Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Explosion of Color' 30 x 30  Oil on Canvas SOLD before I finished it. Thank you! Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting:  Well it went before I finished the last strokes on the canvas.  A contemporary paint pull in flowers.  It will be a while before it dries.... The Thought: I promised a show today and you will have one.   The joy of our 10th month old granddaughter that you know by the nickname of Tink, short for Tinkerbell. They will not be able to be at our family Christmas this year, so they came over last night for fish stew, Latka German Potato cakes, apple pie and cookies from ST Cafe in Dallas and Crystal's wonder sugar cookies! From my heart to your home.... here is our Tinkerbell and family! Togetherness with family and friends is important at the Christmas Season. While you look forward to them as much as I do, there are moments in meal preparation and wrap

'Spirit Blue' 20 x 30  Acrylic on Canvas SOLD READ BELOW about my the Feature Article and Picture of my artwork in Cowboys and Indians January 2010, an exclusive Southwest Magazine. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting : Not sure what the feeling was as I sketched this one out and then the horse became blue...It was not out of sadness, more out of peace... like you would be in meditation as the day begins. As always thick paint adorns the surface in my signature style. The Thought :  I knew a few months ago a reporter phoned me about my artwork saying she was writing an article for Cowboys and Indians. We visited on and off for a week and I sent images to her.  Well last night I was speaking with a collector from Wimberly Texas and she mentioned seeing my work in the newest edition of C&I.  Mind you it was already 9 pm...but I started up my little diesel  Passat  (She was not hap

'Golden Moment' 36 x 36  Acrylic on Canvas This is a HUGE painting... just available for the first time. I sold a similar one last August but had a NY show that wanted that piece...so I painted a second version of it and it just arrived back from New York and it is looking for a home.... Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting: Well I disclosed the history of this baby above. She is back in Texas at the Dutch Art Gallery and is for sale. Please let me know if you need a LARGE 36 x 36 painting in these stunning colors. The Thought: Yesterday was a teaching day for me so it was busy...so this morning after doing 30 minutes on the Wii, I think I am ready to go back to bed! I wrote earlier this week about walking with God...and the next thing I challenge you to do is to give Him all your worries and your cares. While you are talking with Him and praying, put it all out there for Him. When y

'Tom's New Roses' 20 x 24 inches  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting: Another oldie from 2005 that is sold. It was inspired by our friend Tom's beautiful back yard in Flower Mound Texas. The Thought:   Last night was quite a night... we began our march into Christmas.  We lit our candles on the advent wreath and discussed Joy and how we each interpreted it.  Then we feasted on home made beef vegetable soup with homemade organic cornbread. The soup was all organic too.  Thick rich tomato base with fresh asparagus, fresh snap green beans, fresh corn cut off the cobs, fresh cut up tomatoes, fresh onion, celery, orange bell pepper and carrots... then some wonderful center cut angus beef that Terry cut into one inch cubes, floured and sauted in olive oil.  We will eat this for days! Then came the fun. Crystal has never done Christmas cookies, icing and decorating

'Bow to the Sun' 5 x 7  Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting:  This is the second in the mini series I am doing.  Again a perfect stocking stuffer for your equine lover. The Thought:  With this season of advent I am challenging you to renew the SPIRIT and enrich your life.  Every year at the end of the year we all begin thinking about New Year's Resolutions.  I do not even want to go there.   Give some thought as to how you can renew the Spirit in your life.    You might think about praying a bit more and talking and walking with God.  Do it when you are not distracted...when things are calm. If the weather allows, try walking outside and surround yourself with God's creation. I guarantee you will be calmer and more rested when you are done. Yesterday I continued on with my calmness and my moment by moment talks with God.  Every single time I began to stress

'Night Run' 5 x 7  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting: This is a small one, a perfect stocking stuffer. Email me if you are interested. The Thought :  I had one of THOSE dreams last nigh t..the kind where you are falling and you wake suddenly.  It was only about two hours into my sleep cycle and very unusual for me to dream things like that. I googled it on the internet and was surprised by some of what I read and some I was not surprised by.  It said it was pretty common to have dreams like this when your life is undergoing changes and there is much outside stress you cannot control.  I remember writing about that last week, and how a friend from PA emailed me some thoughts that made me adjust my life.   The google info also said this was common for people to dream of falling if they were fighting for control with God.  Interesting.  The way it came down in the dr

