Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Midnight Peace by Laurie Justus Pace 16 x 20 inches Oil on Panel Holiday Special Pricing $99 In the flavor of Van Gogh, this beauty will continue to tell a story every time you view it. Gallery Value of past similar paintings that have sold like this ranges from $275 up to $650 Off to run a thousand last minute errands. Will post more after we get through today and tomorrow. Peace be with you this cherished holiday season. May the Light Love and Joy of this holiday fill your heart and your mind. Laurie and Terry Pace “So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.”- Luke 2:1

Earth Dreams ~ Abstract Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 24 inches Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for Pricing or Commission Work. Laurie SOLD on Daily Painters! THANK YOU! TOMORROW you will FINALLY see more pictures of the inside of the house. Billie and I are finishing up the rooms in preparation for Christmas. Yesterday we bought out Lowe's garden area that had azealas half price...HUGE azealas Half price....along with roses, begonias, pansies etc. We were pushing through Lowe's with three baskets/carts over flowing FULL of flowering bushes and lush green plants, while outside it was blowing cold with winds at 35 mph and clouds and cold. I have been working on still unpacking boxes and cleaning basic rooms and Billie has been busy with that garden room. It really rocks. We lit candles and sat in the room last night with Terry and the dogs and just enjoyed the ambiance. Tonight is my little brothers Annual Christmas Eve party one day early. I get to

THREE KINGS ~ Contemporary Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 36 inches, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for Pricing. Laurie Yesterday Billie and I made a huge dent cleaning out the garden room and unpacking crystal. She hung glass holders in the bar for the wine glasses to slip into and got those safely in place. Her skills are endless as she flawlessly whipped out ideas for the studio. I even have my HUGE drafting board in here now, as well as TP's two desks, and room to teach and bring in my tables. Unbelievable! I will take pictures soon. I am painting this morning and hopefully she will be up soon to paint with me. She has been wanting to paint all week and I am like, "I cannot paint with the house like this..." I always work before play and painting is a joyful play for me. We discussed styles and ideas for the direction of my art. As a gallery owner she always seems to be a step ahead on what is pulling directionally. I am eager to paint.

THE GAZE ~ Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 24 inches, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas SOLD on Daily Painters the first two hours this morning! Thank you. contact me.... Laurie Okay some before and after pictures. This before picture was taken from the opposite end of the room and you can still see the white carpet and peach colored walls. The room was very French Provincial. We added mahogany floors and gray walls in different values. The garden room is not cleared out yet, but with this early morning picture, you only see the reflections of the tree. The room where the tree is, is an entertainment room for musical instruments. It is constructed with a high ceiling for acoustics. I have my harp in there right now but it was built for a baby grand. In the next month I will shop for a used one here in Dallas. I sorely miss playing. It is something I do daily. I have been playing my harp, but it is just not the same. I have played the piano since the second grade. My paren

Moonlight ~ by Laurie Justus Pace Oil on Canvas (Large! I am laughing because I could not find it in the boxes to measure it~) I think it is 24 x 30 or 22 x 28!) Contact me for Pricing or Commission Work Laurie Why do I feel I am taking steps backwards instead of forwards? If it were not for Morgan I would be days behind. Terry is living in a dimension where I can't find him. Last night he told me when he got home from work he would put the stove in so I could start cooking. Didn't happen. This morning he was suppose to take two boxes to fedex that must arrive before Christmas and they are still here on the table. That incurs two more additional hours into my day that I do not have to drive out to FEDEX at noon today. I am literally only painting in the wee hours of the night and falling into bed just to rise and get my book work done in the mornings before the crews arrive. The maturity of my youngest totally blows me away right now. He has been working non stop to get

THE COLOR OF ROSE ~ Abstract Flowers by Laurie Justus Pace Two Gallery Wrap Canvas 12 x 12 Acrylic Contact me for pricing. Laurie I have to figure out where to shoot my paintings in this house. Everything is blurry because of the lack of light. Terry put in some new lights last night but I have not painted by them yet. Will be doing so in a few moments. I really enjoyed sharing the studios of everyone in the daily painters! WOW. I didn't post a painting yesterday because I didn't know it would pick up both. I missed that email but that is okay. Yesterday we drove to the airport to pick up Billie Bauman. She left Rochester NY with 10 degrees and blowing snow and arrived in Sunny Dallas at 65 degrees and clear blue skies. The high today will be seventy. It will get cooler this weekend. Believe it or not we have had several Snowy Thanksgivings and a handful of snowy Christmas Days. We took 12 packages to Fedex, two were international, and bless those folks, they ran us throu

