Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Dancing In The Leaves' 30 x 40  Oil on Canvas SOLD at the Dutch Art Gallery on Friday! Thank you. Pam left a message on my phone yesterday that Dancing in the Leaves had a new home! I am thrilled and pray that the new owners enjoy the energy and colors in this dynamic painting. God is good. All the time, God is good. For your own Commissioned painting, Contact me . Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2011 My Blog My Website   Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards We arrived home late yesterday afternoon.  Paddy was happy to see as was Ms Vicki.  I love coming home to the trees and the quiet of the lake. Yes we are pretty far out here, but I love it.   We had lunch with my Dad and brother Bill yesterday and enjoyed catfish and hush puppies. For those of you from the north, hush puppies are little corn breads in spheres that are deep fried.  Yeah, it was all off of our diet... we didn't e...

'At the Ocean' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas Available through the Dutch Art Gallery. Contact Pam . For commissions, contact me. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  I posted this last month.  I didn't paint the past two days. Terry took everyone sailing yesterday but me... but I still didn't get to paint.  I did get to enjoy the company of his dearest cousins and I learned how to play a new domino game. The Thought:   My thoughts are on disappointments this morning as this is something that touched my life recently.   Plans never seem to flow as we plan them, only as God wants them to go.  Although I do believe the humans in our lives affect some of that flow with their choices. Often those choices affect us. When the disappointment hit me, it was after something was promised that was not delivered. There was a logical reason for it, but that didn't lesson the disappointment. I...

'At The Ocean' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas Available through the Dutch Art Gallery, Dallas Texas Contact Pam Contact me for commission Work. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 (What is she gazing off thinking about?) The Painting: Just about finished!  I started this painting this past weekend and worked on it on and off on Saturday and Sunday and then finished it this afternoon. I will live with it another day and do touch ups and then it will be in the show coming up at the Dutch Art Gallery. The Thought: I have been reading from the book I began last week about living in the NOW to Terry.  It sounds simplistic but of course is not.  The more we share in the book we discuss the reality of how much we truly allow the past and future to control our now.  When you live in the now you are embracing God's choices for you and knowing these are right choices despite how you perceive the situation.  Our perception i...

RENO PONIES Painted Pull Abstract Horse Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches Contact me to purchase and mention title in email: Laurie The days are busy with preparation for our Family Reunion today. GOOD FOOD, GREAT FAMILY and lots of visiting. I won't blog long as I have to go prepare my dishes! I have written before about letting go and letting God... and today I want you think about your life as a grand gift that is before you. You cannot even imagine what is in the plan for today. Focusing on God and allowing a release to Him and being ready to receive. Let go of thoughts of physical or emotional pain that you carry around. Clear out your body and mind for Him to heal what is there. We cannot fix what is wrong in our lives, but we can focus on Him. Through Him we are able to let go and find the peace we need to heal both physically and spiritually. BE ENTHUSIASTIC TODAY! GOD IS GOOD! Grace, Laurie "You show me the path of life. In your presence there is f...

A Walk in the Garden Figurative Woman in Garden Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 15 x 30 inches Contact me to inquire and mention title of painting: Laurie SOMETHING special arrived at my house yesterday, oh besides Mark, the gallery owner from Nevada. As he came through the door with hubby, there was a package on the doorstep. I glanced at Terry and asked him what he had bought, knowing my purchase was in the dining room and he had not seen it yet. We opened the package and it was an ABSOLUTELY STUNNING piece of metal works from Nevada, but we do not know who sent it to us. As he pulled it out and looked at it he thought it was an abstract Scorpion... But as I held it up I saw the face of our Lord. I must take a picture of it hanging and see if I can include it in the blog today or tomorrow. It is out in the living room and Mark is still sleeping, so I am being quiet. THANK YOU to whoever sent this gorgeous piece. OH MY, there is not enough room in this blog or time in my day to ...

THREE RED APPLES Fruit ART Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 8 x 10 inches on Linen Panel contact me: Laurie Bright and early...no wait, dark and early. It is 5:49 a.m. as I begin this blog. Terry left but his face was really green. We went out and ate for Justin's birthday last night and Justin, Terry and Morgan all ate VEAL CHOPS. Personally I do not eat much beef. Especially when I do not know where it came from. I won't eat baby Cow at all. An occasional hamburger is okay and when there is steak, I eat about six bites but that is it. SOOO, my man did not have a restful night and I hope he does better today. I did not have to fix breakfast or pack his lunch. Today Mark Bryant is flying in for my show tonight at the Dutch Art Gallery. I think it is meet the artist from six to nine. He wants to see a collection of work and watch me paint for a day. I like gallery owners that take an interest in your work and your life. He is just getting his gallery up and going i...

