Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Red Horse on the Green' 20 x 30  Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Painted Ponies       On Golden Pond Blog   I learned a valuable lesson yesterday morning as I was cooking our breakfast. I had decided to participate more in the preparation of food.  I was scrambling eggs but first diced up onions, red potatoes, mushrooms and sauteed them in Olive Oil.  At the last minute I spotted a half ear of corn wrapped up as leftovers and quickly popped it on the cutting board and threw the precooked soft buttery bits into the veggies.   I kept up my stirring and turned around to reach up for plates and heard this popping noise. As I turned back around a second and third popping explosion occurred and I watched veggies literally fly out of the pan.  The darn corn was sizzling and popp...

Alan'The Morgan' 20 x 20  Mixed Media on Canvas JUST painted and SOLD Contact me for commissions. Laurie e     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website      Painted Ponies       I cannot believe it is Friday. I cannot believe I worked until eleven last night and I am up at six a.m. Not sure where the days go. Yesterday we went to Mt. Pleasant with the truck. I followed in my Passat.  Mr Truck is back from the "Put the bumper back on - fix the dent in the fender - replace the broken windshield -replace the shattered side-mirror place" and now at the interior repair shop.  This brought back memories of my grandmother and mother helping my brother restore the seats and interior on his bug eye Sprite.  The beauty of all of their sewing finished out a gorgeous car.  This shop brought back all those memories.  Alan Braddock Interiors .   It i...

'Some in the Dusk' 30 x 40  Oil on Canvas Just painted and SOLD! Contact me for commission work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Website   I have to share the story of early this morning.   The dog was up and down all night with allergies...skin broken out and massive scratching. We did not go to bed until after midnight trying to rub tea tree oil on his skin.  About four in the morning something went crash outside the bedroom window.  The dog woke up, Terry work up and I was awake but not out of bed. I wanted to sleep.  Terry took Paddy outside and immediately the scared dog took off into the dark. Not a normal move for the dog. He is usually hiding out behind Terry's legs.    Terry rambled back in and found his flashlight to look for the dog.   Still barefoot, he carefully followed the patio walk toward the hot tub shining his little mag light in the night.  (...

'Four Abreast' 30 x 40 inches BIG!  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Website     On Golden Pond Blog We may see this one in reverse.  I want to share the pictures of how it came to be so the next few days I will post progress shots. I realized late last night my blog did not post yesterday. It did, but it did late.   If you missed it, scroll down because the new painting is one of my favorites! New style and new approach. Yesterday when I worked on this one, I had another one on the second easel.   I worked on it too. Yesterday was an 18 hour paint day.  I am tired still this morning.  The second canvas was scrapped twice.  My record is three times, but I have a ton of paint scrapped off that must go into other paintings.  I do not waste paint ever.  Some of my best pieces are from scrapped paint. I ca...

'ONYX' 30 x 36  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for commission work. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies       On Golden Pond Blog NOW available... The first piece I did for this couple was this painting: After we were working along and I was going to layer more reds on top of this;   I told her I could not as this painting had a very definite personality in the turquoise and accent reds.  I felt we had to begin again.  So I did this week and finished the painting above in red that they absolutely love. SO this painting entitled "the Dance" is available.  Just email me with an offer; it is 30 x 30 and very thick paint with about 12 layers in some places.  Laurie  Tell me in the email you are interested in The Dance and I can send close up pictures.  Not sure at all where Thursday went . We were up early with a trip into town dro...

Sketches Preparing for a painting always requires sketches... Contact me for commission work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Painted Ponies       On Golden Pond Blog Preparation is an important thing in life for almost everything. Spur of the moment is usually more like life is, but if you are preparing all along and have a good foundation, you are doing the needed prep work. The grass Terry and I planted is doing fabulously.  We dipped each square of grass in a big tub of fertilizer water of Miracle Grow before we placed it on the ground.  My back hurt for over a week as we laid 150 grass squares.  But this preparation has paid off to solid sod that looks as good as it feels.  The dog loves it. The snakes love it... we all love it. Good preparation. Preparation before we cook is important. We made his mother's meat loaf recipe agai...

