Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

PATINA TWO Horse abstract by Laurie Justus Pace 3 ft by 4 ft Oil on Canvas Contact John Stange at Patina of Marble Falls to purchase. This is the second in my Patina Series for the store in Marble Falls. Patina One sold and they were ready for more! Contact John at the link above if you are interested in this fabulous 3 ft by 4 ft colorful horse painting. Life is joy. Life is sadness. Life is love. Life is tears. Life is laughter. Life is beauty. Life is pain. Life is light. Life is dark. Life is glorious and full of the grace of the Lord. Celebrate all the positive He has given in your life. If you did not have the negative you could never appreciate the positive. You cannot have the fullness of joy if you do not have sadness as well. STOP today and appreciate the good, the joy, the laughter, the beauty, the grace; GOD IS GOOD. Through the tears, the pain and the darkness, there is life, there is love and there is God. Grace, Laurie "There is a way that seems right to a...

Looking Up Town Scape by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD OFF DAILY PAINTERS! THANK YOU! The still and the quiet of Sunday morning. Gotta love it! It is so nice to have Terry home on Sundays. We will be heading to church in the next hour; I have to blog fast, shower and dress yet. One of my strongest beliefs in life is to spread the light. God has gifted each of us with individual strengths and talents to use in our journey here on earth. When you blend that in with the spirit of the Lord, you have a fullness in your life that spills out into the world around you. Nurturing yourself through meditation and prayer keeps your mind, body and spirit balanced and you are able to share with others. He plants in each of us the fruit that flourishes to feed others. Through our constant relationship with God, He fills each of us with His love. Today let PEACE rule your heart, the peace of the Lord. Pursue a life of peace today and pass it on. Grace, Laurie "The Fruit of the Spirit is love, jo...

MORNING RIDE Child on Horse by Laurie Justus Pace 15 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD Saturday morning and I am struggling to stay awake. Stacey is coming to visit soon and I want to finish up a painting before she arrives. Maybe we will shop a few hours and she will drop me on her way home at my son's house to visit and see my grandson. Terry will pick me up there on his way home this afternoon...so my studio time is short today. Make a plan and hear God laugh. I had great time management this week with completing all I had planned out. Sometimes in life we plan but it is not His plan. That is something to pray about, having God guide you in to putting your life in Right Order. Most of us have issues with control. Well at least 99.9 percent of us do. So when you think about it in life you must be willing to submit (eek) yourself to others. That is losing control. God works on us our entire existence here in this life's journey to get to the point that we realize we do...

INTO ACTION Abstract Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 15 x 30 inches SOLD Yesterday was a full paint day and I will paint this morning and finish up some paper work and then head into the weekend with the thoughts of a day or two off from the studio. Today I will finish up a greyhound soaring across a canvas and will start a horse painting for a collector in the UK. Then I may work on a ME piece...a painting with no rhyme or reason, but one for applying technique and care. ALSO have to finish a new PATINA 2 painting for Patina of Marble Falls. They sold Patina 1 and I will keep their series going with a new baby to send their way. All of the Patina Series are 3 ft by 4 ft and can be purchased through John Stange at Patina of Marble Falls. Watch for this after the weekend! Rain is falling and the lightening is making a tremendous light show in the dark early morning sky. It is a fast moving storm though and is blowing through quickly. I can hear the birds in the pear tree o...

HARD WIRED Abstract Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches of Oil over acrylic black. SOLD To paint, I am ready to paint! On these mornings it is difficult to blog first because I am so eager to play in my paints. Now by four this afternoon I will be WORN OUT and not wanting to play any more. Decisions in our lives are always hard to make. Sometimes we anguish and worry, sweating out every detail and looking over every scenario, just to find we wasted our heartache and God has a simpler plan for our lives. We know that He "stores up wisdom for the upright." (Proverbs 2:7) Our journey should be upright and obedient to Him, sharing with others His light. Sharing with others the news that He will provide the wisdom, knowledge and understanding we need to make choices. With that will be the discernment to veer away from possible evil that would make us stumble and possibly fall. What a treasure this would be to know in our heart and mind that all we need will...

MORNING PAINT Horse Abstract Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 24 inches of Oil on Canvas SOLD Back to work this morning! Back to my easel. As Terry packed boxes last night I was sketching out on the canvas with my charcoal. I like sketching in Charcoal, nothing is permanent and easy to adjust. Planning out my painting day is a help. I spend about two hours thinking about what I want to work on this week and then do sketches in my sketch book. After the sketch book, the ones that attract me still the next day end up on the canvas with charcoal. Then Wednesday comes and I begin to paint. Prayer, meditation and waiting often sitting for a moment and studying the canvas on the easel...and then I pick up my palette knife or paint brush. In life we try often to plan. Goes back to time management I guess, or as well OCD where we really are serious about control and planning. Painting you find the painting itself takes on its own life and 98% of the time does not turn out like your...

