Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Honey Horse' 30 x 30  Acrylic on Canvas Private Collection Contact me for commission work. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:  A commission painting where the eye of the horse captured the soul of the entire piece: The Thought:   Yesterday was a day of running and quiet and movies.  We did the traditional Target run and bought Tink clothes, my new summer paint clothes (Cheap t-shirts to fill with paint... at $6 a piece), a few magazine with flavors and colors and choices for the Mother of the Groom dresses, a CD for Mac, licorice for Terry and of course coffee from Starbucks.  Then off to Asel Art for Supplies.. egads $450 worth of paint and canvas.  Being an artist is very costly.  Terry ran next door to buy some fresh hot ciabatta bread and olive oil garlic dipping sauce and we headed home to make homemade tomato mushroom garlic sauce over wheat angel hair.  After we stuffed ourselves,  Mac and I began painting this afternoon. S

'Being a Princess' 11 x 14  Oil on Canvas Click for pricing: Available through the Dutch Art Gallery Dallas. Contact me for Commission Paintings. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  I am preparing for a show at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas and this is a piece for this show.  Little girls have dreams of being a princess. This is painted from a photograph shared by a collector and I fell in love with the soft look of the little girl.  This is a TINY painting for me at 11 x 14 inches so I am a bit out of practice painting so tiny....but I hope you will enjoy it. The Thought:    I have several things in mind this morning.   First, How well do you take criticism? I think I wrote about it earlier this month, but I am hitting it again. Sometimes there are folks that find fault in everything.   I often think they suffer from being what we call "Grumpy Pants" in our family.  Positive criticism helps us grow and learn from

'Grey Appy' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas Private Collection SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 This is Conni Togel...dear friend and fellow member of the International Group of Five, The Five Graces.  Click on the picture above and go to page 21... and enjoy my sister of the heART! The Painting:  Not sure this painting will stay as it is. BUT I worked on it yesterday and will probably reattack it today. The colors are dynamic and I do not think this picture does it justice. The soft patterns of an Appy with tinted greys and whites and woven in blues, golds, greens and mauves.  The Thought:  I hope you have time to click on Conni's magazine article above. You have to go to page 21 to start reading her story and realize the great joy she brings to many people with her gift of art.  Her gift to us is not just with her artistic ability but also to her joyful view of life and how the world turns. I

'A Girl's Best Friend' 16 x 20  Oil on Canvas Click below for purchase information: The Dutch Art Gallery Woman's Show Contact me for commission work. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: I finished this painting adding in the dark shadows that were lacking in the first image shot I took of this.  Again it will be at the Dutch Art Gallery for the upcoming show.     Western Art Collectors  April Edition The State of Art in Texas. The Artists of Texas  www.artistsoftexas.org The Thought :  Everything we read in life leaves some type of impression on us .  Heck, everything we watch leaves some time of impression on us as well.   In times past the written word was something special shared to pass down between generations, often stories and parts of history keeping alive through the sharing of the written word from family to family. The legacy of the past written in hand word by word is something cherished. Do you realize most

'Hints of Picasso' 24 x 18  Oil on Canvas Private Collection SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010    Mak is here painting for the week.  Sunflowers tonight. The Painting :  Fun with colors again and this one zings.   The free looseness of color and brush ring out expressively. The Thought:    I remember in childhood days for running free or riding my bike as hard as I could, feeling free and able to race the wind.  Then there was the day I was in my head in that "free" zone that I literally ran my bike into a parked car bumper from the bike side.  I bounced off pretty darn hard a bit dazed.  My front fender was bent on my bike and my knee had jammed tightly, but I was able to jump back on and ride the rest of the way home. I think we get there in life too.   We are cruising along feeling like the top of the world and WHAM...something happens that throws us into a tail spin.   You

'Pretty in Pink' 10 x 10  Oil on Canvas Private Collection SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting :  I debated whether to put this one up. The colors are so intense and this doesn't show it properly.  I may post it again later once I get a good picture in good light. The Thought :  When I take a photo of a painting, the light matters. As an artist I do not have all the photography equipment that would make it nice, so I do what Peter Togel, husband of Conni Togel, www.Charisma-art.com taught me to do.  Simply take it in natural light.  The picture above was in the studio at 10 at night.. not good light.   I began to think about that and with the "light" being the most important element to viewing the painting at its best... that would be true in life with all situations .   View them in the "best light". That light of course is God's light.  With the worst of

