Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

No 63 Headstrong Contemporary Palette Knife Art Wild Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 30 x 2 inches Oil and Acrylic on Canvas SOLD from this blog! Thank you! Contact me for purchasing and include the name of the painting: Laurie "It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God." Acts 15:19 RESPONDING In my every day world I usually lose it over things like, "If people would just do their jobs." That is my typical response to most situations. Us humans tend to go off on tangents and we do not do what is obviously our responsibility to do. Yeah at home or work. I am one of those over focused left brained (only when I am not painting) people that will always ALWAYS put work over play, rest or relaxation. Sometimes to the painful realization that I should stop for a bathroom break occasionally. Responding is a huge word today for my thoughts. It is an action taken daily by all of us in ever

To The Rescue Contemporary Art Child Figurative Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 9 x 12 inches Oil on Linen Panel SOLD THANK YOU> Contact me to purchase or for commission work: Laurie "I say to myself, 'The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.'." Lamentations 3:24 Trusting the Father. Terry and I were walking yesterday and circled the nearby elementary playground where no less than eight different mini soccer teams were practicing. So many little legs kicking soccer balls while siblings played happily on all the wonderful playground equipment. This area is full of families, happiness and tons of children. This is where both Terry and I grew up. As we continued our walk out through the neighborhood, we saw in front of us and across the street a little boy with a red cape tied around his neck. The red cape partially flew behind him trailing slightly on the concrete. He was holding his father's hand as the father pushed a baby carriage wi

Think Pink Contemporary Art Pink Tennis Shoes by Laurie Justus Pace 12 x 12 inches Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas SOLD this afternoon~ Thank you! contact me for commission work like these pink sneakers... Laurie “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind to reward a man according to his conduct according to what his deed deserve.” Jeremiah 17:18 Bible Trivia. The bible has over 700 references to the heart. The most significant references involve the heart representing a person’s will or desires. God wants people to love Him with all of their heart. God knows all the secrets of your heart . God’s law must be in your heart . Man is to be pure of heart and our actions and speech every day mirror our hearts. The heart guides us at all times, but the heart can be wrong if it is not guided by God’s word. If you stray from God, He wants you to return to Him with all of your heart. One of my sources referred to the Bible consisting of four elements of heart. The first is the

no. 62 Horse in the Wind Contemporary Layered Acrylic and Oil on Canvas Daily Horse Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 30 x 2 inches Contact me for additional information or to purchase. Laurie "Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering He did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry and his face was downcast." Genesis 4:2-5 The Second Child/ The Middle Child Syndrome How many of you are "the middle child"? I am. I have always considered myself totally different from anyone in the family. I look like my mom, but nothing else truly matches anything with my brothers. If every one in my family put their hands together in prayer, I believe they all have left thumbs on top. Mine is right. I am the "differen

no 56 Miniature Roses Contemporary Floral Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 11 x 14 inches Oil on Linen Panel Contact me with title for purchasing information or to commission a painting. Laurie "For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother." Mark 3:35 I truly do not know the direction this blog is going but I am praying as I do go forward. Two things keep streaming through my mind, "My Brother" and "Crowds of People". When my kids were young their favorite Seuss book was Are you my mother? We wore the cover off several editions in short time. Do you know the story? There is a mother bird that leaves baby bird in the nest to go find him something to eat. Baby bird wakes up and looks around and begins to wonder? and WANDER. He goes looking for his mother. He approaches bull-dozers, dogs, cats, etc and each thing he encounters he asks the same question, "ARE YOU MY MOTHER". Finally the end of the story h

LEAVING No. 55 Contemporary Palette Knife Art Horse Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 24 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me with title to purchase or for commission work. Laurie "Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:10 STORMS rolled through from 9 till about 11 last night and we have been with out power until just now. Forgive the late and short post. I am off to fix breakfast for my daughter, work on my taxes and then paint paint paint. I took some pieces up to the Dutch Art Gallery for the Feb 21st show. I hope if you live in the Dallas Ft Worth Area you would come by and see all the work from local Dallas Artists. Last night we celebrated my parents 58th wedding anniversary. We had dinner at ST Cafe near the house and it was wonderful. Most every one enjoyed chocolate souffle while I munched down one of their wonderful shortbread cookies. Makes my eyes roll shut remembering. They are sooo good. I feel that way about God as well. Sometimes things are so good and