Studio IN THE RAW 6:21 a.m. Central Time December 18, 2007 Laurie Pace When they suggested we shoot our studios for this post I had hopes of being unpacked and actually ready for this. I am not. I don't even have house pictures to post and I have Billie Bauman arriving today from NY to stay for 10 days...I do not have a toilet seat on the new TOTO toilet in her bathroom. There is not even a bed in the room she is to sleep in. SO my studio is way down on the list. She is in the air right now flying from Rochester and snow as I am typing this. I need to jump into the shower and head for the airport...but meanwhile here it is, MY STUDIO IN THE RAW. Yesterday was to be the day to finish up and rest before company arrived but by mid morning I knew we were sunk. Sanding in the guest bath took too long and the sanding seemed to travel all over the house causing more for me to dust and redust. At ten I was in the kitchen observing the guys removing cabinets to get the ventahood in

TEXTURE ONE ~ Abstract Horse By Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas SOLD on Daily Painters Laurie No pictures today. We fell behind a day and the boys took Sunday off. I went and picked up my dad and took him grocery shopping with me. He drives that cart pretty darn good. He wheels it around like a NASCAR racers in fact. He would be potentially scary driving a car! I have family that flew to St Louis yesterday arriving to snow. Billie Bauman, Owner of Earth Works Art Gallery flies into Texas tomorrow morning. She has to fly out of Rochester and that is pretty snowed in right now. She will bask in the 66 degree temps we have daily now. At night it is in the low forties. At least we got a break from all the rain. It is a joy to think of friends in for Christmas. She will have the task of helping me pick out a tree for the house and decorating a bit. I hope we get that far in preparation today. The men are preparing to cut off my computer off and I must

Flower Trail ~ Impressionistic Landscape by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inch, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas SOLD Laurie Pictures tomorrow of the house. I have a raging cold and can't decide which part of my body hurts more. I have two days to get well before company arrives for Christmas. My son has busted his hands and body trying to complete all the work here at the house. If and when we sell, he definitely deserves part of the money made on the house. He has been unswerving and totally focused every day...8 days a week. He does his substitute training for Northwest ISD on Tuesday and we are praying a full time teaching position will follow. Pray with me for this please. The house. Well yesterday Ron plastered the walls in the bathroom where it took us literally three days to get the paper off the walls. Morgan used JASCO and removed turquoise paint from the buffet and we found all sorts of neat designs in colored tiles. I have to figure out what color to paint the cabinets.

GRAY HERD ~ Abstract Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 36 inches, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for pricing or commission work. Laurie Pace At two o'clock this morning I was laying in bed with my sore throat and stuffy nose thinking of blogging and came up with so much to say and now my brain is slow to bring thought to paper. Today is my oldest Brother's birthday. He was the one when we were kids playing with his army men, that he would dump some men out for me to play with in the dirt and usually always in an ant bed. I was four years younger and I am sure a pain in his back end. His birthday card has yet to be unearthed, but I have found the small interesting thing that Charlene found and sent to me. It is pretty cool, but since there is an outside chance he might be reading this, I can't say! hint: it is orange and peach in color. Happy Birthday Bill. I hope we can jam soon on our guitars. Have you ever heard the term two day underwear? We might

Explosive Energy ~ Abstract Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 24 inches, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for pricing or commission work. Laurie Pace Friday dawns cold. Both dogs are curled up on their "Found" beds under my feet. I can't roll on my chair or I will roll on them. The house is making major strides thanks to Morgan and Uncle John. Kyle's floor men are done and Kyle will return today to do the sealer on the slate floors. They are GORGEOUS. Uncle John, Morgan and his friend Ron have been painting non stop. I had not planned on having the house painted inside everywhere, really only our bedroom, but the guys have knocked most of it out. When they are done this weekend only one room will remain unpainted, that is my studio. We will get to it later. The dogs live in here with me anyway! What is left to paint is the dining room, halls, kitchen and guest bathroom. not much. Last night I was cratered having been up so early. Terry and I sh

Explosive Energy ~ Abstract Horse Art by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD 24 x 24 inches, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for prices or commission work. Click here. I am painting again. This is one of the pieces I painted her at the new studio. Very brilliant color adorns the background with two horses exploding across the surface. No house pictures today...we are painting walls and unpacking. I am painting inbetween as well. I hope to post some it's almost done shots soon. I am struggling at this moment to stay above water with so much happening. I am ready to finish unpacking and getting on with life but it will be a few more weeks before we can do that. Staying focused on the Lord and His light is all I can do to be calm. In His Light, Laurie " He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recogni