Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'Summer Pony' 24 x 12  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Painted Ponies      On Golden Pond Blog This is posting late because I hit the wrong date and it is Saturday today, but it is not August 1st. See what being retired does?  Better Late than Never...here is the blog I wrote early this morning. I posted it to publish at seven a.m. but on the wrong day. I am up and preparing for a major paint day today.  I am working on pieces for the Colorado Gallery.  My canvas shipment arrived late Thursday, but I wanted to play a bit yesterday and that I did.  Painting for fun is always very expressive and I usually like what comes out.... and that was Summer Pony above.  It is a new technique on canvas that I am exploring, and I hope you enjoy viewing as much as I enjoyed painting it. We went fishing yesterday morning.   We were on a pier next door to ou

'ONYX' 30 x 36  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for commission work. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies       On Golden Pond Blog NOW available... The first piece I did for this couple was this painting: After we were working along and I was going to layer more reds on top of this;   I told her I could not as this painting had a very definite personality in the turquoise and accent reds.  I felt we had to begin again.  So I did this week and finished the painting above in red that they absolutely love. SO this painting entitled "the Dance" is available.  Just email me with an offer; it is 30 x 30 and very thick paint with about 12 layers in some places.  Laurie  Tell me in the email you are interested in The Dance and I can send close up pictures.  Not sure at all where Thursday went . We were up early with a trip into town dropping the truck off at the body shop to have some things repa

Sketches Preparing for a painting always requires sketches... Contact me for commission work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Painted Ponies       On Golden Pond Blog Preparation is an important thing in life for almost everything. Spur of the moment is usually more like life is, but if you are preparing all along and have a good foundation, you are doing the needed prep work. The grass Terry and I planted is doing fabulously.  We dipped each square of grass in a big tub of fertilizer water of Miracle Grow before we placed it on the ground.  My back hurt for over a week as we laid 150 grass squares.  But this preparation has paid off to solid sod that looks as good as it feels.  The dog loves it. The snakes love it... we all love it. Good preparation. Preparation before we cook is important. We made his mother's meat loaf recipe again last night. Of course it always leaves me overfull...but it is

'HE LEADS THREE' 12 x 12 Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog Think to a time in life that you were so hurt and devastated and emotionally drained . What did you do?  If you were five years old and something happened in your life at that time that made you afraid, hurt and crying, what did you do back then? Most of us would have run to our mother or our father.   They were our protectors in life. They could fix anything in our little world and make it better.   I struggle in today's world with hurt, devastation and emotionally battles in several areas.  I buck up and try to be strong.  I make my lists.  I pray.  I work harder and harder.  It does not help.  I am totally in the wrong direction or I would not still be dealing with the issues. The Father wants us in His arms.   He is our protector. Only He can fix those

'Spilled fruit' 9 x 12  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies       On Golden Pond Blog Yesterday I learned to shoot a BB gun.  It was a first for me.  I am still startled that you can only load one BB at a time.  I guess I have watched too much TV where guns shoot repetitively and never run out of bullets.   It was actually fun. Terry made me a target and I shot for quite a while this morning.  It was empowering and it was only a BB gun. You are empowered today with a shove in an active direction... say it loudly... I CAN, I CAN... . In your heart you know what you can do; you know what you need to do but you are waiting on something or someone to push you forward.  With God all things are possible.  If you believe and His Divine Grace resides in your heart, YOU CAN. Stop living up to the expectations you labeled yourself with over the years.  You

'Morning's Journey' 18 x 24  Oil on Canvas COMMISSION SOLD This is painted similar to a piece I did back in 2004.  It is for a bride to give to her groom for their new home.  The couple lives in Colorado and will be married in early fall. Contact me for commission work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Painted Ponies       On Golden Pond Blog   When I was teaching art classes several years ago in Justin, Texas, I had a student that was very gifted.   She wasn't necessarily the best drawing student I ever had, but the child/young adult was gifted with color.  She saw and felt color in every thing and every one.   I did not realize until today there was a name for this,  Synesthesia.    She would win our student competition almost every year for best painting because she worked with color so naturally without anything being forced.   She saw people as colors, things as colors and associated mos

