Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Morgan' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas THIS is only the beginning of a painting... stay tuned for more. I started this painting six years ago and found it in the closet... time to finish it! This is our 29 year old son, Morgan. To commission work, contact me: Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting : Well I started it six years ago... found it in the closet and decided perhaps I need to finsih it!  Stay tuned over the next few days for work on it. Today was busy with dress fittings for the upcoming wedding and birthday shopping for Tink. Stacey and I had a wonderful day....so I did not paint today. The Thought:   This painting is a  long work in progress... as is life.   Just when you think you are getting the hang of things, life changes.  Never better, never worse but ALWAYS different.  Sometimes I shake my head and can imagine God chuckling as He made the plans for my life before I was even breath...

'Apache Pair' 30 x 30  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: A new palette combination today as I worked on this composition. The Thought:  Do ever think, "If I just wait for the right moment...'?   Is there a right moment? Was there a right moment for David before he launched the stone with his slingshot?  Did he wait and think, or did he allow God to guide him as he shot that smooth stone? Each of us is very important to God . The gifts given to us were uniquely for us.  God would not misplace or miss use us, because we are precious to Him.  In you is that special spiritual gift... are you waiting to use it ...waiting for the right moment?  You should not... you should just have faith that you will act at the right moment, His moment for you.  Be patient today as you do wait for God to work through you .  Remember to celebrate and...

'FREE RUN' 24 x 18  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  Another free flowing wide brush horse... The Thought: Who does the battle belong to in your life?  The most famous battle I remember in the Bible was when David went up against Goliath. WOW... that was something noteworthy for all us little guys in the world that cannot throw a spear or shoot a gun. David knew the battle was truly not a human battle of strength...he knew it was about the divine power of God.   We all face battles daily, and some get pretty heated and our tempers flare easily.   We must give this anger to God and allow Him to take on the battles.  If we stay centered in Him and know He can conquer anything...it will come to pass.  You must live for God to have the triumphant confidence that David had.   No earthly threat, man or mouth can ma...

'No 31 Playtime' 8" x 10" (20.4cm x 25.4cm) Oil on Panel Contact me to purchase by check or use paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:   Lots of color and texture in this contemporary colorful horse abstract done in Holbein Duo Oils on Linen Panel. The Thought:  Despite it all Terry (with his pneumonia) and I finished our 2000 piece puzzle.  We only lost one piece as we did this over the past two months and that was probably when I moved it from the dining room to the kitchen. Life remains a puzzle. All the pieces are right there in front of us and we are blind to find them.  We are looking for the pieces we think fit and not looking around and seeing what all it there in the world.   The Finished Puzzle of 2000 pieces.  It was a big one! May you find all your pieces in the right places today. Laurie " He woke up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a ca...

'Mountain Pony' 10" x 10" (25.4cm x 25.4cm) Oil on Canvas SOLD from the blog!Thank you. Contact me to purchase by check or use paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:   Mountain Pony named for the deep caramel browns washing through the background and the horse.  Holbein Duo Oils are so buttery that painting is a joy. Added colors of Indian Yellow, Cream, Madder and touches of blues, which are hard to see in this photo... finish it off as a thickly painted oil with ridges of dimension and color. The Thought:  I was back out to Mt Vernon with Deborah Whitington my Realtor.   We visited back at the property we found last Friday to explore the boundary lines of the two lots.  Found out the property owns a large section of the pond and a tiny bit of property across the pond.  The pond is spring fed and feeds down into the lake so there are never flooding issues with the house.  We of course met ...

'Spirit Sun Dance' 10" x 10" (25.4cm x 25.4cm) Oil on Canvas SOLD  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  After painting the Warrior of Old this weekend...and it selling today, I decided to try this approach to the canvas again. It is ever so important for an artist to continue to stretch their minds to climb out of the "box" that holds them into new areas...and NOT areas already being explored and sold by other artists...but new areas. It is truly hard to be original with out having a bit of "other artists" touching in your work, but it truly should be a spiritual experience as you work on your pieces...a passion and a love from your heart.  So embrace my newest in this small pieces of this Gallery Series Spirit of the Equine. The Thought : Terry is still home with pneumonia.  We continue to work on that puzzle we started before Christmas and I believe we might have it completed this week. Looks like we lost one...

"Young Mac" 7" x 5" (17.8cm x 12.7cm) Oil on Canvas Panel SOLD... Thank you! Contact me to purchase by check or use paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: A whimsical piece for the blog that was joyful to paint. This is another small one in this years Equine Series.  The small ones are affordable and fun to collect. The 5 x7 size is easy to frame. The Thought: This is your time... yes today, this day is your time.   Our birth, our day, our time, is all His. Each of us are here for a purpose, no different than the time spent on this painting today as it was meant to be painted and the joyful colors were there to express the lightness inside of me. (We finished cleaning the studio...pictures will follow this week.)  With the studio clean, I am ready to paint.  It was my time to do this painting. As you begin your day today, know that this is the day you have starting before you, is to be used for onl...

