Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Splashing in the Rain' 18 x 24  Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  This painting is emotional Textured, thick acrylics with contrast and color exploding.. just as a horse running through puddles and rain. Terry and I watched Return to Snowy River last night..pretty darn cool watching those horses run. His pneumonia continues and his chest is still full and tight. We go back to the doctor on Thursday... his antibiotic only has one more day. The Thought:   Can you share the grace?  There are times you are in a "hugely" wonderful mood. Something positive has made you smile deep inside and you feel safe and content with the happenings.  It is so easy to say grace and thanks when it occurs. Those surprise blessings often come out of nowhere... but they are from somewhere, they are from God. This contentment was brought by the Spirit to bring you good and only

'The Heart of Texas' 3 ft by 4 ft   Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:   FINISHED!!!  The collector book has been ordered from LULU.com. It is a roughly 25 page hard backed book of the creation of this painting.  I will be varnishing this later this week and preparing it for shipment to Miss Jana. The Thought:   In my dream, he was standing beside me... my husband.  I am not sure what we were doing but we were working very hard and we were working together.  When I turned around I felt the Spirit surrounding me, but there was no one behind me.  As I turned back to the front...there was Jesus, working in front of us, preparing the way.    For the life of me I cannot remember what we were doing, but we were working hard moving branches and clearing a path. There are many forces in this world I would consider negative in nature, always popping up in situations when you leas

'Jana's Horses continued' 3 ft by 4 ft  Oil on Canvas Contact me for commission work. Laurie check out January Issue of Cowboys & Indians page 68.   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  It continues.... The Thought:  I have to share with you today a new Christian Author.   I just finished a book by her, not knowing anything about her, her background or how much she had written.  My favorite series is Liz Curtis Higgs Scottish Series. It is one of the best series I have read to date.  Terry ordered the book "The Frontiersman's Daughter" for me for Christmas. It was written by Laura Frantz .  It was one of those books that was written so well, you didn't know what would happen. It was not a milk toast book with only predictability, but a book that was written as people lived and breathed and reacted to life, not always making those right choices.   It was a book that was so good I savored it and enjoyed ever

'Jana's piece continued' Contact me for commission work. Laurie Check out the feature on my art work in Cowboys & Indians January 2010. © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  CONTINUED... The Thought:   Husband is very sick. He has pneumonia. We spent most of yesterday morning at the doctor (you know if you follow me on facebook.) and the final diagnosis was pneumonia. After several hours there and $128 worth of drugs, we hope that combined with dedicated prayer will get him back on his feet soon. I have been praying quite a bit over the past 24 hours as I watched him slide deeper into congestion and dry cough.   Praying is always the first thing I do.. if not I panic and that is not good.  The hardest part is the patience to wait and listen to wait I need to know.  It is only after this time is it time to take action. Praying yesterday and listening both to God and to Terry's wheezing in his chest ... I told him early ev

'SKETCH 1  Jana' Preparing..... Contact me to commission a painting. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  Preparation for a commission is always important to communicate between the collector and my brain.  This is the first step.  The Thought:  Prep work is important when you are starting a commission piece.  It is essential to make sure you and the client are on the same page when you are beginning a painting for their home.  I spent some time on the phone with this collector and she sent numerous emails with pictures of the room from all angles. I was honored she wanted my artwork among the many pieces she had hanging already. One of the most important pieces to the puzzle is the palette of colors that will be used. When you are planning a piece it makes a difference as to cool palette or warm palette  or even an analogous palette. The next few days I will be posting the steps of this painting as it progressed. It is actua

'Fayln in Ireland' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for commission work. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: This is another small piece of one of the little girls above in my header on the blog. The family went to Ireland this summer.... I love painting these little miniatures. The Thought;   I may have to be thoughtless today... no sleep, sick husband . He was up and down all night coughing, wheezing etc.  He has had a sore throat and I got meds from Northlake Health Food Store for that... but now the chest is involved. I started him on Mucenix ( I think I spelled that wrong) this morning at 5 am.   SOOO... not much in my head today, my eyes keep nodding off if I sit longer than 10 minutes. I am in prayer for the those in Haiti.  That includes all the support and relief groups dedicating their time and concern as well as those that have been on ground zero where the earthquake occurred.  The world seems so much smaller