No 59 Ponies Contemporary Art Palette Knife Daily Horse Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 20 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me with title for purchasing information: Laurie "and I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily." Ezra 7:21 The verse above reported to be the only verse in the entire bible that has every letter of the alphabet in it. Stacey spotted no "J" above so it might be only in a certain version. Trivia I realize, but just one for your Tuesday morning. We found this information in (Grandmother) Annie Pace's bible, which has been rebound, and was presented to her many years ago by Terry's Dad, Ben. This particular chapter in Ezra is explaining why Artaxerxes exempted temple workers from paying taxes. He recognized that the religious leaders played an important role in

GOD IS LOVE Contemporary Art Child at Piano Mixed Medium Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 16 x 20 inches Antique Music with varnish layers, acrylic layers and more varnish layers. Contact THE DUTCH ART GALLERY to purchase. "When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?" Psalm 56: 3-4 This piece is entitled GOD IS LOVE because that is the music I chose from the collection of antique music from Great Granddaddy Haskell. It often seems in days filled with so much outside stress that much fear builds within each of us. It starts small and begins gnawing away at our confidence and our hope. Eventually it takes over in our every day life and actions. Psalm 56 was written when David was sized by the Philistines. His writings through the Psalms to me are so inspiring because he bears his heart to God. He literally cries out in his pain and his passion as well as in his celebration of his li

TWO BLUE Contemporary Art Palette Knife Horse Contemporary Daily Painting by Laurie Justus Pace 18 x 27 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase and mention the title: Laurie ""They will be mine," says the Lord Almighty, "in the day when I make up my treasured possession, I will spare them, just as in compassion a man spares his son who serves him. And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not."" Malachi 3:17-18 Sunday has caught up and I am behind and wanting to spend time out of the studio and not painting today. Forgive the short post and know I will return with my endless writing tomorrow! May He bless your day with the richness you deserve as you serve Him in all you do and say. Laurie

No. 49 Energy Red Series Contemporary Palette Knife Art Horse Oil Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD 2/08/2009 THANK YOU! 30 x 30 x 3/4 inch Oil overlays on Acrylic Contact me to purchase. Laurie "The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1 Looking Forward to Date Night Well Terry asked me out on a date for tonight. We are going to go to the boat show. I have always dreamed of living on a huge sailboat...NOT...but maybe enjoying one with sides at least. We have two English Dart 18 ft Racing Catamarans. When I hit fifty I told him I needed a boat with sides. We are in no position to buy one right now, but I absolutely love looking at them. So we have tickets to the Dallas Boat Show! I might wrangle dinner out as well, but with it being flu season... I may think twice. My mom and brother were both hit by the flu bad this week. Mom is almost recovered. My younger brother had it hit as he

No 44 Landscape Hill Country Contemporary Art Landscape Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD early this morning! Thank you. 2/06/2009 15 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas Contact me to Purchase and mention the title: Laurie "The man said,' The woman you put here with me, she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.' Then the Lord God said to the woman, 'What is this you have done?' The woman said, 'The serpent deceived me, and I ate.'" Genesis 3:12-13 The Blame Game When this phrase first came to mind a few moments ago and I began to pray about it, a vast ocean of thought washed over me. Did you realize the blame game started with Adam and Eve, our first ancestors? Eve blamed the serpent, Adam blamed Eve... How many years ago was that? And we still play it today. There are articles on natural disasters and who to blame...God? There are stories on women killing their children and who do they blame....God told them to do it. When spouses play the b

No 50 Energy Red Series Contemporary Art Palette Knife Acrylic/Oil Overlays Horse Painting by Laurie Justus Pace SOLD 2/08/09 Thank you! 30 x 30 x 3/4 inch Gallery Canvas Oil overlaid over the Acrylics Contact me to purchase and mention the title of the painting: Laurie ""He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.' " Matthew 25:45 Well, I posted my red Valentine painting a day late from the group... But my heART is here and in the swing of it all. Blasting into this season of love and Lent coming up I am exploring the contrast of dark and bright, seasoned with light and in future pieces just the opposite. The work will be centered around color theory. I think the question I am asked most, is "How do you come up with your ideas of what to paint?" I also remember discussing recently with another artist the days before... THE DAYS BEFORE.... This would be the days before stepping o