Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Today is Kelly Pace's birthday. Enjoy the love story below. This past weekend I was blessed with several hours of our son Morgan working with me in the studio as he painted something special for his wife Kelly for her Birthday.  So today's blog will be sharing Morgan's incredible work.  Morgan can paint... really paint! When he arrived he had something in his head and immediately sought out the canvas and coated it with a strong acrylic layer.  Then the oils came out. The brush became at first still and then relaxed in his hand and the spirit of the paint grew in the composition.   © G.O.D. Morgan Haskell Pace      Graphics One Design 2013 Heart  28 x 56 inches Oil on Canvas. SOLD  I really wish Morgan would paint again and sell his work. His great grandfather, Granddaddy Haskell was an artist, and between those genes and mine, he has a gift. Right now he is busy with life and  ...

Heart Series 1 6 x 6 inches Acrylic on Canvas Heart Painting for Valentines $100  ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2012  Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      My Prayer this week for Gentleness For some reason for the second time this week I have been stirred in my morning petitions and prayers to the single word of gentleness. Reflecting on the word brought to mind when Jesus met the woman of Samaria and asked her about her husband...and she immediately changed the subject to worship. Jesus did not press her on the true issue of her past, but allowed her to sway the conversation to her comfort zone and he reached out to answer that of what she asked him. Gentle people will always be cautious of the feelings of others and not probe into unspoken areas. A gentle person seeks to offer comfort and protect others from being "exposed" and condemned. We seem to be forthright society no...

Bits and Pieces Hospice Heart Painting 2012 Auction available, contact me. Laurie   24 x 24 inches  Mixed Media on Canvas   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      Four Candles This last week in Advent is a full seven day week fr us to become aware of what is truly going on in our lives these days and if it is truly bringing us in the season for the right reason.   As our minister Jack reminds us, Christmas is often the loneliest time of the year for many people. Often there are sad memories attached or the death of a loved one. Sometimes is just purely being alone with out family or someone to smile at or sing Silent Night with.  Terry and I were watching a movie on the love channel called Lovely Still by Nik Fackler. Nik was only 22 when he wrote the script for this film. His a...

Progress on Heart Painting for Hospice Ball 2012 24 x 24 inches mixed media SOLD I am in the midst of creating this and not sure yet of my full direction or intention. It could be mission failure or it might work. I wish I had taken a shot of it yesterday with only the base colors on it. It started with peach and pink... then came dripping and running and today came paper layering.  I want some more color in it with Tar Gel so stay tuned.        ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie      JOY Over the centuries we have celebrated the advent of the Christ Child with different customs from all over the world as well as different customs with families. Growing up in the Justus household Christmas Eve was the magical time. Early supper and church at six thirty. The service was always filled with carols and a short message fr...

Heart Painting 6 x 6 inches framed in a black contemporary frame.  Acrylic on Board. $135 includes shipping.    Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie       ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Building to a  Crescendo I marvel at God's greatness each daybreak as I wake to Terry starting his coffee or Paddy rustling around to wake us both up. The new brightness of this day and this moment and the many blessings that are surrounding me and God's love lifting me up from a good night's sleep. This morning I woke to the sound of Lady L's feet pattering in the hall and her loud whispers of "Bampa awake?" The reminder on this Friday in this second week of advent is accept God's direction in this day. In our self-reliant independence we often forget He truly knows what is best for us.  In our stubbornness it is easy to assert our way claim...

Wedding Day 11 z 14 inches Oil on Canvas Beautiful Heart Painting with rich vibrant beating of colors. SOLD ©Laurie Pace  Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me for your own heart Painting: Laurie     The Day has arrived!  Our youngest son gets married this evening.  I had pictures on my iphone from the rehearsal last night, but have encountered the strangest thing that my iphone has no internet connect for some odd reason. Not sure if this is universal or related only to my iphone.  Justin just hooked my iphone up to internet. The old Dallas Church they kids chose to get married in looks pretty ancient. The owner which converted it to a wedding venue, did not have the history on the church. Terry is a mason and we were telling him that most times the first foundation cornerstone would have some indication of marking of the date that the building was constructed.  The owner truly knew nothing of the history of the building and we thou...