"Warrior of Old" 8" x 10" Oil on Canvas $125 plus $9.50 shipping and handling in the US E-mail me for International shipping rates or other inquiries. SOLD>>>THANK YOU! Contact me to purchase by check or please use paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:   I have been cleaning out my studio for three days on and off ...of course only two hours on Friday and all day yesterday and some this morning already. Hope to mop the floors.  It almost sounds empty in here.. weird.  I found this prepainted canvas with wonderful mauves,blues and pinks like you see in the sky at sunset as the sun departs the sky and the moon wanes overhead between the sunset clouds.... peaking out early.  We saw those last night on the way home from eating hamburgers...   So as I painted on my newly cleared off table... this came to the top with soft colors showing well used muscles of an ancient horse from my dreams....

'Born of Night 2' 18 x 24 Acrylic on Canvas SOLD just yesterday. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  Vivid colors on this composition with a strongly chosen palette prior to painting. This horse is carved out of thick paint...the mane is totally ridges and hills of paint ribboning down the canvas. The Thought:   Back to Basics... was the thought in one of my daily reads this week . I was back to basics yesterday with a trip to Mt Vernon with an old friend, Deborah Whitington, Remax Premier Dallas... to drive around and look at property and dream of moving back out to where you can breath and not have to lock your car everywhere you go.  It is in the top ten retirement cities in the nation or maybe in Texas..I am not sure...but our oldest friends are there... Paul and Vicki Fletcher. Paul is the sheriff I write about all the time and they have a website... paulfletcherjr...

'The Hunter' 30 x 30 inches  Oil on Canvas No longer available. SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: Wonderment always when things go together like this... harmony in painting at it's best. Holbein Duo Oils and Liquitex Acrylics all in tune together with the Spirit and my paint brush on canvas. The Thought:   We are connected through life with our ancestors tracing way back to early times and the development of man as he made his way finding food and making shelter as he left the Garden of Eden.  There is basic instinct to survive in all of us, put there by God so we don't just give up and starve to death. This painting is called the Hunter in reflection of that strength to survive. Horses in the wild have a natural instinct to be aware of danger before it hits using their sense of smell and the changes in nature around them. They are constantly liste...

'Taunting the Wind' 20 x 30  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  Shadows of a mood I presume. Terry is still pretty sick and it makes painting hard at times.  I am cooking much more too to feed him healthy foods. This is one of Crystal's favorites as I finished it.  Very Moody with deep blues and mauves. The Thought:    Harmony is strong in the painting above because I chose to work a analogous palette staying with my spirit colors of mauves and blues.. with tiny accents of opposite complimentary colors.   Harmony is around us in God's creation .  Life seems to twist and knot in every direction, but harmony truly exists woven through out.  When you are tired, if you do some exercising, you will find yourself revitalized and full of energy.  When you are down or twisted...time to pray for harmony in your life....

'Splashing in the Rain' 18 x 24  Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  This painting is emotional Textured, thick acrylics with contrast and color exploding.. just as a horse running through puddles and rain. Terry and I watched Return to Snowy River last night..pretty darn cool watching those horses run. His pneumonia continues and his chest is still full and tight. We go back to the doctor on Thursday... his antibiotic only has one more day. The Thought:   Can you share the grace?  There are times you are in a "hugely" wonderful mood. Something positive has made you smile deep inside and you feel safe and content with the happenings.  It is so easy to say grace and thanks when it occurs. Those surprise blessings often come out of nowhere... but they are from somewhere, they are from God. This contentment was brought by the Spirit to bring y...

'The Heart of Texas' 3 ft by 4 ft   Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:   FINISHED!!!  The collector book has been ordered from LULU.com. It is a roughly 25 page hard backed book of the creation of this painting.  I will be varnishing this later this week and preparing it for shipment to Miss Jana. The Thought:   In my dream, he was standing beside me... my husband.  I am not sure what we were doing but we were working very hard and we were working together.  When I turned around I felt the Spirit surrounding me, but there was no one behind me.  As I turned back to the front...there was Jesus, working in front of us, preparing the way.    For the life of me I cannot remember what we were doing, but we were working hard moving branches and clearing a path. There are many forces in this world I would consider nega...