'HE LEADS THREE' 12 x 12 Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog Think to a time in life that you were so hurt and devastated and emotionally drained . What did you do?  If you were five years old and something happened in your life at that time that made you afraid, hurt and crying, what did you do back then? Most of us would have run to our mother or our father.   They were our protectors in life. They could fix anything in our little world and make it better.   I struggle in today's world with hurt, devastation and emotionally battles in several areas.  I buck up and try to be strong.  I make my lists.  I pray.  I work harder and harder.  It does not help.  I am totally in the wrong direction or I would not still be dealing with the issues. ...

'Spilled fruit' 9 x 12  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies       On Golden Pond Blog Yesterday I learned to shoot a BB gun.  It was a first for me.  I am still startled that you can only load one BB at a time.  I guess I have watched too much TV where guns shoot repetitively and never run out of bullets.   It was actually fun. Terry made me a target and I shot for quite a while this morning.  It was empowering and it was only a BB gun. You are empowered today with a shove in an active direction... say it loudly... I CAN, I CAN... . In your heart you know what you can do; you know what you need to do but you are waiting on something or someone to push you forward.  With God all things are possible.  If you believe and His Divine Grace resides in your heart, YOU CAN. Stop l...

'Morning's Journey' 18 x 24  Oil on Canvas COMMISSION SOLD This is painted similar to a piece I did back in 2004.  It is for a bride to give to her groom for their new home.  The couple lives in Colorado and will be married in early fall. Contact me for commission work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Painted Ponies       On Golden Pond Blog   When I was teaching art classes several years ago in Justin, Texas, I had a student that was very gifted.   She wasn't necessarily the best drawing student I ever had, but the child/young adult was gifted with color.  She saw and felt color in every thing and every one.   I did not realize until today there was a name for this,  Synesthesia.    She would win our student competition almost every year for best painting because she worked with color so naturally w...

'Sunflower Fountains' 30 x 40  Oil on Canvas Commission SOLD For details click HERE . Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Website                  On Golden Pond Blog This painting was completed over weeks and literally weeks with much layering .  Last night I finished the Collector Book that goes with it. It is a hardback book with pictures from the start to the finish of the painting as it is created.  Most collectors love the books as much as their paintings! I guess we are all collectors in some way or another.  Some folks collect coins; some collect books; some collect stamps.... and we could list things forever.  What makes collecting so important?  What do we seem to value in collecting things?  I am thankful for people who collect art. With out th...

'Meditation" 18 x 27  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for commission work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog I used to really enjoy the landscape palette knife paintings but I have not done many this year. May have to play around in paint this weekend. Here is one photo from the weekend... just for fun. I have not had time for a slide show as when you leave it takes twice as long to catch up when you are back. Tink loves music so we jammed together on Daddy's guitar. The beauty each day remind me of God's palette of colors bursting alive around me....this day, the most important because it is now today, the grace of Him given at this moment.   Laurie “But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”- Matthew 16:15-16

'Balanced' 24 x 30  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog We have been visiting our daughter, son-in-law and our cherished grand-daughter for the past few days.  I had a melt down last weekend that required a break from routine, so we had an invite and we came. It has been so enjoyable reconnecting with her. She calls Terry BAMPA just as Jon called him and I have heard her utter OMA one time.  We were in the Justin Outlet store in Justin TX and Terry was looking at boots.  I was chasing Tink around the store.  She topped in front of those mirrors on the floor where you check out how good the boots look on your feet... and she plopped down to talk to the "baby" in the mirror.  Then she was up and running.  By the time I caught her, she was grinning.  She looke...

'Rites of Spring' 20 x 30  Oil on Canvas Available at Mirada Fine Art I chose to re-post this painting for sale to tie in with my blog today.  Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog  Read about a Mother's love...  When you wake this morning and read this blog...I greet you with  THE BEST IS YET TO BE! So many of you apply yourselves diligently to life.  This includes your family, your job and your spiritual relationship with Him.  It is the spiritual relationship that burns the brightest lighting up the other areas of your life.  His Divine Light burns eternally. As your relationship with Him deepens, the light just burns brighter reaching out to others and lighting the way in your relationships with others. Being true to the good and faithful to God, will bring more opportunities...