Dreaming in Color Abstract Horse Art Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 24 x 2 inches Contact me to purchase and remember to include the name of the painting! Laurie Okay I was painting so hard today I forgot to blog. I have been gone out to dinner with the kids as it is Justin's birthday today... my oldest son is 33. We enjoyed a great dinner. Tales to tell will have to wait for morning blog. Sleep well, until then, Grace, Laurie "Be strong, and let your heart take courage."--Psalm 27:14

Morning Haze Peace 1 Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for Commission work. Laurie Well I have been up for an hour and a half and not really accomplished much. I weeded through my mail box which was stuffed full. I visited the Grand Canyon with my friend Jan and her husband, I traveled to New York with photos from our trip to visit Billie, I saw owls my little brother photographed in his back yard...visited with friends in Argentina, Denmark and Hong Kong and I think I could climb back in bed and sleep again now! It is amazing how much the internet fills our lives at times. I love it and hate it... too much time is spent in front of this screen. Terry and I are heading out to do two miles. It is in the fifties here, VERY unusual so we want to take advantage of it. God give these special gifts to us to keep us going...have you noticed lately? We have had two things, rain and cooler weather. Believe in miracles and gifts. They are all around you,...

GROUP HUG Family of Horses Art by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 24 x 2 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me for Pricing. Laurie Well, the hurricane is on all channels. My brother and mother are going to drive north to Bonham this morning to visit my dad. I am 50/50 on going as I spent the day shopping with mother yesterday and I really need to stick around here and I am not the best car rider in the back seat when driving through major weather. They are predicting the rains to be here later this afternoon. At the rate the storm keeps changing paths, we may not see as much rain here in Dallas at all...but where Dad is, is north east of here and that is in the path of heavier rain. Last night we dropped by The Dutch Art Gallery after my brother called and said, DID YOU KNOW there is a wine and cheese party tonight? NO we did not. We were sitting at the table eating homemade brushetta, homemade speghetti and meathballs and thick yummy desserts from Henk's in Dallas. I was even miserable wh...

MUSIC MONDAY STRING NUMBER 3 Guitar Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace and Morgan Haskell Pace 24 x 18 x 2 Oil on Deep Canvas, Needs no frame. Contact me to purchase and mention the title: Laurie Morgan was over last week and as always he picks up a guitar and hits it hard. He broke another string. He will be banned from my guitars at this rate. It is a pain to go buy strings. AND what I do not get is his generation basically is not responsible. IF I broke something of my mom's I would be falling all over myself to fix it. He will do nothing...so I will be changing my attitude with him now. At 27 he should be responsible...right? This painting we did together. He needed to paint and I sketched it out and his remark was, I don't want to paint guitars, and I said, OK, I will. I started pulling the layers and he got really excited and jumped in to work with me. This piece ROCKS. IT has paint a half inch thick in places. The little knobs to adjust sound are dimensional as t...

WITH AN ATTITUDE Abstract Horse Mixed Media Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 22 x 28 Overlays Collage Paper, Acrylics and Varnish Contact to Purchase and mention title: Laurie I experimented further with plain paper, layering it patiently with varnish layers and then painting in layers over it. I guess there are about four layers of paint. Today I will add at least five more layers of varnish to the top. This has been a mission with me to try different things for expression. I have a question and I am sure I will get various answers and probably many of them. What would be your feelings if I used old bibles that are basically in tatters. No spine left, pages deteriorating etc...I am giving thought to using them in a piece of art that would last hopefully another century or more. Terry and I talked about this in depth how reactions could vary. I would only use pages from bibles that are basically in pieces. Almost reminded me a making a quilt where you use pieces of fabric from you...

NUZZLE Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD 18 x 27 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me for Commission Work: Laurie Steps for yesterday were 9,575. We only walked once yesterday morning and we went a little over two miles and that was up and down steep hills here in Lake Highlands. The hills are pretty darn steep. I was worn out when we were done, but felt good all day. The leg cramps are gone at night with increased potassium, magnesium and exercise. BUT the little twinges of spasm remain. Reminds me of an eye twitch in a way but the movement cannot be seen, just a flick of a butterfly wing feeling. THANK YOU to all with suggestions. I have ordered the Gel Mat and can't wait to get it. I have a mat, but it is not very soft... I spoke with the gallery here in Dallas. The show opens on the 12th but meet the artist is on the next Thursday night. I am wild trying to finish everything and worked until ten last night. She wants it all early, not like the other places that ...

HORSE PLAY TWO Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 24 inches SOLD Contact me for commission work: Laurie Did you realize that your life truly has nothing to do with what you are doing right now? Your life has everything to do with what you are being. We all seem to get caught up in the "doing" of things every day. I do not believe that is why God has us here. He has in mind a sacred journey with our lives to be and to be more than one thing. We have choices to Be Happy; Be Content; Be Safe; Be Peaceful; Be Forgiving; Be Compassionate; Be love. ..etc The bounty is truly there for us but we often choose to be depressed, tired, worn out, overworked, and angry. Time for an attitude adjustment. As I told one of my children recently, they are truly a wonderful person. They are warm, friendly and kind. They are their own worst enemy though because of their choices to sabatoge what could be a good life. They do not feel worthy of it. Listen up, YOU ARE WORTHY. You a...