Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Spirit Wind' Of Earth, Sea and Air  9 x 12  Oil on Panel, 2 inch board sides No frame needed.  SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  There is a spirit in this small one, a definite uniqueness that captures your eye immediately.  I am not sure if this is color induced or the actual painted eye of the horse. The Thought :   Today Justin and Tara were over to share wedding book ideas and plans for the wedding and rehearsal dinner. Everything so far is looking fabulous but I had no doubts on this as Tara is VERY organized!  I was impressed with the immediate ability to pull up lists, food menus, flowers, cakes etc...and yes we were invited to the cake testing!   More issues with the diet...may have to say no.  Jonathan was with them so we got to have some grandson time too. Stacey and Larry were over today as well bringing lit...

'Morgan' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas THIS is only the beginning of a painting... stay tuned for more. I started this painting six years ago and found it in the closet... time to finish it! This is our 29 year old son, Morgan. To commission work, contact me: Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting : Well I started it six years ago... found it in the closet and decided perhaps I need to finsih it!  Stay tuned over the next few days for work on it. Today was busy with dress fittings for the upcoming wedding and birthday shopping for Tink. Stacey and I had a wonderful day....so I did not paint today. The Thought:   This painting is a  long work in progress... as is life.   Just when you think you are getting the hang of things, life changes.  Never better, never worse but ALWAYS different.  Sometimes I shake my head and can imagine God chuckling as He made the plans for my life before I was even breath...

'Apache Pair' 30 x 30  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: A new palette combination today as I worked on this composition. The Thought:  Do ever think, "If I just wait for the right moment...'?   Is there a right moment? Was there a right moment for David before he launched the stone with his slingshot?  Did he wait and think, or did he allow God to guide him as he shot that smooth stone? Each of us is very important to God . The gifts given to us were uniquely for us.  God would not misplace or miss use us, because we are precious to Him.  In you is that special spiritual gift... are you waiting to use it ...waiting for the right moment?  You should not... you should just have faith that you will act at the right moment, His moment for you.  Be patient today as you do wait for God to work through you .  Remember to celebrate and...

'FREE RUN' 24 x 18  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  Another free flowing wide brush horse... The Thought: Who does the battle belong to in your life?  The most famous battle I remember in the Bible was when David went up against Goliath. WOW... that was something noteworthy for all us little guys in the world that cannot throw a spear or shoot a gun. David knew the battle was truly not a human battle of strength...he knew it was about the divine power of God.   We all face battles daily, and some get pretty heated and our tempers flare easily.   We must give this anger to God and allow Him to take on the battles.  If we stay centered in Him and know He can conquer anything...it will come to pass.  You must live for God to have the triumphant confidence that David had.   No earthly threat, man or mouth can ma...

'No 31 Playtime' 8" x 10" (20.4cm x 25.4cm) Oil on Panel Contact me to purchase by check or use paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:   Lots of color and texture in this contemporary colorful horse abstract done in Holbein Duo Oils on Linen Panel. The Thought:  Despite it all Terry (with his pneumonia) and I finished our 2000 piece puzzle.  We only lost one piece as we did this over the past two months and that was probably when I moved it from the dining room to the kitchen. Life remains a puzzle. All the pieces are right there in front of us and we are blind to find them.  We are looking for the pieces we think fit and not looking around and seeing what all it there in the world.   The Finished Puzzle of 2000 pieces.  It was a big one! May you find all your pieces in the right places today. Laurie " He woke up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a ca...

'Mountain Pony' 10" x 10" (25.4cm x 25.4cm) Oil on Canvas SOLD from the blog!Thank you. Contact me to purchase by check or use paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:   Mountain Pony named for the deep caramel browns washing through the background and the horse.  Holbein Duo Oils are so buttery that painting is a joy. Added colors of Indian Yellow, Cream, Madder and touches of blues, which are hard to see in this photo... finish it off as a thickly painted oil with ridges of dimension and color. The Thought:  I was back out to Mt Vernon with Deborah Whitington my Realtor.   We visited back at the property we found last Friday to explore the boundary lines of the two lots.  Found out the property owns a large section of the pond and a tiny bit of property across the pond.  The pond is spring fed and feeds down into the lake so there are never flooding issues with the house.  We of course met ...

