Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

HORSE WHISPERER Original Contemporary Art Impressionistic Horse Painting by Laurie Justus Pace The Owner of this painting lives in Virginia. She is preparing for downsizing in her life and contacted me that she wants to sell this original painting. It is 24 x 24 Oil on Canvas. Please email her if you are interested in this painting. NIKI This piece is soft impressionism and done with a wild brush and generous paint. I am still not adjusted to Day Light Savings Time. Between those government people and the IRS I share no love. I cannot figure this out because 100 percent of the people I visit with do NOT want DLS anymore. AND they do not want the IRS. It should be abolished and we should all pay national sales tax on what we buy. That way those that buy are taxed. You might say the wealthy will buy outside the country, but remember there are import taxes on things brought back in through customs. There has to be a better way. The next thing jumping around in my mind are the co

FACING THE SUN 2 Contemporary Art Palette Knife Horse Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 30 x 2 inches of thickly applied 3D paint! Contact me for pricing: Laurie The storms continue to rage early this morning through north Texas and did so all through the previous night. I was up at six to let the dogs out and I gave Annie double on her meds as she has not slept all night long. She is curled in the corner of the studio hyperventilating right now. Paddy is asleep on his bed next to me. Lightening flashes continual outside the windows and the thunder rolls overlapping in loud roars, vibrating the lights overhead and the pictures on the walls. Storms are usually something that we think of that come quickly, blow hard and make their way through the area leaving either cooler weather or hot muggy weather here in Texas. Depends if the storms roll out of the north or the south from the the gulf. It is all part of that seasonal thing for constant change in motion. These storms are sor

Making Music Contemporary Art Portrait by Laurie Justus Pace 20 x 20 inches Oil on Canvas COMMISSION SOLD Monday dawns with rain. I was actually up at four hustling the dogs outside. Our oldest dog has fear of storms and she makes messes everywhere, so the only way around that is to get her out to do her duty and then drug her. The drugs do not do much but I am hoping they are taking the edge off for her. But back to bed and here I am at 8:30 still in my pjs blogging. The storms outside remind of God's strength. We often opt not to rely on this comfort knowing He will protect and see us through anything in our lives. So as I have rain and winds today I will sit back and enjoy the fury of the storms and know He is at work. At work outside and at work in my life and yours. Grace, Laurie “God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain shower, 'Be a mighty downpour.” Jo

NOVEMBER SKIES Contemporary Art Abstract Palette Knife Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 15 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase... this is one of my highly collected painted pony pulls. Laurie This painting pulls in every fall color you can imagine in the landscape right now. That is why I entitled it November Skies. Seems like the fall season magnifies the Lord's glory in living color that shouts to his glory, just to be quieted for the winter season of quiet cool colors. If you have time today, sit outside and soak in the beauty of fall. Even if it is cold, pull on a jacket and meditate while observing the changes the earth is taking on right now. The Lord put the seasons into rotation for a reason. Change is needed to provide new growth in the spring and the old must fall away, things must be dormant (or at least they appear this way) and in truth they are in the process of what lies ahead for new birth in the spring. Our lives are the same with the seaso

Gathering of Roses Contemporary Art Flowers, Roses Palette Knife Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD Saturday morning finds me itching to paint so bad I almost did not blog. Music playing right now is: Arietta con Variazioni 5:29 Kelly Yost Kelly Yost - Piano Reflections: A Gentle Selection of Reflective Light Classics Classical This is some of my favorite music to paint by... classical piano. Survival. That seems to be a key word in today's world with the economy tanking. With all the negativity in the news and the job layoffs, rising grocery prices, housing prices dropping...it has to have an impact on everyone somewhere in their life. An African proverb talks of gazelles and when they awake in the morning they know they must always be ready to outrun the fastest lions or they will be eaten. AND every lion when it wakes up knows it has to outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. So it doesn't matter if ou are the gazelle or the lion, you hit i

In My Mind Contemporary Art Nude Oil Painting Palette Knife by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 48 inches of thick paint; See pictures below. Contact me for additional information or to purchase: Laurie Time for one of my few nudes I do every year. I probably paint four a year and it has been about five months since the last one! You will find very thick paint forming the planes on the body and of course my trademark color palette. I hesitated before blogging this morning praying about content and where my thoughts were to even start my day today. I truly feel we would be so much better off with out the television and the media. One of those love hate relationships we have. Sometimes we have a love hate relationship with in ourselves raging as well. God has so much planned and available for us to do in our lifetime and most of us never reach our potential. For some reason we live conditionally in our lives trying to stay in control and not trusting Him to be in control. Jesus has warned

