Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Balanced' 24 x 30  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog We have been visiting our daughter, son-in-law and our cherished grand-daughter for the past few days.  I had a melt down last weekend that required a break from routine, so we had an invite and we came. It has been so enjoyable reconnecting with her. She calls Terry BAMPA just as Jon called him and I have heard her utter OMA one time.  We were in the Justin Outlet store in Justin TX and Terry was looking at boots.  I was chasing Tink around the store.  She topped in front of those mirrors on the floor where you check out how good the boots look on your feet... and she plopped down to talk to the "baby" in the mirror.  Then she was up and running.  By the time I caught her, she was grinning.  She looke...

'Rule of the White Stallion' 30 x 30  Oil on Canvas SOLD  Contact me for commission work. Laurie    © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog   Formulating .... someone told me they were trying to formulate thoughts in their head for a meeting.   Isn't that where you make a plan?  God is chuckling.  How much time do you spend making those plans, formulating the ideas popping out of your head?   Take it a step further... How often have you heard the phrase, "the best laid plans of mice and men."?  Googling this you will find it was in a 1785 poem written by Robert Burns. The Poem was entitled,"To a Mouse, on Turning her Up in Her Nest with the Plough"   Here is the Standard English Translation of his Scottish poem: "Small, crafty, cowering, timorous little beast, O, what a panic is in your little breast! You need n...

'Seven Paint Ponies' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog   We are a disposable society... did you ever stop and think about that?  When the world was a little "smaller" with out the internet, fast travel, airplanes etc, our ancestors treasured, saved and reused everything.  All things were recycled and used in other ways all the time.  The phrase was "waste not want not".  And they did not waste anything.   Think about what you have discarded or thrown away recently?  Paper towels, kleenex, paper plates, plastic forks, paper baby diapers....etc  Things we dispose of on a regular basis every day.   Some of you have no memory or knowledge of using just cloth towels in the kitchen and washing them every day...or carrying a handkerch...

'Rites of Spring' 20 x 30  Oil on Canvas Available at Mirada Fine Art I chose to re-post this painting for sale to tie in with my blog today.  Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog  Read about a Mother's love...  When you wake this morning and read this blog...I greet you with  THE BEST IS YET TO BE! So many of you apply yourselves diligently to life.  This includes your family, your job and your spiritual relationship with Him.  It is the spiritual relationship that burns the brightest lighting up the other areas of your life.  His Divine Light burns eternally. As your relationship with Him deepens, the light just burns brighter reaching out to others and lighting the way in your relationships with others. Being true to the good and faithful to God, will bring more opportunities...

'White Poppies' 9 x 12  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog   A friend emailed me today in great pain. She had pulled her back cleaning her house.  She was hurt, mad and frustrated.  She thought she was doing the right thing, bringing order and cleanliness to the chaotic house. She had prayed about her day on what to do and was pulled strongly to do this... clean up the chaos and bring back peace and beauty.  So why did she get hurt doing this? I told her I was right there with her.  Sure as I think I am going in the direction that He wants me to go, I stub my toe, or catch my hand, or something that brings tears to the eye and makes me stop and go 'WHY LORD, I THOUGHT I WAS DOING WHAT I SHOULD BE DOING.' While I believe firmly in prayer and having discernment... it is...

'Paint by Red' 5 x 7  Acrylic on Canvas This is a fun experimental one this week, so it is a give away to the first request received.  THIS Free painting with free shipping has been claimed! It is going to Illinois. Thank you. Watch ahead for more. Sold but free. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog When is it too Much? Read about it on Retired on Golden Pond   I am not sure if I am running the direction of multi-tasking or writing about too many distractions.   On the Golden Pond Blog it was about too much TV watching.  When you think about it there are a lot of distractions in our lives and we seem to multi-task through most of them.  Things are different at our current house because we are still not set up all the way.   At the last house,  if I was cook...

'The Dance, Tribute to Onyx' 30 x 30  Acrylic Overlays on Canvas This is the beginning... It may evolve more this week.... Commission Painting SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog Lead me Lord... "Lead me, Lord, lead me, Lord, by the light of truth to seek and to find the narrow way. Be my way; be my truth; be my life, my Lord, and lead me, Lord, today." I came across this song on the internet and truly felt the words calling to me. There was a media player there and I was able to listen to the song.  It was not the one I was seeking in my mind; The one I sought was an old hymn from church.   "Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness; make thy way plain before my face. For it is thou, Lord, thou, Lord only, that makest me dwell in safety. " Both songs express it so...

