Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Four White Vases' 24 x 30  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2005 The Painting : Another one from 2005.  WHY? I was laid up with a powerful backpull yesterday and I didn't get anything done.  I have two paintings sketched out on canvas, but they are not even one step passed that. The Thought :  I struggled to make it from the bed to my desktop as my laptop does not have access to older files on it.  Makes me reflect on struggles in our life overall.  Some of us have physical struggles, others have mental and some are blessed with both.  We all struggle in one way or the other.  The House of Representatives just passed the health care reform bill...more struggles are ahead.   I am not sure how we can adjust our health care system to make it work. Things have spiraled out of control. What I do know is my youngest son did his college final thesis on health care back in 2004.  He was

'Innisfree Brilliant Sunset' 18 X 27  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting:   This is my first color pull of this year complimenting the pulls from 2007.  Make me an offer if you like it! Don't be shy.  Laurie The Thought:   The gift of Hospitality.   My birthday dinner was at my mom's. She by far has one of the strongest gifts of hospitality I have ever known.  The table setting was incredible with her 60 year old china and crystal... and the food was mouth-watering... and she made it all herself to bring her family together on my birthday. She told me a story of my dad returning home from the army base the day after I was born. His birthday is the day after my birthday.  He had to fly into St Louis.  He held me in his arms and said, "This is by far the best birthday present I could have wished for." My mother is gifted with the best of the women of th

'Flight' 24 x 24  Oil/Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie Click the image for close up shots and more description.  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting :  It began looking like a dove in flight and using some of my newer palette colors for November: Then came the overlays of oils and the final layers to finish this unique piece.  While I encourage the study of art of others artists, I do not encourage imitating.  Robert Genn talks often in his newsletters about the need for an artist to find their own unique creative style. This cannot come from imitation of other artists.   From Robert Genn's last letter:  "Esoterica: The more I study the successes of self-actualized artists, the more I come to understand how they value themselves. People with a decent amount of self-esteem tend to find quality within their work and within their lives. It's this trust of the universe that leads to great art

'November Days' 18 x 27 inches  Oil on Canvas SOLD FROM THE BLOG!  Thank you. This beauty will be leaving for Colorado next week! Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie Click the picture for close up shots and additional information.  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting : The colors of my personal palette in this birthday painting celebrating life and my love of art and painting horses.   18 x 27 inches in size, painted in Holbein Duo Oils, this is now one of my favorites.  Again, not a palette I normally paint in, but you may see more of it. The Thought:  Ecclesiastes 11:5 NIV As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. I found this unique place on the internet for birthday verses:  Birth Verse Our Father uniquely created each of us as we are knit in our mother's womb .  Our lives are already written

'Other Side of the Earth' 18 x 27  Oil on Canvas SOLD to Collector in Virgina Contact me for Holiday Commissions. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting : I found another one from this earlier series...but this goes back to 2006.  Sometimes it is fun to go back and look at the progress of art over the years.  This would be ALMOST 4 years ago. The Thought :  Looking back over life experiences can be both joyful and depressing .  When I turned fifty I remember sitting in the chair  gazing out at my garden and recognizing I had lived five decades and each of them seemed relatively different... different stages in life.  I knew at that moment if I died I had lived a wonderful life to that day. It would not have been the perfect life in any way shape or form, but it was mine and it was full and I felt joy looking back even at the hardest times. With my birthday this week I am turning 57.  Egads when did I grow so old?  I told the kids t

'Black Knight' SOLD FROM THE BLOG... Thank you! 30 x 30  Oil on Canvas Contact me for commission work. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting:    REDS and BLACKS.  The youngest daughter asked why I had not painted a black horse. I really didn't think I was in the mood for this as I was leaning to a dapple gray myself... but the strong red background and I knew only a black steed could hold up against it. The Thought :  Abundance in food. Have you ever noticed in restaurants they always give you twice what you need to eat? It is not quite enough for two people to eat, but darn close. We went out to eat at Rockport off Preston and Forest . It used to be Main Stream, our favorite fish place to eat.  BUT now it is a Rockport Fish place.  Terry had Salmon and I had Maui Maui... we feasted on potatoes and fresh veggies too. The chef brought us out some sweet potato  things too and they were really really good.   Since it was my bi

