some leaking issues and they wanted to make sure all was good. New discovery...she is 29 weeks and the baby should be about 2.2 lbs in size. Well, Miss Lauren Gracen is already 3 lbs 8 ounces. Stacey still has 10 weeks to go and the baby will double the last four weeks....should we start a guessing game to size and weight ? Maybe we should do the predict...

Living Color Contemporary Art Daily Painting Horse Palette Knife by Laurie Justus Pace 20 x 20 inches of astounding color! Contact me for commission work or information on this painting. Laurie Normally I would read from Luke this morning, but I have minor issues to handle so it will be tomorrow. Minor issues are folks needing artwork DRY and shipped for Christmas. I am up after only 4 or 5 hours of sleep and working late last night to HOPEFULLY finish up today the last one. Here is the beginnings of it: I sneaked out the door for an hour yesterday morning to do Target with Mom. She is in the holiday mood. I need to just stay out of stores and then I do not spend money. I picked up a few gift bags, and a few small stocking stuffers and was in the men's department buying Terry some more long sleeve heavy pull over the head shirts to wear under his uniform at work. The others have shrunk as he gained weight. Must be all that candy I found in his backpack and the hot chocolate (h...

Ready To Ride Contemporary Art Daily Painting Oil on Linen Child and Horse by Laurie Justus Pace 8 x 10 Oil on Linen Panel PAY AS YOU WISH! Merry Christmas. Contact me with YOUR best offer. Laurie I will ship it out immediately. This pay as you wish is pretty powerful. I sold one piece for $15 and one for $350. So, just send me an offer if you see something you like. Thursday arrived this morning with groans. One of the few days in the year I did NOT want to get up out of bed. I worked until after ten last night on commission paintings that need to dry and be shipped for Christmas. I will probably do another 18 hour day today as well. God is good. Remember the Joy and Abundance, I still chant that as I paint. Divine Order is in place. The granite man comes this afternoon to give us estimates on the kitchen counters and bathroom counters. YEAH! Terry brought home two more finished clean doors that he worked on at work. He took two more with him today. THERE IS HOPE! I guess I sho...