Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Chocolate Horses' 18 x 27 inches, Oil on Canvas SOLD FROM THE BLOG! Thank you. Contact me to purchase: Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting : Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate....that is what you see and feel when you look at this painting. If there is one layer there are 14 or more layers of paint and pulls. This was done over a three day period. The first layer again was acrylic and then the next ones were pulls of thick buttery oils....colors overlaid and blending. The Thought : A common subject with most Americans would be the IRS and our nation. The IRS had its first root back during the Civil War. Did you know that? President Lincoln with the help of Congress in the year 1862, created a "position" for a commissioner of Internal Revenue. Then they enacted an income tax to pay for all the war expenses. Ten years later the bill was repealed and in 1894 Congress revived the income tax bill. In 1895, a year later, the Supre...

New Mexico Painted Pony OSWOA Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 4 x 6 is the standard OSWOA size and this is done on gallery wrapped canvas. No frame needed! SOLD $355 Slashing bolts of lightening are cut only by booming thunder shaking the windows. Sleep escapes me at this moment accompanied by a good sinus headache waiting for the cold front to push through today. No heat will be in the house for days again. Not much more comment from me as I am in shock facing another week from hell with cold house and trying to work. In shock that this is Tuesday and work could have started on this last Friday. The past five days have been a total beat down for this family. We are traveling through uncharted territory and our faith to sustain us. It is from these times in our lives we are truly growing stronger. Many times in life our faith is tested. I am there right now. I want to ask why but know there will not be an answer. I want to ask for guidance and detour signs, but I know ...

SPIRIT OF THE SNAKE RIVER Abstract Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches of THICK PAINT on Gallery Wrap Canvas SOLD Monday is here...cloudy but suppose to go up to 70 degrees today. Packing and shipping are a priority but so are many other things. I will be split about five directions at least! I posted this and realized some folks may not understand the painting. I first was pulling the landscape of the Snake river from Photos from our Wyoming Trip. But then I saw the horse with in.... Do you see it? It is the spirit of the Snake River...think of how many horses have cross that river over all the many years it has been in existence. Saw a billboard last night on the way to pick up an OLD FASHIONED HAMBURGER about six last night. "FAILURE IS NOT FALLING DOWN, FAILURE IS FALLING DOWN AND NOT GETTING UP." Definitely food for thought today. Screwing things up is normal for the human race. All of us have that built in knack of messing up by the day. A...