Heart 3 10 x 10 inches   Mixed Media on Canvas    Sold    Contact me for your own painting. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2011   Remember being young and in love? Think back to the first car date and the special person you were going with... and how did you feel? Butterflies Nervousness Terrified Excited... first date. With those first relationships as we begin to form how we view love and begin to understand how to define it and what our place is... we want so desperately to be loved that our heart is fluttering and we want to please this new person in our life and impress upon their heart how very much we want them to love us. New Clothes Painted Nails Curled Hair Lipstick and Perfume First Love  Our first real date in a car was a Christmas Dance in the 8th grade and his mom drove him over and picked me up for the dance.  Paul Fletcher took my best friend Janet Jester and Terry and I were...

'Heart to Heart' 10 x 10  Mixed Media on Canvas  SOLD Contact me for a 'heart to heart' of your very own. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards Happy New Year from Laurie and Terry on our Golden Pond We are celebrating many wonderful years together. This one was 1965.  “This is what the LORD says— he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” - Isaiah 43:16, 18-19

Mother Heart Contemporary Heart Art Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 9 x 12 x 2 inches Acrylic on Canvas SOLD Contact me about commissions of the heART. Laurie Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply" (Gen 1.28) There was joy and love last night at the wedding anniversary party we attended of some close family friends. There were crowds unbelievable celebrating the happiness of the occasion. The pictures below were taken by my brother Kirk on his phone so they are a bit blurry...but the sentiment is here! We attended a mass at St Patrick Church in Dallas as they recommitted themselves and renewed their vows before family and friends and then off to a private club for a feast you would not believe. Their eldest son, Mike, has several restaurants in the Snyder Plaza area of Highland Park... that alone should say enough... Pat and Andy, daughter Mary Elizabeth to the left. This is Mom and Pat together...their friendship...

Wonders of the Heart 2 Contemporary Heart Art Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 12 x 12 inches of collage layers of paper and color. Books of an old bible that was falling apart grace the background.. Ecclesiastes Chapter 11, Proverbs and Song of Solomon. Add in bits and pieces of other old books that I am dissecting and you have Wonders of the Heart 2~ Contact me to purchase and mention title of painting. Laurie "Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again. " Ecclesiastes 11:1 Yesterday I made a quick trip to my mothers to meet with the landscape architect that was giving her ideas for her backyard. He is a grace to all who know him...kind, considerate of others all the time, and very hard working. His story was one that amazed me as he once travel extensively, made huge salaries and had actually gave it all up to follow his love...working with people, designing water features for their homes, landscaping etc. He told us yesterday he ha...

Heart Wonder 1 Contemporary Art Heart Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 12 x 12 inches Collage Mixed Mediums Contact Laurie to purchase. Please mention title of painting. This is the first in my series on my new blog: www.wondersoftheheART.blogspot.com Deep within the base is the book of Solomon. Then there are a few of my favorite words added from old books. Thirdly there are four layers of paint followed by inks. This is the first in my Wonders of the Heart Series. Wonders of the Heart Caught in the glint of soft light dancing in her eyes and the half smile breaking across her tender lips is my heart. Such is the fullness of my heart's content. What keeps your heart content? What makes you sigh with contentment as your muscles relax and your eyes close? In our busy world these moments seem far and in between. Do they truly still exist? Yesterday seemed full of so many new things I was doing. I should have had a clue that things are changing when I was able to clean off all t...

No. 14 the heART 1 Contemporary Art Palette Knife Painting Hearts for Valentines Day by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 30 x 2 inches of heavy Acrylic Overlays Contact me to purchase or commission one: Laurie Secrets. Do you have a secret to share? Secrets of the heart. Usually when you do your eyes are sparking with delight that you know something that someone else does not know and you cannot wait until the time is right to share that secret. You wait in anticipation to release what you know. In the bible we read words of "hidden treasures". Those are like secrets. I believe God has many secrets and treasures that are there for us to discover, if we take the time to seek them. "And I will give thee the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I , the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel." Isaiah 45:3 It is amazing to me, that once you being to share with God daily, He awakens in you things you have not...