'Heads Up' 18 x 24  Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: Another diamond in the rough. When I began this as a charcoal sketch on canvas, my mind had a direction already planned. As I painted it did not come together as I knew it would and I felt lost with it. I hung it on the wall...went away for a few days, came back and finished it.  This morning before blogging I took pictures and looked at them and realized I had finally captured the spirit I wanted, but not in the colors I thought it would be.  When I hung it up last night to finish drying for the second go round, I was thinking, who could I gift this to so I don't throw away the canvas.  But the moment I downloaded the camera...the presence was there and I was amazed. IT had been there all the time, I just could not see it because I had something else I was looking for that did not exist. The Thought :  What I

'Two Black Horses' 20 x 30  Acrylic on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  Something about a journey sinks in with this painting.  The roughness of the terrain beneath the hooves speaks of unpredictable ground;  the background also uncertain as to sky or mountains, leaving much up to the observer. I rather enjoyed my journey as I painted it. The Thought :  The painting reflects my thought as I realize how uncertain I am of the wheres and whys of both today and tomorrow.  The steady hand of the Lord in my life is what maintains my sanity. I have found myself falling asleep at night with my prayer beads in my hand .  Last night I looped it twice around my wrist and when I was jostled awake by Terry's snoring, I had them in hand and pulled them off. Circling around I begin praying using the ACTS method on the four groups of seven.  Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Suppl

'Four Black Horses 2' 36 x 48 inches (3ft by 4ft)   Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to commission a painting.  Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:   A celebration of life, a celebration of music and a painting led by the Spirit of New York Opera Writer Michael Dutka.   Listening to the cd of the opera while I painted and listening to the story of these dignified majestic black horses brought tears to my eyes and passion to my palette knife. I do not know if my painting is strong enough to capture the love these four black horses had for their princess. The Thought: First short note: The Tink was here yesterday.  Yes, I have pictures, but they are still on my camera so you will have to wait.   We took her to our favorite Mexican Restaurant and she loves Mexican food.  Four Generation Uncle Julio's on Lemon Ave in Dallas. My main thought goes with the opera story.  I think I shared it before, but you have to read through it a

'Stallion Power' 30 x 30  Acrylic Overlays on Canvas SOLD ALREADY! THANK YOU> Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting : It reminds me of lemonade on a hot day...but is is 8 degrees outside. Hummm, what is wrong with this picture. Wishful thinking? Wonderful overlays and drips and a sturdy strong horse. The Thought :  I was reading Psalm 27 this morning. This is another Psalm written by David.   It reminds me of something I need tacked inside my brain...when you have those unexpected panic attacks or someone is rage driving down the road and they cross your lane, or even when someone falls ill in your family.  That is when you need Psalm 27. " The Lord is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the stronghold of my life - of whom shall I be afraid.  When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fa

'Born of the Sun' 20 x 30  Acrylic Overlays on Canvas SOLD first day out! Thank you. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  Such expression when I work in values on the color wheel that adjoin each other. There is power in these warm colors...can you feel it working in the painting? The Thought:   I have a thought to give you to ponder... think right now of prosperity.  What really is prosperity?  There are times when you find yourself in a comfy couch or chair or even curled up in bed and you think for a second, "It can't get any better." And of course there are times you are very uncomfortable and you squirm around trying to be still or to relax and you just can't.   You are seeking the comfortable feeling and you can't get there. Sometimes I wonder if you can compare prosperity to this.  It is strictly point of view and not necessarily amount of money.  What

'Kyra and the Horse, Ireland ' 6 x 6 inches  Oil on Board Contact me to purchase by check or paypal or to commission a painting.  Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  This picture was sent to me by a collector in CT.  I love painting her kids; they are in the banner at the top of this blog.  This is not a good representational painting of Kyra but mainly capturing her with the horse... catching the feeling and the mood.  I want to do a large painting, maybe 8 x 10 or so of just her face with the horse.   I will be sprinkling these in as I do them.  The next may be a soccer girl... from a collector up north.  Wait and watch.... meanwhile remember to send me a picture if you have a good one for me to paint. The Thought :  Yesterday I spent time in Psalm 25 .   Do you know your Psalms pretty well?  The Lord is my Shepherd is the 23rd Psalm...then the 24th Psalm is a strong song followed by the 25th which I was led to read as I am