'Jana's Horses continued' 3 ft by 4 ft  Oil on Canvas Contact me for commission work. Laurie check out January Issue of Cowboys & Indians page 68.   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  It continues.... The Thought:  I have to share with you today a new Christian Author.   I just finished a book by her, not knowing anything about her, her background or how much she had written.  My favorite series is Liz Curtis Higgs Scottish Series. It is one of the best series I have read to date.  Terry ordered the book "The Frontiersman's Daughter" for me for Christmas. It was written by Laura Frantz .  It was one of those books that was written so well, you didn't know what would happen. It was not a milk toast book with only predictability, but a book that was written as people lived and breathed and reacted to life, not always making those right choices.   It was a book that was so good ...

'Jana's piece continued' Contact me for commission work. Laurie Check out the feature on my art work in Cowboys & Indians January 2010. © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  CONTINUED... The Thought:   Husband is very sick. He has pneumonia. We spent most of yesterday morning at the doctor (you know if you follow me on facebook.) and the final diagnosis was pneumonia. After several hours there and $128 worth of drugs, we hope that combined with dedicated prayer will get him back on his feet soon. I have been praying quite a bit over the past 24 hours as I watched him slide deeper into congestion and dry cough.   Praying is always the first thing I do.. if not I panic and that is not good.  The hardest part is the patience to wait and listen to wait I need to know.  It is only after this time is it time to take action. Praying yesterday and listening both to God and to Terry's wheezing in his chest ... I...

'SKETCH 1  Jana' Preparing..... Contact me to commission a painting. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  Preparation for a commission is always important to communicate between the collector and my brain.  This is the first step.  The Thought:  Prep work is important when you are starting a commission piece.  It is essential to make sure you and the client are on the same page when you are beginning a painting for their home.  I spent some time on the phone with this collector and she sent numerous emails with pictures of the room from all angles. I was honored she wanted my artwork among the many pieces she had hanging already. One of the most important pieces to the puzzle is the palette of colors that will be used. When you are planning a piece it makes a difference as to cool palette or warm palette  or even an analogous palette. The next few days I will be posting the steps of th...

'Fayln in Ireland' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for commission work. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: This is another small piece of one of the little girls above in my header on the blog. The family went to Ireland this summer.... I love painting these little miniatures. The Thought;   I may have to be thoughtless today... no sleep, sick husband . He was up and down all night coughing, wheezing etc.  He has had a sore throat and I got meds from Northlake Health Food Store for that... but now the chest is involved. I started him on Mucenix ( I think I spelled that wrong) this morning at 5 am.   SOOO... not much in my head today, my eyes keep nodding off if I sit longer than 10 minutes. I am in prayer for the those in Haiti.  That includes all the support and relief groups dedicating their time and concern as well as those that have been on ground zero where the earthquake occurred....

'Heads Up' 18 x 24  Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: Another diamond in the rough. When I began this as a charcoal sketch on canvas, my mind had a direction already planned. As I painted it did not come together as I knew it would and I felt lost with it. I hung it on the wall...went away for a few days, came back and finished it.  This morning before blogging I took pictures and looked at them and realized I had finally captured the spirit I wanted, but not in the colors I thought it would be.  When I hung it up last night to finish drying for the second go round, I was thinking, who could I gift this to so I don't throw away the canvas.  But the moment I downloaded the camera...the presence was there and I was amazed. IT had been there all the time, I just could not see it because I had something else I was looking for that did not exist. The T...

'Two Black Horses' 20 x 30  Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  Something about a journey sinks in with this painting.  The roughness of the terrain beneath the hooves speaks of unpredictable ground;  the background also uncertain as to sky or mountains, leaving much up to the observer. I rather enjoyed my journey as I painted it. The Thought :  The painting reflects my thought as I realize how uncertain I am of the wheres and whys of both today and tomorrow.  The steady hand of the Lord in my life is what maintains my sanity. I have found myself falling asleep at night with my prayer beads in my hand .  Last night I looped it twice around my wrist and when I was jostled awake by Terry's snoring, I had them in hand and pulled them off. Circling around I begin praying using the ACTS method on the four groups of seven.  Ado...

'Four Black Horses 2' 36 x 48 inches (3ft by 4ft)   Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to commission a painting.  Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:   A celebration of life, a celebration of music and a painting led by the Spirit of New York Opera Writer Michael Dutka.   Listening to the cd of the opera while I painted and listening to the story of these dignified majestic black horses brought tears to my eyes and passion to my palette knife. I do not know if my painting is strong enough to capture the love these four black horses had for their princess. The Thought: First short note: The Tink was here yesterday.  Yes, I have pictures, but they are still on my camera so you will have to wait.   We took her to our favorite Mexican Restaurant and she loves Mexican food.  Four Generation Uncle Julio's on Lemon Ave in Dallas. My main thought goes with the opera story.  I think I shar...