'Hills 1' 18 x 27  Oil on Canvas Contact me for a commission painting. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting :  This is an oldie from 2007.  I am going to do a small series of color studies of similar paintings.   I did three that year. One was a commission painting that was 3 ft by 4 ft, one was this one 18 x 27 and one was I think 24 x 30 inches in size.   I hope to start on this today. The Thought : I am early up but late to blog so I am in my typical Monday Rush .  This is birthday week for me.  In my adult life it has always been a treasure to celebrate my birthday with my Dad.  We have birthdays next to each other.  In the past Mom would always do a family dinner and one cake would be there for the two of us.  Always was special being born the day before his birthday.  Last year I missed that day as when family traveled up to celebrate his birthday, the family minister went in my place instead because it seemed important th

'Pony Play' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting :  Oh what fun...lots of orange ....a color I rarely use, but it was fun pulling in the oranges and yellows to blend against the young ponies at play.  The manes are shorter as they are young, or I would have had them flying off the canvas.  If you want the painting and want flying manes, let me know and I can add them. The Thought : Treasures of the Heart.  What are the treasures of your heart?   I am compiling my book for next year... my heART book made up of 75-80 paintings and favorite blog messages and a few new thoughts on the way. I noted as I culled through my paintings I did not do many landscapes this year. We did not travel this summer and that usually has something to do with those.   I am painting a Montana scene right now so maybe that will be included. Treasures of the heart is a broad subject.   On

'Bubble Girl' 8 x 10 Watercolor on Aqua Board Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting : This is my first attempt at using Aqua Board with watercolors.  I am by trade and experience a commercial artist and illustrator.  BUT, it has been years since I have 'illustrated' anything.  So this is a first to try out this product. Before being the "Painter of Horses" I was the "Painter of Pears" and before that and for a very very long time, "Painter of Children and Women".   I am going to continue doing my horses as they are what I am known for internationally, but with this pull to go back...I believe it is time to see what I bring back to the table from the abstracted side. An interesting journey... The Thought :  As I dropped our daughter off at school on Friday morning and I was singing my way through the crowded turn circle lanes in front of the school, 

'Morning Haze Ponies' 36 x 36  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for a commissioned painting. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting:  The collector lives here in Dallas. She came by the studio with paint swatches and we spent an hour or more visiting. I felt like I had a good grasp on the color palette for her room and her personality as well.  Once I started working on it, I stayed up most of the night painting so I am rather sleepy this morning.  This was a two day painting of many hours.  Holbein Duo Oils of course and my signature style. The Thought :   My rose colored glasses keep me in a state of denial I am sure.   Denial of reality that surrounds us in life.  Sometimes I tell Terry those rose colored glasses were a gift from God. I believe we are all blesssed with unlimited good. There are seeds with in each of us waiting to be nurtured, watered and grown.  We are each abundantly blessed with a garden to grow and from our ga

'Dance of the Red Ponies' 18 x 27  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for commission work. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting:   This is a close up shot of this painting, just a piece of it.  This painting was varnished yesterday and I took a few close up shots of it.  I haven't painted much but will be starting some new things today...so right now you get a snap shot close up of the red ponies. The Thought : A shot at life...is the phrase that comes to mind.   Things that happen in our lives often determine our direction.  Unfortunately that is when we desperately come back to the Lord, seeking what ever it is that we need.  Why wait until things are so bad?   Of course as I reflect on those words I know the answer myself.  Life.  Life keeps us caught up running to catch up with the "next best thing".   The entire time the best thing is right inside of us waiting to be opened.  That would be our hearts.  We all wan

'Power of Three' 18 x 27  Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting:   A pull ... a pull with some favorite colors on THICK crisp white.  There is a movement with in these on the pure white that brings me to a musical movement as you would read music and perform it....in 3/4 time of course!  Named the Power of Three...can you guess why? The Thought :  I promised pumpkins and babies didn't I? Oma and Tink Reading   Bampa and Tink waiting for something to eat.     Pumpkin carving Promises are a special thing .  How often do you make promises in one day?  My mind echoes with the words, "I PROMISE I will do it today."   "I promise I will be there to pick you up." If you are like me, when someone uses those words you hesitate unless it is someone that has a trusted history with you.  A "carry through" history.  There