COLORS OF RAIN Horse Abstract by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches oil on canvas SOLD ON DAILY PAINTERS THANK YOU! A quick blog for sure this morning. The dogs are waiting to go to the groomer and they are waiting on me! I am blogging away before I go. French drains are going in the front of the house. Terry planted all the tomato bushes with Morgan helping on both things. I have been helping out at mom's house with various projects and trying to clean our house in between. Today is a crunch day to finish the drain, clean the house including clean sheets, rugs etc. OH we got insulation yesterday. Had the radiant barrier sprayed on and then 18 inches of stuff blown in. Are you insulated in your life? If you are not you probably feel cranky and grouchy most of the time. The grace of Father God is our insulation. We still have to manage the journey with growth, pain, laughter and love, but His almighty arms surrounding us make the journey a bit easier. Find grace and good in e...

EARLY MORNING HOUR Nude by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD I am up and have been up since three thirty. Heater was running with an unusual rattle. Morgan and Terry were up in the attic yesterday pulling up old barrier covering. This morning we will have the radiant barrier sprayed in and 18 inches of insulation laid down. We only have two inches right now. Something must have gotten knocked around in the removal leaving a rattle. I am actually sleepy enough to go back to bed now but the day dawns at five and I am going to spend the next hour cleaning the studio while Terry sleeps. QUIETLY! It was a busy family weekend as will be the next six to eight weeks. Just keep our family in prayer right now. As a child did you grow up with the Golden Rule. I hear harps playing when I type and think that! "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." When I interviewed with a panel of eight principals and an HR person for a school district, one of the...

AND BEYOND Tree Landscape by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 24 inches SOLD Oops, almost went to bed with out blogging today! It has been a full day and not time to describe anything. I am a fan of Brothers and Sisters and it starts in 15 min! We so enjoyed church today and Jack Van Vessems wonderful class. The inspiration today from both Brother Dan's sermon and Jack's class left me full of spirit, thought and prayer. Promise more tomorrow! Grace, Laurie "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow , for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34

THE SOUND OF MUSIC Portrait Art by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD 18 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me for commission work: Laurie Father May I? Picking up from yesterday's posting, I did receive quite a few positive responses to Father May I.... Thank you always for emailing me to make comments. I depend on the Lord to guide me as I write each morning. This painting is a portrait of a daughter of my mother's godchild. She is very gifted with music on several instruments as is her older sister. I still have some touch up on this yet to go, but enjoyed painting on it this weekend. Moving forward in life in the grace of God's unconditional love finds new opportunities, changes in our lives, and discovery of the new places and people. Trust in the Lord and the wisdom He has provided for you. He has given you the knowledge you need and it is time you use this knowledge to your greater good. Grace, Laurie “For ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of yo...

WHO ME? Feline Cat Art by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD on Daily Painters! Thanks! 15 x 30 inches of Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase and include title of Painting. Laurie Early this morning Terry was up when he was suppose to be asleep. He has a 16 hour day today at the airport. Sleep was necessary and he was awake. I stayed still hoping he would drop back off after he work me up...and he did. My thoughts were tumbling around house hunting with my mom yesterday. We went back to the original neighborhood where we first lived and looked at a home. As we passed by a house on the block where I played as a child the memories flooded back. I especially remember the game "MOTHER MAY I" Do you remember that game? One person is the mother and they stand in front of a line of the players with about 15 ft between them. I think "mother" has her back to the line so she cannot see where people are. Starting from one side of the line the "mother" calls out to the f...

OBSERVATION SOLD Thanks for supporting Daily Painters! Cat Feline ART by Laurie Justus Pace 15 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase. Please include the name of the painting. Laurie Waiting and Watching, watching and waiting. Cats are truly better at this than dogs. I have dogs, my older brother has cats. My dogs will wait and watch for ehhh, maybe 30 seconds. Cats on the other hand will wait a long time, waiting and watching. Do not spend your life totally in this mode. Those that wait on the Lord will renew their strength. But those that sit and watch TV become a couch potato! Waiting on the Lord requires prayer and meditation, not cruising the Internet or watching CNN. Use your time wisely and know the Lord will provide what you need. God has provided each of us with gifts. Are you using the gifts he gave you? It is time to take stock of what you have and use it in the world around you. Today is my Uncle Gil's 90th birthday. I heard through the grapevine h...