Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2023 Tone Shop Guitars Southlake Texas  by Laurie Pace   Shop Available Artwork.  Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. This past week’s journey took us to the Tone Guitar Shop in Southlake. I have been in there a half dozen times, looking or with someone buying a guitar.  It was to be an expedition as I decided to trade in two of my guitars for one newer something. This is the only place to go. Everyone there is one of the best I have worked with.  I laughed over this photo…I had them all trying to find my guitars for values and they had each picked them up and played them and truly felt the beauty of them….and to work they went.   The photo was my second trip of three to accomplish this.  I have an injured arm, my right arm is out of commission until I go through Physical therapy. Richard, the far left on the photo has worked with us many times…when I arrived the second day, he played several guitars for me,

   © Laurie Pace        Graphics One Design 2021 MUSIC! Shop Available Artwork.   Sign up for my quarterly newsletter and painting sales. “They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” Tom Bodett I spent the afternoon getting reacquainted with my guitar.  Not sure if I have played at all since this photo was taken in early December.  Up until 5 years ago, I played my guitar continually, singing and playing and learning still.  I started playing in 9th grade at age 13. My parents purchased an Alvarez Classical Guitar from a shop up in Sherman, Texas where my older brother was attending Austin College. I still have that guitar close by. It shared many a bus trip and plane trip over the years, as well as the rule with my children (teasingly) that if we had a fire, the oldest was to grab my guitar, the middle was to grab the family Bible and I would grab the youngest, the baby