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Three Ring Circus . Wolves in the Snow . Contemporary Wildlife Paintings . Laurie Pace Texas Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Canadian Pack . Wolves in the Snow . Contemporary Wildlife Paintings SOLD - Oil on Canvas 2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “ Life is a great big beautiful three-ring circus. There are those on the floor making their lives among the heads of lions and hoops of fire, and those in the stands, complacent and wowed, their mouths stuffed with popcorn." Christopher Hawk The Unnatural Truth. With those 'winds of change' flying through our lives right now, sometimes you believe you might stop and question who you are and where you stand in a situation. I was calmed totally by scripture and knowing God stepped into my life to make an abrupt right turn for me.  We took the day to catch up on groceries in the bare refrigerator.

Color of Wind . Change is in the Air . Contemporary Horse Paintings . Laurie Pace Texas Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Contemporary Horse Paintings, Abstract Horse Paintings The Color of Wind  36 x 48  Oil on Canvas  SOLD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.” William Shakespeare The wind in our lives can sometimes feel soothing. The wind in our lives can sometime usher in storms. Who controls the wind?  He does. So when we are sailing smoothly through our lives, we often forget the wind may change at any time; it could bring calm and peace, or the rush of storms.  We have very little 'control' in our lives when it comes to life.  We have choices and sometimes those are good and sometimes they are not.  The one major thing we can control is our reactions to the events in our lives

Sleeping Cowboy . Ernest Hemingway . Sunday, a day of rest . Western Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Sleeping Cowboy Commissioned Painting for one of our oldest friends. 2004  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?” Ernest Hemingway  I really enjoyed painting this scene. It was restful to me as the artist  and loved by our friends.  Sunday is the day of rest. I smiled when I found this in archives and thought it perfect for this day.  If you live in Texas you know that we still have 'rules' about not selling liquor before noon.  If you live in Texas and are in your late thirties and up, you might even remember Blue Laws.   Stores were simply NOT open on Sunday. You had to grocery shop and be prepared and there were not malls filled with open sto

In a Day's Work . Bravery . Garden of Gethsemane . Cowboy Roping . Laurie Pace Texas Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 In a Day's Work  Cowboy Roping . SOLD  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater.   But sometimes it doesn't.   Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life.  That is the sort of bravery I must have now.” Veronica Roth   Bravery.  A strong word when it means laying down your life for something bigger than yourself.  As the Son of God, this is everything that Jesus did. The

Tea Party? . Texas in Wonderland . Having Fun 15 Years Ago . Having Fun Fifty Years Ago . Laurie Pace Texas Artist

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Tea Party Watercolor 2004  SOLD  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “Well that was the silliest tea party I ever went to! I am never going back there again!” Lewis Carroll    I was giggling last night remembering some of the past things in life I did that make me shake my head and wonder what crawled into my brain at that time. Did I ever mention the time I dated five boys named Bill?  Or, that I was hired as a model at Neiman Marcus just three days after I was turned down at age 16 to be a waitress at a high class tea room?  I know when they turned me down I hit a wall feeling so dejected, and God turned it right around and I modeled runway, commercial work and photography until I was 34. I am waiting for a new adventure and I know the

What do you eat? . What do you watch? . Contemporary Abstract Horse Paintings . Texas Artist Laurie Pace . Pure Justus

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 Spring Flyer 12 x 12  Oil on Birch  Purchase HERE.    It's on sale! Contemporary Abstract Horse Paintings . Pure Justus Collection ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “ You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.” Nicholas Sparks The latest discussion from last night on some of the message from Sunday was similar to you are what you eat.  You are what you think. You are what you watch. Basically what you chose to focus on in your mind and heart is basically who you really are.   Where do you spend your time when you are not at work?  Television? Books?

Winter to Spring . Wild Horses Running Loose . Laurie Pace . Texas Artist . Contemporary Horse Paintings

   © +Laurie Pace         Graphics One Design 2019 From Winter to Spring 12 x 12 oil on Birch  Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist, Laurie Pace - Pure Justus This painting was just given as a surprise gift to one of my FB Followers! Watch for more things in the future.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW MY BLOG  ON INSTAGRAM     @lauriepaceblog Available Paintings by Laurie Pace          “All that is gold does not glitter,  Not all those who wander are lost;  The old that is strong does not wither,  Deep roots are not reached by the frost.   From the ashes a fire shall be woken,  A light from the shadows shall spring;  Renewed shall be blade that was broken,  The crownless again shall be king.”  JRR Tolkien January is certainly flying by faster this year than last. I truly believe the older you get, the faster the clock flies by. Despite all good int