'White Poppies' 9 x 12  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog   A friend emailed me today in great pain. She had pulled her back cleaning her house.  She was hurt, mad and frustrated.  She thought she was doing the right thing, bringing order and cleanliness to the chaotic house. She had prayed about her day on what to do and was pulled strongly to do this... clean up the chaos and bring back peace and beauty.  So why did she get hurt doing this? I told her I was right there with her.  Sure as I think I am going in the direction that He wants me to go, I stub my toe, or catch my hand, or something that brings tears to the eye and makes me stop and go 'WHY LORD, I THOUGHT I WAS DOING WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING.' While I believe firmly in prayer and having discernment... it is...

'The Dance, Tribute to Onyx' 30 x 30  Acrylic Overlays on Canvas This is the beginning... It may evolve more this week.... Commission Painting SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog Lead me Lord... "Lead me, Lord, lead me, Lord, by the light of truth to seek and to find the narrow way. Be my way; be my truth; be my life, my Lord, and lead me, Lord, today." I came across this song on the internet and truly felt the words calling to me. There was a media player there and I was able to listen to the song.  It was not the one I was seeking in my mind; The one I sought was an old hymn from church.   "Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness; make thy way plain before my face. For it is thou, Lord, thou, Lord only, that makest me dwell in safety. " Both songs express it so...

Available to purchase and ready to ship. See Slide Show below of the painting. Crowding In Ponies 24" x 24" (61.0cm x 61.0cm) SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies      On Golden Pond Blog Catch up with us on our adventures out in the neighborhood!  Slide Show of the painting: Do you find yourself often never satisfied?  The truth is despite the feeling of not being satisfied, you need to find contentment. Look at all the famous athletes out in the world .  They play to win and are motivated with a passion to play.  What rocked me this week, and I don't know his name as I don't follow basketball, but I do know he left Detroit for Miami and his reasoning was not to play a better game of ball but it was to WIN.  Last time I was involved with students and games or sports, winning was sec...

'The White of an Angel' 30 x 30  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for Commission work. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    Find out why Debbie Lincoln is without Electricity and Power on our blog Retired on Golden Pond On Golden Pond Blog I had email from Debbie Lincoln yesterday as they were in Colorado and heading into an area with out all the expected amenities.   That alone set me thinking about what are our expected amenities from God?  What do you expect from Him?   Everyone has a different view of the Father and their own personal relationship. I do believe if He cares so tenderly for those little birds of the air, He cares for me.  When times get tough, He provides. It will not all come in one big chunk like the lottery, but it will be there, bit by bit and exactly what we need.   Reading in the bible in 1 Kings, Chapter 17, it is so si...

ON the easel.... works in progress... Contact me for commission work. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog In the Retired on Golden Pond Blog, Read about serious discoveries for the older body working in the heat and take a gander at my favorite cornbread recipe.   Boy aren't we all works in progress? Some exceptions in every crowd believe they are totally complete and obviously have it together better than the rest of us.  Kim told me the words were self-righteous.  This blog is a confessional today.   I don't know much other in life than I continue to muddle along each day battling insecurities and control issues.  I have this huge sinful habit of wanting to fix it and make it right for everyone. I do not like stress or anger and I avoid it like the plague.  I definitely don't have it together and I make human errors all the ti...

' Mountain Pony ' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas This is one just finished but I decided to offer it from the blog for a summer special. It is very rugged with color and drag and all oil with out impasto. I will ship free. If you like it email me for the special summer pricing. I can also email you close ups of different areas on the painting, or a larger file to view. SOLD! Thank you. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website Painted Ponies  On Golden Pond Blog Read how we got out of the "Jam".... Retired on Golden Pond The Thought:  With the current economic status of our nation, all of us are paying closer attention to what we spend and what we do.   Credit use to be easy to get and signing up for a new credit card could be done on the spot right in the store and you immediately found yourself with $10,000 in new credit and you felt safe that you could go bu...

'Intent' 20 x 30  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010   www.lauriepace.blogspot.com www.ellepace.com www.thepaintedpony.ne t The Painting: Another approach I have been playing with. Part of being an artist is the need to explore and try out other approaches to representing things on canvas.  It needs to be original as well as part of who I am and the spirit within me. Here are the links to the Appaloosa Website to see my art work. The Magazine is out in print as well.  Cover and front INSIDE the Site Life at the Lake:  RAIN RAIN AND MORE RAIN.   I painted all day yesterday, still catching up from being gone. I would again have preferred to play. Terry is playing. He was modeling all day long.  And I mean all day long.  He is in charge of cooking and cleaning, but we did not eat until dinner time.   Our day a...