'Spirit Sun Dance' 10" x 10" (25.4cm x 25.4cm) Oil on Canvas SOLD  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  After painting the Warrior of Old this weekend...and it selling today, I decided to try this approach to the canvas again. It is ever so important for an artist to continue to stretch their minds to climb out of the "box" that holds them into new areas...and NOT areas already being explored and sold by other artists...but new areas. It is truly hard to be original with out having a bit of "other artists" touching in your work, but it truly should be a spiritual experience as you work on your pieces...a passion and a love from your heart.  So embrace my newest in this small pieces of this Gallery Series Spirit of the Equine. The Thought : Terry is still home with pneumonia.  We continue to work on that puzzle we started before Christmas and I believe we might have it completed this week. Looks like we lost one...

"Young Mac" 7" x 5" (17.8cm x 12.7cm) Oil on Canvas Panel SOLD... Thank you! Contact me to purchase by check or use paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: A whimsical piece for the blog that was joyful to paint. This is another small one in this years Equine Series.  The small ones are affordable and fun to collect. The 5 x7 size is easy to frame. The Thought: This is your time... yes today, this day is your time.   Our birth, our day, our time, is all His. Each of us are here for a purpose, no different than the time spent on this painting today as it was meant to be painted and the joyful colors were there to express the lightness inside of me. (We finished cleaning the studio...pictures will follow this week.)  With the studio clean, I am ready to paint.  It was my time to do this painting. As you begin your day today, know that this is the day you have starting before you, is to be used for onl...

"Warrior of Old" 8" x 10" Oil on Canvas $125 plus $9.50 shipping and handling in the US E-mail me for International shipping rates or other inquiries. SOLD>>>THANK YOU! Contact me to purchase by check or please use paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:   I have been cleaning out my studio for three days on and off ...of course only two hours on Friday and all day yesterday and some this morning already. Hope to mop the floors.  It almost sounds empty in here.. weird.  I found this prepainted canvas with wonderful mauves,blues and pinks like you see in the sky at sunset as the sun departs the sky and the moon wanes overhead between the sunset clouds.... peaking out early.  We saw those last night on the way home from eating hamburgers...   So as I painted on my newly cleared off table... this came to the top with soft colors showing well used muscles of an ancient horse from my dreams....

'Born of Night 2' 18 x 24 Acrylic on Canvas SOLD just yesterday. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  Vivid colors on this composition with a strongly chosen palette prior to painting. This horse is carved out of thick paint...the mane is totally ridges and hills of paint ribboning down the canvas. The Thought:   Back to Basics... was the thought in one of my daily reads this week . I was back to basics yesterday with a trip to Mt Vernon with an old friend, Deborah Whitington, Remax Premier Dallas... to drive around and look at property and dream of moving back out to where you can breath and not have to lock your car everywhere you go.  It is in the top ten retirement cities in the nation or maybe in Texas..I am not sure...but our oldest friends are there... Paul and Vicki Fletcher. Paul is the sheriff I write about all the time and they have a website... paulfletcherjr...

'The Hunter' 30 x 30 inches  Oil on Canvas No longer available. SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: Wonderment always when things go together like this... harmony in painting at it's best. Holbein Duo Oils and Liquitex Acrylics all in tune together with the Spirit and my paint brush on canvas. The Thought:   We are connected through life with our ancestors tracing way back to early times and the development of man as he made his way finding food and making shelter as he left the Garden of Eden.  There is basic instinct to survive in all of us, put there by God so we don't just give up and starve to death. This painting is called the Hunter in reflection of that strength to survive. Horses in the wild have a natural instinct to be aware of danger before it hits using their sense of smell and the changes in nature around them. They are constantly liste...

'Taunting the Wind' 20 x 30  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  Shadows of a mood I presume. Terry is still pretty sick and it makes painting hard at times.  I am cooking much more too to feed him healthy foods. This is one of Crystal's favorites as I finished it.  Very Moody with deep blues and mauves. The Thought:    Harmony is strong in the painting above because I chose to work a analogous palette staying with my spirit colors of mauves and blues.. with tiny accents of opposite complimentary colors.   Harmony is around us in God's creation .  Life seems to twist and knot in every direction, but harmony truly exists woven through out.  When you are tired, if you do some exercising, you will find yourself revitalized and full of energy.  When you are down or twisted...time to pray for harmony in your life....