Available to purchase and ready to ship. See Slide Show below of the painting. Crowding In Ponies 24" x 24" (61.0cm x 61.0cm) SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies      On Golden Pond Blog Catch up with us on our adventures out in the neighborhood!  Slide Show of the painting: Do you find yourself often never satisfied?  The truth is despite the feeling of not being satisfied, you need to find contentment. Look at all the famous athletes out in the world .  They play to win and are motivated with a passion to play.  What rocked me this week, and I don't know his name as I don't follow basketball, but I do know he left Detroit for Miami and his reasoning was not to play a better game of ball but it was to WIN.  Last time I was involved with students and games or sports, winning was sec...

'The White of an Angel' 30 x 30  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for Commission work. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    Find out why Debbie Lincoln is without Electricity and Power on our blog Retired on Golden Pond On Golden Pond Blog I had email from Debbie Lincoln yesterday as they were in Colorado and heading into an area with out all the expected amenities.   That alone set me thinking about what are our expected amenities from God?  What do you expect from Him?   Everyone has a different view of the Father and their own personal relationship. I do believe if He cares so tenderly for those little birds of the air, He cares for me.  When times get tough, He provides. It will not all come in one big chunk like the lottery, but it will be there, bit by bit and exactly what we need.   Reading in the bible in 1 Kings, Chapter 17, it is so si...

ON the easel.... works in progress... Contact me for commission work. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog In the Retired on Golden Pond Blog, Read about serious discoveries for the older body working in the heat and take a gander at my favorite cornbread recipe.   Boy aren't we all works in progress? Some exceptions in every crowd believe they are totally complete and obviously have it together better than the rest of us.  Kim told me the words were self-righteous.  This blog is a confessional today.   I don't know much other in life than I continue to muddle along each day battling insecurities and control issues.  I have this huge sinful habit of wanting to fix it and make it right for everyone. I do not like stress or anger and I avoid it like the plague.  I definitely don't have it together and I make human errors all the ti...

' Mountain Pony ' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas This is one just finished but I decided to offer it from the blog for a summer special. It is very rugged with color and drag and all oil with out impasto. I will ship free. If you like it email me for the special summer pricing. I can also email you close ups of different areas on the painting, or a larger file to view. SOLD! Thank you. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website Painted Ponies  On Golden Pond Blog Read how we got out of the "Jam".... Retired on Golden Pond The Thought:  With the current economic status of our nation, all of us are paying closer attention to what we spend and what we do.   Credit use to be easy to get and signing up for a new credit card could be done on the spot right in the store and you immediately found yourself with $10,000 in new credit and you felt safe that you could go bu...

'The Violinist' 15 x 30  Mixed Medium on Canvas  Another stunning music piece.  This one is a violinist of the gentlest kind. The music is from Great Grand-daddy Haskell's collection. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 www.lauriepace.blogspot.com www.ellepace.com www.thepaintedpony.ne t The Thought:  I remember the first violin I ever saw...but I don't remember the first one I ever heard.  The voice of a violin is incredibly different.  The strings that sing so sweetly emulate the most beautiful sounds of the human voice. Yet for me they are even better: the ease of the melody sliding and swiftly moving, out plays the ability of the human voice.  There is no way the human voice could match the dancing tones and levels of the strings of the violin in motion. God's grace is the sweet melody offered to each of us.   It emulates His strength and powe...

'Texas Herd' 30 x 40  Mixed Medium (Oil/Acrylic) on Canvas This is at one of my representing Galleries and it is reduced to sell this summer. The two other pieces from this series have already sold.  They were smaller than this one.  This composition has deep reds and other very strong colors in it.  Just email me for pricing if you are interested. The piece will ship from Denver to you. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 www.lauriepace.blogspot.com www.ellepace.com www.thepaintedpony.ne t Check out our new site for our Texas Artists.  If you are a professional artist in the state of Texas, you need to stop by the site and the blog and email us if you are interested in joining us. ArtistsofTexas.org     www.ArtistsofTexas.blogspot.com     On Golden Pond    aka   Life at the Lake   Last night was Thursday night and ...

'Intent' 20 x 30  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010   www.lauriepace.blogspot.com www.ellepace.com www.thepaintedpony.ne t The Painting: Another approach I have been playing with. Part of being an artist is the need to explore and try out other approaches to representing things on canvas.  It needs to be original as well as part of who I am and the spirit within me. Here are the links to the Appaloosa Website to see my art work. The Magazine is out in print as well.  Cover and front INSIDE the Site Life at the Lake:  RAIN RAIN AND MORE RAIN.   I painted all day yesterday, still catching up from being gone. I would again have preferred to play. Terry is playing. He was modeling all day long.  And I mean all day long.  He is in charge of cooking and cleaning, but we did not eat until dinner time.   Our day a...

