Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

WITH ATTITUDE Horse Oil Painting By Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches Inquiries: Laurie PAINT PAINT and I cannot wait. Mom and I were in here until after ten last night. I started her on her own painting. I did some washes on some canvas in preparation for today. I get to paint today! My house is screaming with dust, But I will clean it on FRIDAY!!! We took mom on a road trip yesterday at her request. We drove up to Bonham TX to look at the VA facility and the town. She kept saying it reminded her of Sherman TX. It is a pretty nice town and is closer to the Red River and Oklahoma. We toured the state Vet Nursing home. It was gorgeous... only 7 years old...filled with light and love and people working there that ENJOYED THEIR JOBS! Oh my gosh, what a difference. I could tell mom liked it because the walls were all painted green in the front area. In the Alzheimers unit they are soft blues. Colors are used to soothe and blue is a quieting color. What was neat, from the moment...

Canyon Spirit Horse Oil Painting By Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 18 inches of abstract colors and a dashing horse! SOLD The sun is up and the birds are in full chorus outside...it is a wonderful day. This is the day that the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it! Todays painting is an exploration of another approach to the canvas. If it calls to you email me for a good price! Exploring in life is always a must. God is really good about closing doors. We must use our wisdom gained through our life experiences to be wise and find an open window. Yesterday morning I went to my parents house and fixed breakfast. It was a treasured time to share a meal with them. God is good! After eating mom sent dad into shower and we sat and visited. She has been seeking direction on several issues in her life that involved changes. Major changes. She sat back and said, "I guess I will wait until God knocks me upside the head." I sat forward and yelped "NO". I have bee...

WINTER LIGHT Horse Oil Painting By Laurie Justus Pace 24 X 36 inches of color! Contact me for pricing: Laurie There is always that one winter day that the sunlight seems brighter and warmth begins to creep into the air, just slightly in the mid-afternoon hours. That is what this painting was trying to capture...that crystallized moment of warmth and coolness together. Our lives are like that too. In those times when it is cold and dark....we focus on a beam of light to guide us back into the sunlight. For many living in the dark for a long time, they grow accustomed to their dark environment. When that beam of light hits into their lives, they often turn away because the truth of the light casting open the reality around them hurts. First reaction is to turn away and close their eyes. They do not want to face what it is there. It is so much easier to hide from it in the dark. They turn from the light of the Lord and the warmth of his love. I wish I knew the answer, if I did I wo...

TRAVEL TO GREENER GRASS Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 15 x 30 inches Gallery Wrap Canvas SOLD Friday has not dawned by sun time but it has by the clock. I worked until after nine last night painting and will be jumping back in front of the easel in a few moments. I noted it is difficult to ever catch up or get ahead. Strange that I chose to post this painting today...traveling to greener grass....chasing the elusive and missing what is right there in front of you. Living in the moment is the key here. There is no catching up or getting ahead with God. That was part of my thought process this morning around one as the phone rang waking us up. As we settled back down to try to sleep again I realized this moment is the most important moment. It could be the beginning moment, the middle moment or an ending moment....but it is the moment of truth of being and being with the Lord in your heart and soul is the ultimate. In my heart as I laid there listening to the quiet of th...

Patina Series One Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 3 ft by 4 ft, Oil on 2 inch Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact John Stange to purchase: JOHN This is a first in a series for this wonderful new store/gallery in Marble Falls Texas. John and Marnie are almost ready to open their new shop! This one will be shipping to them in the next few days. It is a HUGE painting filled with color, THICK buttery paint, ridges and texture. Follow along as we make our way through the PATINA Series! Yes, the store is Patina! I am not accustomed to being up so early.... well, I have been my entire life, but since the flu and then the loss of heat etc.... Seven thirty was early....here I have been in the studio working since five thirty, about 45 min ago. Terry is back at work today. Hopefully he will continue working on the light issue in the evenings. It is not too bad living like this...I have to play my piano in daylight though. I usually play at night about eight, so I will have to adjust my s...

INTENSE Revisited Contemporary Horse Oil Painting By Laurie Justus Pace 22 x 28 inches Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas SOLD Power Rangers is blaring in the background as I begin this daily blog. I am truly waiting for Six and the news and hope to be gleefully playing in paint by then! I promised today Terry and the Light Sabers and you will see it now! The blue one is the one Jonathan, our grandson picked out to have for Christmas. It took a month to receive it but it is here now! We are hoping to see him this weekend for him to get it! Meanwhile it has batteries and is ready for battle should I need it to protect myself. Well step wise it was not a great day. I think I only did about 3500 steps yesterday. BUT if you read the post notes on yesterday's blog you will see we had a Carbon Monoxide leak in the house that made me sick, the fan gave out on the old heater and American Home Shield condemned the unit. End result is no heat until we can get one installed. My electric hea...