'Horse of Strength' SOLD 18 x 24 Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting :  Another series thick Acrylic Painting that I absolutely loved painting . There is so much power in the paint and the spiritual side of this piece...it jumps off the wall at you. The Thought:  Yesterday I travel with my mom to visit my Dad .  I avoided the major freeways and we drove up through a direct street going north and took a risk and took off down another road just taking a guess to go east. We missed it one road too soon but veered off to the north and picked up the right road and traveled through some gorgeous Texas countryside.  Serious horse farms, hall bales and wonderful old farm houses just bursting with grazing cattle and gardens still producing for winter. I told my mom with all our travels each year from Dallas to St Louis , several times a year... I always wanted to take off down one

'Snow Play' 30 x 30  Oil on Canvas SOLD  Thank you! Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009   The Painting:   I took progressive shots of this painting. If you decide to offer for it and buy it, I will create a special collectors book to go with it.  Soft wide brush and Holbein Duo Oils. The Thought:     Okay you are going to see raw intimate details .... have you ever heard the expression you are what you eat?  Here is what is in my refrigerator: First shot inside my frig.  Three types of cheese from Whole Foods,  Cottage cheese (Lactose free) Celery, Olives, Carrots, butter, tortillas (Corn) Onions, etc Second shot inside my frig.  This one is harder to see Top shelf are eggs, Terry's buttermilk, two flavors of fat free yogart Stonyfield, Real Lemonaide (also Terry's) Second Shelf is lettuce, asparagus (fresh waiting to be cooked) Left over Carrots, Cantaloupe, leftover casserole, a

'Magnolias' 24 x 24 inches, Two Canvas,  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 Contact me direct for some special pricing on Large Sailboat paintings and some florals. .  The Painting : From the archives of 2005... and lives on the east coast.  Last night we had a second showing at the Dutch Art Gallery for the Artists of Texas. There was a good turn out of local artists and some wonderful neighborhood folks taking in all the gorgeous art. The Thought:  If you have ever been in therapy they teach you to find that special place to go to in your mind when you are relaxing and needing to find peace within your self. One of my favorite places to go is remembering a trip on our sailboat, which is a catamaran.  When we were skimming across the lake, I love to lay flat on the trampoline and watch the clouds or close my eyes and feel the movement over the water.  For me that is so relaxi

'Seven Paint Ponies' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting :  Yes, a new one... one of the pulled paints done in Acrylic paint.   Ready for a new home for Christmas. Email me with an offer:   Laurie The Thought: Love...my thoughts are rolling into the arena of love. When does love begin? Does it have a beginning?  God does not have a beginning or ending and His love for us is the same. No matter what we do to ourselves and our lives...God loves us unconditionally.  We tend to sink our selves and punish ourselves more than He ever could. God's heart was prepared for us before we were even created. His love is unchangeable. Can you imagine standing in a very warm shower enjoying it as the water pelts gently down on your back or face... and the water stays hot and never gets cold?  You could stand there 24 hours and the hot water would continue? OR that you coul

'Eyes of an Angel' 30 x 30 inches  Acrylic on Canvas SOLD just a day after it was finished this week! Thank you. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 PRE-NOTE:  I am in immediate search of a small white teddy bear with a pink tutu....please email me Laurie if you know of where I can find one.  THANKS! The Painting: This was started last week and finished this week .  Softness of white and tan countered with golds, Indian wheat, violet blues and periwinkle... all layered in this angelic composition. The Thought:   Well, Terry and I have continued with the puzzle .  He made the comment that he felt stupid at times sitting there twenty minutes with a puzzle piece in hand and it slips simply into a spot where he has been staring at.  The answer was there all the time... he was just looking to hard.   I have decided it has be done in the next two weeks so I can put it up for us to have Christmas eve

'Grazing in Snow' 18 x 24 inches  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2009 The Painting : From my archives.   Soft with the moment in winter when the wind stops and snow is piled high and even the cold does not feel cold....the horses are business as usual. The Thought : Our daughter is a junior in high school and taking all the PSAT testing etc.   We received a pamphlet in the mail from the school district, SAT PREP COURSE.  Raise your Score on teh SAT, Enroll in the RISD SAT Prep course. WHY?  In the past 10 years since we sent our last one to college, the SAT has become the highest law into getting into college. SAT, ACT, and lots of paranoid parents putting the students through prep courses wanting their son/daughter to get into the best college.  Why are we doing all of this? Why are we complicating our lives so much? WHY so much life prep in the wrong areas? More rules, more co