'Colors of Summer Appaloosa' 24 x 24  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010   www.lauriepace.blogspot.com www.ellepace.com www.thepaintedpony.ne t The Painting: Playing in color as I begin feeling out the direction for a new series. A totally different approach to the canvas and I will have to watch and see what feel comes from it with the next one.  I think I will be painting more on this one... so stay tuned. Life at the Lake:  Terry spent the day yesterday mowing and mowing and mowing some more.   I did pick two tomatoes from one of the tomato bushes and Vicky gave us some more squash from her garden.  I wanted to go out on the lake yesterday afternoon but I had to work. The Thought:    “What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is ...

'Audrey's Rose'  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for commission work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2004 www.lauriepace.blogspot.com www.ellepace.com www.thepaintedpony.ne t The Painting: From a dear friend's garden, from photo to canvas... one of her precious roses. Slide show is off now!  Had to remove it with the music! The Thought: It was a beautiful wedding and you will have to wait for a fuller slide show. Most of these were taken by Auntie Shannon, Tink's godmother, before the bride even arrived at the country club... or the guests for that matter.  New beginnings with a new marriage, a new life, a new family. Every day God graces you with a new day to begin again.  Whatever you are starting or beginning, or changes you need to make in your life are between only you and God.  He is your strength and guide in all these new beginnings.   Change your life and outlook and b...

'Central Park' Oil on Canvas SOLD  Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie    © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 www.lauriepace.blogspot.com www.ellepace.com www.thepaintedpony.ne t The Painting: This is from the archives. The Thought: On the road today homeward bound from the wedding.... more tomorrow. Laurie    “In that day you will say: "Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.”- Isaiah 12:4

'Roosters Three' 36 x 48  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 www.lauriepace.blogspot.com www.ellepace.com www.thepaintedpony.ne t The Painting: These beauties live in the Valley here in Texas.    The Thought: Friday night we played dominoes with family and had a riot of a time .  My sister-in-law Leslie is a remarkable opponent in any type game and I love playing with her learning from both her and brother Kirk.   Saturday is truly just beginning as I am blogging a day early to post tomorrow on the fourth of July... the wedding day. Saturday is filled with the Bridesmaid luncheon and the rehearsal dinner . We will mainly be on the road most of the time driving from here...50 miles to there 25 miles and back there 50 miles. The luncheon is at a place called the CHOCOLATE ANGEL.   Not sure what to expect. Folks that have already l...

'DALLAS'  4 ft by 6 ft  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 www.lauriepace.blogspot.com www.ellepace.com www.thepaintedpony.ne t The Painting: This is a piece painted last year that is hanging in a doctor's office in Dallas. If you drive down Ross Ave before you get to Greenville...you can see it in the office from the street.   The Thought: I am blogging at odd times with this wedding happening... so I am blogging on Friday for Saturday morning. The Barbecue was so nice on Thursday night. Tara's parents live in Castle Hills Golf Club area and it is so beautiful, it does not look like Dallas at all. You can tell from my painting above, most of Dallas was flat prairie cotton fields.... but there are those spots in the area with deep hills and massive old tress. Oak Cliff has some areas, one called Kessler Park.  Castle Hills is north off of h...

'Nanie's Pitcher' 8 x 10  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 www.lauriepace.blogspot.com www.ellepace.com www.thepaintedpony.ne t The Painting: Love this pitcher.. one of my favorites!  Had to do a painting of it last week. The Thought:  Dallas has not changed much.  We are staying at my mom's for the first two days of our trip and then with Morgan the last two days.  My thoughts will be brief with so much going on with the wedding and all the places we have to be at the assigned times...so worn out is the best description!   This weekend is birthday weekend for Crystal... and then next week for Mom and Terry and Vicky...so much to do ... on top of the wedding. I will try to add to this blog through out the day when time allows, so you will have to just stay tuned! Can you hear me singing? "MY GOD is so big, so strong and so mighty, ...

'Cowboy continued'  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010   www.lauriepace.blogspot.com www.ellepace.com www.thepaintedpony.ne t The Painting:  Worked more on the cowboy today...but spent most of the day scrubbing the studio down. Vicky is staying here while we are gone to mind the manor and fill Paddy with her home cooking. This painting will be on hold until we return. Life at the Lake:  We are in the countdown mode for leaving this morning for Dallas and the big wedding.   Vicky should be here by nine and we should be on the road after that.  Tonight is the Barbecue at Tara's parents home... tomorrow will be filled with shoe shopping, getting nails done etc. Saturday is the Bridesmaid luncheon and Sunday evening the wedding.  I will be missing the quiet of our little pond and home. The Thought: We received in the mail our NURSE LI...