Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

Light of the Night ~ Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 24 inches Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for Pricing! Laurie Ouch. Woke at three with leg cramps. Up again at four with migraine. Not the best start to the last day of 2007. So much in my mind with decisions for the new year and wishing today had 48 hours to get it all done to start the new year fresh and ready to roll. As I was unpacking I came across a list of things I made ten years ago at Christmas. The idea was if you write things down and read it over and over, it will happen....sort of like praying with faith and it too never fails...God makes things happen. Here is my list broken up into Do Have and BE and REMEMBER these were written TEN years ago.... I must compile a new list for tomorrow...but here is what was ten years ago. To be braver.... I am. To embrace life and live fuller....I am. To give more to the world...I try. To be happier....I am. To enjoy traveling....I do a bit more! I still mi

NEW YEAR SOULS ~ Abstract Horse Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 inches, Gallery Wrap Canvas, Ready to hang! SOLD on Daily Painters January 1, 2008 ~ THANK YOU! Gallery Value $3600 I can't seem to get a photo strong enough to capture the tones and hues in this painting. IN person it has a captivating appearance that pulls you into the center where you feel as if the horses are running around you. LEAPING LIZARDS I kept hearing rustling in the tissue among the presents last week. Sort of discouraging because of the large rat I know lives in the yard out front and I do not welcome him in the house. Yesterday as I was sweeping up and preparing the damp mop the wood floors, this little guy was sunning himself in the middle of the floor. He didn't seem to mind the photo shoot, but as soon as I attempted to scoop him up to put him outside, where I think he needs to live, he shoot back under the couch and I couldn't find him after that. I have been praying about my ar

DIRECTIONAL ~ Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 48 x 2 inches, Oil on Deep Wrap Canvas SOLD THANKS for supporting Daily Painters Contact me for Pricing Laurie Pace Saturday early before the city has awaken....I am here at the computer blogging. I painted until almost nine last night on a few pieces, going from easel to easel. Will paint more this morning and then I have to clean house. AND unpack books. This is on a huge canvas 24 x 48. I squirm when I paint on these because Terry hates shipping them. I do not paint on them often for this reason. Carl from Pane in the Glass came yesterday and replaced my broken Kitchen window and fixed the curio cabinet that was broken in the move. He is such a pleasant man and I was fortunate to find him through the internet when we arrived. NOW, Terry only has to replace the sliding glass door in the kitchen. Then we will have all the cracked glass areas replaced. Do you have cracked areas in your life? Are they in need of repair?

Dancing in the Moonlight ~ Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace Oil on Canvas, 18 x 27 inches SOLD Thanks for Supporting Daily Painters. I have been TAGGED! I HAVE BEEN TAGGED~ By Diane Whitehead ART OUT WEST Here are the rules: 1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog. 2. Share 5 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird. 3. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs. 4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog Some fun facts about me 1. I am from a family of three children, I am the only girl, middle child! Originally I hail from St Louis but most of my adult life has been spent in Texas. 2. I graduated with a degree in commercial art, worked 9 years in an advertising agency and taught art for several years before becoming a full time artist. 3. I love to paint, play my guitar, my piano, read and do Cross Stitch. 4. I own my own company, Graphics One Design, dba and have ta

Cheeky ~ Nude Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 36 inches, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for pricing. Laurie FLASH INSERT at 5 pm... I have been TAGGED! I HAVE BEEN TAGGED~ By Diane Whitehead ART OUT WEST Here are the rules: 1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog. 2. Share 5 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird. 3. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs. 4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog Some fun facts about me 1. I am from a family of three children, I am the only girl, middle child! Originally I hail from St Louis but most of my adult life has been spent in Texas. 2. I graduated with a degree in commercial art, worked 9 years in an advertising agency and taught art for several years before becoming a full time artist. 3. I love to paint, play my guitar, my piano, read and do Cross Stitch. 4. I own my own company, Graphics One Design, dba a

NOT OF THIS PLACE ~ Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 X 27 inches, Oil on Gallery Wrap Canvas Contact me for pricing or to purchase. Laurie It has been a whirl wind of a week and I have not painted very much! This is one I finished while Billie has been here visiting. It is rather spiritual in person, the deep purples have faded out on the upper left edge. Christmas has been full of family and love and so much easier living close to my parents. My mother is mending from a pulled back and we see our family doc this morning. Billie is only here one more full day and we woke up to rain this morning. Hopefully it will just be morning rain. Still chilly at 42 outside though, but thankful no ice! Here is the tree set up in the Music room. Terry was able to get the sliding door open to the garden room from the living room just before family arrived Christmas Eve. This is looking from the living room into the now open garden room door. Billie did a fabulous job transforming the

Coming tomorrow! NOT OF THIS PLACE~! MERRY CHRISTMAS! Terry and Laurie with Grandson Jonathan

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