NOT A STEP CLOSER Horse Oil Painting By Laurie Justus Pace Oil on Canvas 24 x 24 Contact me for pricing or commission work. SOLD Okay so I forgot yesterday. A lot going on! MORGAN did get a full time sub position with Nothwest ISD as a special Ed teacher at Nance Elementary. Your prayers were of such great support to him! Thank you! It is not official yet, but I think he starts Monday. They did not offer a "Contract" as in Full Time Teacher because we are passed the half way mark in the school year. This way the district does not have to pay benefits. Will keep you posted on progress. This is a quick entry this early early morning. I could not sleep due to shoulder pain and am up in my jamas to paint awhile. Terry is sound asleep where I should be, but my rolling around was keeping him awake. I have been unpacking his stuff now. Probably why my shoulder and neck hurt. I shake my head in disbelief at the accumulation of plastic model kits that are in this house. Remembe...

Flowers from my Love ~ Contemporary Rose Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 16 x 16 inches Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for pricing. Laurie Good morning...actually pretty late morning for me to be blogging. We were up till midnight last night packing for shipping. I then was reading one of the Oprah books. More on that on another blog when it is not Mon or Tues and I am split ten directions. This is one of the times I need to take a meditating moment. I am BEHIND on painting. But errands must occur today first. FEDEX and a trip to Justin TX to pick up some stuff we left behind. The other book I have been reading is entitled HELP, LORD! I'M HAVING A SENIOR MOMENT by Karen OConnor. Terry and I laugh every night when I read the next story. Maybe I can share a few with you. "Dear God, I like this one! An older man from Phoenix phoned his son in New York with some bad news. "Son, I don't mean to ruin your day, but I need to tell you something important...

Journey ~ Abstract by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 72 inches Acrylic on 3 inch gallery wrap Canvas. Commissions welcome....this one is mine! Laurie This is my painting in my living room~before the chili party. Last night we had our sixth annual Chili party and White Elephant Gift Exchange Yesterday morning I was busy painting in the studio on the painting you see hanging above. We have a circular wall in the living room so I did a 72 inch abstract that hangs with a bowed wall behind it. Morgan did an awesome job decorating. Basically I let him run with the colors! As I was preparing for the party I decided life could be compared to a hard boiled egg. You know the egg starts out raw...like we do in life in the womb... a tiny egg. After we are born we get pretty hardened by life experiences. Some eggs (people) get harder boiled than others. (Can you argue that one?) Some people are soft boiled, so when you break into the egg the yellow is runny...makes it good to dip in your toast then...

Let The Games Begin ~ Horses Oil Painting By Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 36 inches Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Thanks for supporting Daily Painters! SOLD VISIT MY NEW PAINTED PONY site. Buy canvas giclées , fine art matte prints or posters directly from me. The fine art giclée print on museum quality canvas with UV-resistant inks is hand embellished by me. Each is individual. They are signed and ready for you to have stretched, mounted or framed. The Matte Prints are on archival paper with the same UV-resistant inks and the Posters are on Professional Photography Semi-gloss paper and are stunning in person! Thursday looms with a list on my desk and it is just 5:56 a.m. I have to do my Texas Sales Tax this morning, fix the three errors in my new 2008 Painted Pony Book and start one more painting! Mix in cleaning house, doing wash, bringing boxes from Storage and my day is pretty well set. This painting was completed a few days ago. I worked on the cityscape with Morgan yester...

ESACPE ~ Abstract Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches, Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas SOLD on Daily Painters. Thanks for Supporting Daily Painters. List is not totally made, but I have been reflecting on it! I know the Lord is putting up caution signs and detours, but I remain in a fog trying to figure out the way. I love it when hubby says, "you are doing it wrong, can't you see that?" But when I ask him to help me understand what it is he sees so clearly he can't answer me. I am not sure he knows, but he is ever so helpful to try and make sure I know I am doing it wrong. If I started my list at the top would probably be self control. When it comes to my eating habits that seems to be lost for sure. To have more self control would be first. Maybe then I can loose part of the twenty pounds I gained over the past four years. Second, hummm, probably flexibility...to have flexibility to situations that I have no control over! Makes sense do...

Light of the Night ~ Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 24 inches Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for Pricing! Laurie Ouch. Woke at three with leg cramps. Up again at four with migraine. Not the best start to the last day of 2007. So much in my mind with decisions for the new year and wishing today had 48 hours to get it all done to start the new year fresh and ready to roll. As I was unpacking I came across a list of things I made ten years ago at Christmas. The idea was if you write things down and read it over and over, it will happen....sort of like praying with faith and it too never fails...God makes things happen. Here is my list broken up into Do Have and BE and REMEMBER these were written TEN years ago.... I must compile a new list for tomorrow...but here is what was ten years ago. To be braver.... I am. To embrace life and live fuller....I am. To give more to the world...I try. To be happier....I am. To enjoy traveling....I do a bit more! I still mi...

