Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Triple Red' 18 x 27 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase: Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace   Graphics One Design   2009 The Painting : It was a red day and I immersed myself in values of red highlighting with rich oranges and soft yellows.  A complimentary background of green pops these summer beauties right off the canvas. The Thought :   Did you ever wake up in the morning NOT wanting to do what was on the agenda for the day?   Sometimes we want to break free of the monotony or the constant demands on our schedules and just be free. What is being free?   Free to skip out on premade plans and obligations? Free to walk away from responsibility? Free to lay in bed and read  a book?  Each of us has our own vision of freedom.  Unfortunately in our world it is not easy to find freedom.  We have cornered ourselves and covered up our freedom with our lifestyles.  We did it to ourselves, no o...

KRYSTA Contemporary Art Daily Painting Portrait of a Child by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas COMMISSION SOLD Contact me to paint someone special in your life: Laurie I was searching through pictures for my new book that I am compiling similar to this blog and came across "Krysta". She was one of my art students for 6 years and as she grew I used her often as a model. I think you can see why. She had those eyes that just held the world. This was painted four years ago but I wanted to share it! This is the type painting I LOVE doing but it takes weeks to finish one like this. When doing a painting for someone I pride myself in the personal touch department. PTD. It would be great if we taught PTD in the classroom. PTD would be responsible for teaching our children to do acts of kindness with a personal touch. Helping an elderly lady with her bags of groceries; walking the neighbor's dog; throwing your neighbor's newspaper up by their front do...

Passion RED ~ Flower Art by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contemporary Art for the Home CONTACT ME FOR PRICING AND COMMISSION WORK. It is already light this morning. I almost slept through and am still struggling to keep my eyes open. I actually did a commission piece like this one this week and painted one to sell I liked the first one so much. Smooth buttery oils in brilliant red. Very stimulating. Spent the day yesterday house hunting. Found only one but it is in a Neighborhood of the Cookie Cutters...but it does have a huge area to paint in and a four car garage. It is also new, but not in the area we would have chosen first. We received back the house inspection on the house we really like in the Dallas area and it has some pretty complicated issues which makes it truly hard to decide whether to take it on or not. I am praying Lord, I can't read these Detour signs, I need them in English. When we got in last night it was late. Probably cl...