©Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 2021
THE MARSH
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby
It took a few extra weeks, like six of them, for summer to arrive here in the Dallas Ft Worth area of Texas. The temps the last few weeks were in the 100-105 area with heat index about 10 degrees higher. We had a cool front come through which gave us a few cooler days but we are back over 100 again now. AUGUST is here. The painting above was painted last summer when we saw 100 plus for months in a row, I kept things simple with a simple palette.
- August is the month I turn my thoughts to September. At the top of the thought list is Cooler Nights. It begins slowly with nights in the high sixties until October. To date over the past 18 months, with all the Covid Coverage, life has been challenging. How about for you? Our life became food, TV, 1000-5000 piece puzzles, counting toilet paper rolls, face masks etc.
- GREAT DEALS: I did learn the SAMS toilet paper Ultra soft is perfect and definitely beats the cost of the competitors.
- I also learned the SAMS paper towels are awesome in the studio and in the kitchen... another money saver.
- At Costco this morning they had my ECOS brand liquid for the washing machine at $9.90 was at a lower price for a huge bottle compared to the $12.00 I paid for a bottle about a third of the size. Terry found other special priced things at Costco, and we officially started our Christmas Shopping for the grands.
As I sit here in the den in my comfy chair, typing on my laptop... I realize I should be in the studio painting. I finished a 3 x 4 ft commission two days ago. Yesterday I finished an 18 x 27 inch painting of a young granddaughter of a good friend. What I have not done is paint to sell. Many of my galleries closed. I have two left open and one more in Dallas that carries my work if I drop it off. It is time to turn my thoughts away from the presence of Covid dictating everything and get back to work. Last year I sold three large pieces through galleries and I did two very large commissions. That has lasted us through. But I am not painting for my website or the galleries.
I am also not blogging like I use to blog about life, nature, my grands, and GOD. Time to go back to the things that brought comfort not just to me but to so many of my followers. Be not mistaken, while I do not do politics online or outside my home, I do GOD every step of every day. Google did away with Feedburner where my list of followers was. Now you have to join my list on my website. I rarely sent out letters, but you can always just come to this blog or the website for new content.
Lastly I want to get Our Crazy Life Plus One up and going. We started it just a few months before COVID hit and then all direction was lost as well as energy. I hope once we have that site up and going you will join us there for crazy fun!
See you soon... have a blessed day!
Laurie Pace
"He answered, "Do you not know what these are?" No, my lord," I replied.
So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: `Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,'" says the LORD Almighty." Zachariah 4:5-6
Laurie Pace - A Texas Artist
Laurie Pace is an international artist with her paintings collected in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, DuBai, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, St Thomas, Romania, Greece, Croatia, and Ecuador.
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