'Color of Two Painted Ponies' 24 x 30  Oil on Canvas   Private Collection Contact me for commission work Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: I began layer on this last week.  I saw flowers in pots and ladies dancing, but most of my buyers look for my equine art...so last night I began working to find the painted ponies... voila here they are.  I truly enjoy the movement of colors in this new signature style and so far it has been exceedingly popular. The Thought : Movement. When I think of motion and movement I instantly think of the world around me.   When you live in the city of Dallas, there is CONSTANT movement of people, cars, airplanes, dogs, cats, birds, etc.  There is absolutely never a quiet still moment. In the city it cannot be.  In the country you face less people induced noise, but definitely nature at her loudest... birds, crickets, wolves, dogs, water and stillness. I believe the loudest movement is in the pure still

'The Original Trigger' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 I do not know why when I clicked SUBMIT this morning, it did not submit!  Better late than never. The Painting:  THICK oil with the palette Knife.  This is a favorite in my home, but now available for purchase.  I will be sending it on to a gallery in the next few weeks...so if you like it, email me now. The Thought:   The trigger finger... Terry has been teaching me to shoot a gun over the past year, altho I have not pulled a trigger in about 7 months...I hope to shoot again and learn more. I did not like shooting at the range because of the noise level. It was deafening. I look forward to starting back up again in the country. Triggers ... what are triggers in your life?  What are those things that cause an immediate reaction in your temperament or demeanor?  There is something for all of us, that triggers an emotio

'Rain in the East' 20 x 20  Oil on Canvas Private collection Ohio Contact me for commission work. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010  The Painting:  A play on color values of blues and turquoise. Then add fun fillies to the mix and you have Rain in the East.  It was a rainy morning yesterday and that inspired this painting. The Thought:   Appearances are deceiving.   I was surprised to hear a friend of almost 18 years say something that surprised me to the point of thinking "what'?  Relationships always seem to require a give and take on both parties. If balances are not maintained then the relationship fails.  Time and experience is what normally strengthens relationships.  The more time thrown into the mix, the stronger the feelings... feelings of love or feelings of distrust.  Time proves all with people in our lives.  Terry and I have to reflect and pray about something in our lives over the next 24 hours.   It is something that af

'A Girl's Best Friend' 16 x 20  Oil on Canvas The Dutch Art Gallery "Who Does She Think She Is" Women Finding Their Voice Show Opens April 9th and Run through April 15th Contact the Dutch Art Gallery for Pricing on "A Girls Best Friend" by Laurie Pace  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:   Well, it is not quite done, but I am posting it since it is 90% at this point.  It will be at the show in April so if you are interested,... now is the time to contact Pam to purchase it so it is marked SOLD as the show opens!  She does the absolute best custom framing in the southwest... and a Berle wood frame would look stunning on this painting. The Thought:    A Girl's Best Friend... that is an open statement .  I remember lying in bed this morning praying so hard begging God to hear my frustrations and supplications...as I recalled all the greatness in Him. He is the Problem Solver. He is the Father that watches over.

'Rights of Spring' 20 x 30  Oil on Canvas Contact Steve at the Mirada Fine Art Gallery, Colorado.  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting:   Gorgeous Color in thick buttery oils in my signature style... available through Mirada Fine Art Gallery. The Thought:   Facets of light sparkle in our lives through out the day . We are usually too busy to notice the beauty of the prisms charging the air.  The light shoots through the glass and shoots color in every direction breaking the solitude around us... and still we ignore the beauty before us. When I paint like this, I love capturing the colors in the air making up the horses. This painting will be shipping to Mirada next week for the April 3rd show. May your day be filled with the light and color of our Father. Laurie "So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory ."--Psalm 63:2

'Appy Spring Storm' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas PRIVATE COLLECTION Contact me for commission work. Laurie  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 The Painting: Fun with an Appaloosa... color and striking compliments.  Gorgeous Oil Painting on Stretched. The Thought:  Spots...I guess we all have them. We have rough spots, smooth spots and colorful spots...both on our bodies and in our lives.   Crystal always tells me that the brains of the appaloosa and the dalmatian are similar and lacking some genetic powers of smart...but I find that hard to believe. I have never tried to look it up... but I know they both have powerful spots. When I paint my Appy's I love having fun with my colors and blending to create that fresh look of spontaneity.  Our 'spots' in life are the things that keep our life from being smooth all the time.  They can be bright spots or dismal spots. They are often unplanned spots of things we could not predict happening to us in our