NEW YEAR SOULS ~ Abstract Horse Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches, Gallery Wrap Canvas, Ready to hang! SOLD on Daily Painters January 1, 2008 ~ THANK YOU! Gallery Value $3600 I can't seem to get a photo strong enough to capture the tones and hues in this painting. IN person it has a captivating appearance that pulls you into the center where you feel as if the horses are running around you. LEAPING LIZARDS I kept hearing rustling in the tissue among the presents last week. Sort of discouraging because of the large rat I know lives in the yard out front and I do not welcome him in the house. Yesterday as I was sweeping up and preparing the damp mop the wood floors, this little guy was sunning himself in the middle of the floor. He didn't seem to mind the photo shoot, but as soon as I attempted to scoop him up to put him outside, where I think he needs to live, he shoot back under the couch and I couldn't find him after that. I have been praying about my ar...

NOT OF THIS PLACE ~ Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 X 27 inches, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for pricing or to purchase. Laurie It has been a whirl wind of a week and I have not painted very much! This is one I finished while Billie has been here visiting. It is rather spiritual in person, the deep purples have faded out on the upper left edge. Christmas has been full of family and love and so much easier living close to my parents. My mother is mending from a pulled back and we see our family doc this morning. Billie is only here one more full day and we woke up to rain this morning. Hopefully it will just be morning rain. Still chilly at 42 outside though, but thankful no ice! Here is the tree set up in the Music room. Terry was able to get the sliding door open to the garden room from the living room just before family arrived Christmas Eve. This is looking from the living room into the now open garden room door. Billie did a fabulous job transforming the ...

THREE KINGS ~ Contemporary Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 36 inches, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for Pricing. Laurie Yesterday Billie and I made a huge dent cleaning out the garden room and unpacking crystal. She hung glass holders in the bar for the wine glasses to slip into and got those safely in place. Her skills are endless as she flawlessly whipped out ideas for the studio. I even have my HUGE drafting board in here now, as well as TP's two desks, and room to teach and bring in my tables. Unbelievable! I will take pictures soon. I am painting this morning and hopefully she will be up soon to paint with me. She has been wanting to paint all week and I am like, "I cannot paint with the house like this..." I always work before play and painting is a joyful play for me. We discussed styles and ideas for the direction of my art. As a gallery owner she always seems to be a step ahead on what is pulling directionally. I am eager to paint....

GRAY HERD ~ Abstract Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 36 inches, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for pricing or commission work. Laurie Pace At two o'clock this morning I was laying in bed with my sore throat and stuffy nose thinking of blogging and came up with so much to say and now my brain is slow to bring thought to paper. Today is my oldest Brother's birthday. He was the one when we were kids playing with his army men, that he would dump some men out for me to play with in the dirt and usually always in an ant bed. I was four years younger and I am sure a pain in his back end. His birthday card has yet to be unearthed, but I have found the small interesting thing that Charlene found and sent to me. It is pretty cool, but since there is an outside chance he might be reading this, I can't say! hint: it is orange and peach in color. Happy Birthday Bill. I hope we can jam soon on our guitars. Have you ever heard the term two day underwear? We might ...

Explosive Energy ~ Abstract Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 24 inches, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for pricing or commission work. Laurie Pace Friday dawns cold. Both dogs are curled up on their "Found" beds under my feet. I can't roll on my chair or I will roll on them. The house is making major strides thanks to Morgan and Uncle John. Kyle's floor men are done and Kyle will return today to do the sealer on the slate floors. They are GORGEOUS. Uncle John, Morgan and his friend Ron have been painting non stop. I had not planned on having the house painted inside everywhere, really only our bedroom, but the guys have knocked most of it out. When they are done this weekend only one room will remain unpainted, that is my studio. We will get to it later. The dogs live in here with me anyway! What is left to paint is the dining room, halls, kitchen and guest bathroom. not much. Last night I was cratered having been up so early. Terry and I sh...

INDIAN PONY RUN ~ Abstract Horse Original Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for Pricing. It is afternoon...I Left so early this morning I did not blog. I was up at four working on the rewrites of my PAINTED PONY 2nd edition book which is now available! Contact me for your copy if you want me to order and sign it before it comes to you. This painting is a bit more whimsical. I had this need to paint with values of green and from that need came this unusual flighty free painting. Stacey and I made a trip into Dallas this morning and did the hair and make up thing. I am exhausted but determined to finish one of two commission pieces promised out this weekend. I will be lashed to the easel tomorrow. Small posting today. Pray for those you love and know they rest in the arms of the Lord. Laurie “But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love, answer me.”—Psalm 69:13