'Playing in Sunlight' 24 x 36  Acrylic on Canvas Playing in Sunlight For details click HERE . Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies       On Golden Pond Blog Usually when I am down I take that time to go right back up. (Ben says that all the time..." you can get glad just like you got sad. (or mad)."  You do that by counting your blessings.  Aunt Dorothy (Ben's sister) use to say if she could not sleep at night she would start with the letter A and say a prayer and bless every person she knew with a name that started with A. Then she would move to B and through the alphabet.  She never made it through with out falling asleep. She said often she would start at M and go forward just to cover new territory blessing her friends and family. This might be a good exercise to actually sit down and do to see how many folks you remember that are bl

'Sunflower Fountains' 30 x 40  Oil on Canvas Commission SOLD For details click HERE . Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Website                  On Golden Pond Blog This painting was completed over weeks and literally weeks with much layering .  Last night I finished the Collector Book that goes with it. It is a hardback book with pictures from the start to the finish of the painting as it is created.  Most collectors love the books as much as their paintings! I guess we are all collectors in some way or another.  Some folks collect coins; some collect books; some collect stamps.... and we could list things forever.  What makes collecting so important?  What do we seem to value in collecting things?  I am thankful for people who collect art. With out those collectors I would be doing something else. Terry says having your 'stuff' around you is a comforting thing.  As

'Meditation" 18 x 27  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for commission work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog I used to really enjoy the landscape palette knife paintings but I have not done many this year. May have to play around in paint this weekend. Here is one photo from the weekend... just for fun. I have not had time for a slide show as when you leave it takes twice as long to catch up when you are back. Tink loves music so we jammed together on Daddy's guitar. The beauty each day remind me of God's palette of colors bursting alive around me....this day, the most important because it is now today, the grace of Him given at this moment.   Laurie “But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”- Matthew 16:15-16

'Bow to the Night' 5 x 7 on Canvas Special pricing for summer clearance.  I have pictures of it framed at the gallery if you are interested in it with a frame.  Click HERE to see more. Contact me for details. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog We are just home from a short trip to Dallas/Ft Worth and hugging on all those special folks.   When we stopped at Paul's house for the gate opener (They had been taking care of Paddy)  we were told the mailbox fell down.  Vicky piped up, "You sure do get a lot of mail, more than we get for sure."  Amazon is here!    I laughed remembering I had ordered some books from Amazon before I left. In fact before we left I had order and received CS5 Adobe, a new tripod (The other one died), paint from my supply store, books from Amazon...two different orders, and canvas from California.  Still outstanding were two gifts I had order

'Balanced' 24 x 30  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog We have been visiting our daughter, son-in-law and our cherished grand-daughter for the past few days.  I had a melt down last weekend that required a break from routine, so we had an invite and we came. It has been so enjoyable reconnecting with her. She calls Terry BAMPA just as Jon called him and I have heard her utter OMA one time.  We were in the Justin Outlet store in Justin TX and Terry was looking at boots.  I was chasing Tink around the store.  She topped in front of those mirrors on the floor where you check out how good the boots look on your feet... and she plopped down to talk to the "baby" in the mirror.  Then she was up and running.  By the time I caught her, she was grinning.  She looked at me and said "Where's Bampa?"

'Rule of the White Stallion' 30 x 30  Oil on Canvas SOLD  Contact me for commission work. Laurie    © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Painted Ponies    On Golden Pond Blog   Formulating .... someone told me they were trying to formulate thoughts in their head for a meeting.   Isn't that where you make a plan?  God is chuckling.  How much time do you spend making those plans, formulating the ideas popping out of your head?   Take it a step further... How often have you heard the phrase, "the best laid plans of mice and men."?  Googling this you will find it was in a 1785 poem written by Robert Burns. The Poem was entitled,"To a Mouse, on Turning her Up in Her Nest with the Plough"   Here is the Standard English Translation of his Scottish poem: "Small, crafty, cowering, timorous little beast, O, what a panic is in your little breast! You need not start away so hasty With argumentative chat