Expressions Two Contemporary Art Abstract Palette Knife Horse Painting 24 x 24 Acrylic with Tar Gel SOLD ALREADY! Stay tuned for more! We are back safely from Mt. Vernon and a wonderful time. We had a fabulous time and yes a slide show below, but no music this time! I had so many pictures of the country and our trip and I had to limit them! BUT ENJOY! I will not be accompanying my mother and brother and sister-in-law to see my dad today for his real birthday. It feels strange as we have always celebrated together and my entire life this has been special to me, his birthday next to mine. My mom's car will only hold so many bodies and she invited her minister to go up, so I lost my seat. I will be there in spirit today missing him tremendously and again am humbled to know my place in the world. God is good and has his reasons for me to be home today and not there despite my sadness. I was awake last night with the storms moving through and realize how stuffy my head was from b

WILD WILLIE Contemporary Art Wild Horse Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 16 x 20 inches Acrylic Overlays SOLD! THANKS SO MUCH! Today is a day to travel and visit friends and celebrate my birthday. We are off to Mt Vernon! So my blog is only a short note to remind you to give thanks. I am writing this at 6 this morning. Paul Fletcher is sheriff of Franklin County. YEAH!!!! He is who we are going to visit today. I spent twenty minutes online this morning trying to see who won the sheriff race there and since it is a small tiny place in Texas, this was not easy! ALSO thank you for my early morning wake up birthday song my dear friend up north! This is one of the FEW blogs I am doing ahead because we are leaving so early in the morning and I have no knowledge of election results or anything else. Our good friend is running for sheriff in his county and I do not even know how he is doing. What ever is now is part of a larger plan for God. TRUST and know all is well. I look forward to blog

Explosive Fury Contemporary Art Palette Knife Horse Oil Painting By Laurie Justus Pace 22 x 28 inches Oil on Canvas This painting was featured in my September Ad in Western Art Collector. contact me to purchase: Laurie This is the Sept Issue This is the ad in the Sept Issue Tomorrow is a day Daily Painters honors one of our collectors, Barbara Haukenberry. She passed away about six weeks ago. She was a supporter of the self representing artist and a unique collector. I choose this painting as it was one of her favorites and it is available for purchase. It was featured in an ad in the Sept 08 issue of Western Art Collector from my show up at the Rare Gallery in Jackson Wyoming. This piece never made the actual show, but I have it here in the studio now and am revarnishing it. We never know in life who will meet along the way, or the purpose that God has for those we meet in our lives. Are we to serve them or they to serve us? God's purpose is never fully understood at the time

THROUGH THE LEAVES Contemporary Art Abstract Horse Palette Knife Painting By Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 36 x 2 inches of Dynamic Fall Colors! Contact me to Purchase: Laurie It almost feels like Summer is still here. The highs are in the mid to high eighties. At least the nights cool off. I am way overdo waiting for winter to be here. I will have another warm birthday this year and that is weird to have it so warm outside in November for so long. I used a different color palette on the painting I posted today. I am stepping out of the box a bit with it. Those of you that have my horses, let me know what you think. I have been sad lately after the trip to Bonham to see Dad. I feel like someone let all the air out of my tire. It is unusual for me to be down as I am usually more on the up side. What does one do when they are in this position? My dad would say, just fake it. My grandmother was told me happiness would elude me if I looked for it...it was something that crept into your l

DANCING IN COLOR Contemporary Art Ballerinas in Color by Laurie Justus Pace CONTACT ME TO PURCHASE! FOUR 8 x 10 Paintings! Great gift for the holidays for that special little girl in your life! Laurie Email me for additional single pictures of all girls Laurie Yesterday we traveled to Bonham to visit Dad with family members that were free to go. We had a wonderful birthday lunch at the restaurant and a long visit together. Dad seemed weaker yesterday than he has in quite a while. I hope to return on Thursday for his true birthday. I am not sure this will touch many of you and then again I do not know who it will touch. It is rough stepping in a room with your father and he knows not who you are. He cannot call you by name, but he smiles that same smile you have memorized in your lifetime with him and says, "Hey George, how are you today." You know that works well for me. So lunch was Jerry and Gladys and all the "Georges". My dad has not gone away and disa

Through the Color Contemporary Art Palette Knife Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD ALREADY Stay tuned for more! When you see one you like, email me quickly! Good morning! Today is a travel dad to go up to see Dad at the VA Home. I am going with Stacey, my daughter and we are joining several other family members for a small birthday party for dad. My birthday is Wednesday and his is Thursday. I know Mom, Bill and I will go up again on Thursday, but on the weekend is the only time family can come. Bill stopped by yesterday to drop off a picture of David and Jamie, his eldest son and wife. I needed them for the giganto poster 30 x 44 inches I made dad of family pictures. He can hang it in his room. Bill and I visited before he left; both of us examined our feelings and fears for Dad so far away yet knowing he is in the best care there that can be found. We talked about growing old and sometimes it seems so depressing watching the ones we love