Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Morning Tea Pot Still Life Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 8 x 10 inch on Linen Panel Inquiries: Laurie It is time for some new mental skills in life. Are you ready for this one? I am not, but I am praying that God leads these fingers across the keyboard in front of me. I just got notice that my blog has been 'hit' or read over 30,000 times. Can I say WOW? Praise to God! I am inserting this note after finishing the blog below. After I complete my blog daily I usually go to either Dailyword.com or to Biblegateway.com for my bible verse. At Biblegateway I look up passages and at Daily Word I stop to read their message for the day, something I have been doing for over 40 years. I am always surprised when I do how often what I write ties so closely into their lesson for the day. I never go there first, I always write first. I went back into this blog and inserted some of the phrases from today's thought infused with in my thoughts. As a baby you learned thousands of thi...

Nanie's Tea Service Still Life Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 9 x 12 inches Oil on Linen Panel Inquiries: Laurie I was smiling as I read the article written about me in the Dallas Morning News. I do not think the writer got the jest of the situation. She made is sound like I snapped my fingers to do what I have done. It has taken me 55 years to get where I am today. Every life experience, every job I have had, from head artist at an ad agency to modeling, to fashion illustration, to singing with a band... every experience brought me to where I am today. Her article made it sound like I did it all in four years. I just wanted to share with you that it takes more than that. As I appreciated the coverage, I did not appreciate the downgrading of the total amount of work that I put in at the computer and in my studio. The study, the painting day after day after day, hour after hour. I am NOT a weekend painter. I did NOT look at Galleries in Jackson four years ago and say, I CAN ...

MY TEAPOT Still Life by Laurie Justus Pace 8 x 10 Oil on Linen Panel SOLD Good morning. I am JUST out of bed. Told you something was captivating about the bed... I never sleep in and you know that if you are a blog reader! This painting is a small but dynamic one with at least ten layers of paint. Not sure the picture does it justice. Today my God-child arrives. A teenager in the house. We will see how it goes from here. Mix in Mom still staying with us and Terry's new schedule and wow, life is going to get interesting. I want to remind many of you to take care of yourself. See to your needs today. Do something special just for you. Take time and allow yourself to wind down and be quiet. Treat yourself with something you are missing, laugh today and remember to pray and give thanks to the Lord. I was awake for about 30 minutes in the middle of the night, and I spent that time in prayer over some things racing through my head. God and the pillow/bed won out and I went back ...