'Stallion Power' 30 x 30  Acrylic Overlays on Canvas SOLD ALREADY! THANK YOU> Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting : It reminds me of lemonade on a hot day...but is is 8 degrees outside. Hummm, what is wrong with this picture. Wishful thinking? Wonderful overlays and drips and a sturdy strong horse. The Thought :  I was reading Psalm 27 this morning. This is another Psalm written by David.   It reminds me of something I need tacked inside my brain...when you have those unexpected panic attacks or someone is rage driving down the road and they cross your lane, or even when someone falls ill in your family.  That is when you need Psalm 27. " The Lord is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the stronghold of my life - of whom shall I be afraid.  When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and my foes...

'Born of the Sun' 20 x 30  Acrylic Overlays on Canvas SOLD first day out! Thank you. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  Such expression when I work in values on the color wheel that adjoin each other. There is power in these warm colors...can you feel it working in the painting? The Thought:   I have a thought to give you to ponder... think right now of prosperity.  What really is prosperity?  There are times when you find yourself in a comfy couch or chair or even curled up in bed and you think for a second, "It can't get any better." And of course there are times you are very uncomfortable and you squirm around trying to be still or to relax and you just can't.   You are seeking the comfortable feeling and you can't get there. Sometimes I wonder if you can compare prosperity to this.  It is strictly point of view and not necessaril...

'Kyra and the Horse, Ireland ' 6 x 6 inches  Oil on Board Contact me to purchase by check or paypal or to commission a painting.  Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  This picture was sent to me by a collector in CT.  I love painting her kids; they are in the banner at the top of this blog.  This is not a good representational painting of Kyra but mainly capturing her with the horse... catching the feeling and the mood.  I want to do a large painting, maybe 8 x 10 or so of just her face with the horse.   I will be sprinkling these in as I do them.  The next may be a soccer girl... from a collector up north.  Wait and watch.... meanwhile remember to send me a picture if you have a good one for me to paint. The Thought :  Yesterday I spent time in Psalm 25 .   Do you know your Psalms pretty well?  The Lord is my Shepherd is the 23rd Psalm...then the 24th Psal...

'Born of Night' 24 x 36  Acrylic Overlays on Canvas SOLD Thank you! Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: This is one of my enjoyable acrylic wash layers that I love doing . I have not decided if I am done with it or not... so you might see it again.  The soft blues are my favorites to work with. The Thought: PRAISE PRAISE PRAISE... my heart is praising .   I got my first box of my Heart Books from LULU today and they turned out beautifully.  I truly give all the credit to God for the majority of my work. There are those times I jump in without the spirit, and altho I execute a painting, it lacks the spirit.  Then I have to give incredible thanks to Jan Wenstrand and her magic in correcting all my typos and grammar issues.  Some folks are so good at that, and some of us are not! So this day I am celebrating the gift with praises of joy and adoration and than...

'Two in the Wind' 20 x 30 inches  Oil on Canvas SOLD... I will miss this one, it is a favorite! Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: A change in color palette. This was drawn off on canvas before the new year started but I have not been in the studio to work until today. I just finished it up last night and decided to post it right away.  I love the play of colors of the rust and blues. The Thought:   Sometimes I have trouble with staying focused with the phone ringing all the time.  Yesterday was ONE of those days. Terry was back at work, Crystal was at school and EVERYONE decided to call.  Unfortunately it slowed me down quite a bit as I had so much to do yesterday and I only finished the one painting.  I did not even get sketching on the next ones.  My sketch book is full of future paintings... and maybe later today I can paint again. I h...

'REVOLUTION' 24 x 30  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: Another Oldie Goldie. Tomorrow I return to my easel after about a two week break. God is good and I know I am ready to come back and create some new things....it is an open book and a new step every day... take out those paints and let the flow, run, drip, glob and make art happen. The Thought :  Expiration Date.... we were at the store and I was checking expiration dates on things to make sure Murphy's Law did not encourage me taking something home that we could not eat. I hate returning things... so much trouble to keep up with receipts and then remembering to take it with you on the next trip there. Expiration Dates... do we have those on our gifts from God?    I tell Crystal daily she has to use her gifts.  We are just beginning to identify them, but the child of my heart has a hu...

'Of the Mountain's Spirit' 18 x 24 inches  Mixed Medium on Canvas SOLD  Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  A new mix of mediums and exploring new avenues.  This unique first piece pulls in textured fabric papers and layers of acrylic. OH, by the way... check out the Five Graces blog.  http://thefivegraces.blogspot.com or the website: http://thefivegraces.org Debbie Lincoln is upping the game plan. She is planning on painting 28 horses in 28 days of February. There is another artist doing 100 portraits in 100 days.  Leave me out on that one.  I can't do horses with Debbie doing them in February, I will have to wait and save them... but this would be a good time to consider 28 days of IMPRESSIONS.  I have several folks that have sent me very very darling, cute pictures of their children doing things.  I am going to do Impressions of the Youn...