Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

'The Mighty' 30 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   Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards I decided to occasionally post a painting by another artist. This is by Colorado Artist Kimberly Conrad. Please enjoy....  Sky on Fire V Original Contemporary Abstract Landscape Skyscape Sunset Art By Abstract Kimberly Conrad Original 8x10 contemporary abstract landscape painting. This painting will fit a standard 8x10 frame, or may be matted and framed to a larger size. To purchase, contact Kimberly at kkconrad2@aol.com Visit her website: www.kimberlyconradfineart.com     In the quiet of this moment you are a peace.  In this short two moments, nothing can harm you. Breathe and know the God has you safe.  Relax the tension in your shoulders and arms.  Stretch your fingers and drop your hands in to your lap.  S...

'Krysta' 18 x 24  Watercolor on AquaBoard Gift for Krysta. Contact me for commissioned paintings. Laurie  On the Easel  © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Giclees on Canvas, Prints and Cards Today I have to share the story I got in my email from a Bible site online that I subscribed to advent emails for inspiration and preparation. This brought so much reflection to me yesterday when I read it... it was one of those aha moments in life where you get really quiet and realize the full essence of what you just read.  Enjoy my "The Parable of the Shopper Author unknown  From the Advent Emails from www.biblegateway.com . My feet were tired, my hands cold, my arms exhausted from the weight of the packages, and it was beginning to snow. The bus was late. I kept rearranging my packages, trying to hold them in a different way in order to give my poor arms a rest. I still remember tha...

'Soul Mates' 24 x 36  Mixed Medium on Canvas SOLD from a past posting. Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 **ADDING THIS TO MY BLOG LATE.... Message from Marine Corps League ~We are asking everyone to say a prayer for "Darkhorse" 3rd Battalion 5th Marines and their families. They are fighting it out in Afghanistan & they have lost 9 marines in 4 days. IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE the message spread if more could past it on. Semper Fi, God Bless America and God Bless the United States Marine Corps... Often Tested, Always Faithful, Brothers Forever    Claire FitzGerald, Chaplain Marine Corps League, Dept. of Washington** SNOPES finds it true. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/prayer/darkhorse.asp This is my DAY OFF... lol... I am painting all day and do not even want to be blogging this morning...so forgive me as I jump straight into my work. I have to write a second though remembering...

'Sunflower Progress' 36 x 36  Oil on Canvas SOLD COMMISSION Painting  Contact me for Commission Work. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website           I ran all day yesterday. Early Morning our power went out as the storm moved in.  It was after lunch before it went back on and so my day started late....very late.   We drove into Mt Pleasant and had a hot breakfast at IHOP and then to Lowe's to pick up a few things. Arriving back home just after noon, we had heat again...and lights of course.  Until you do with out you cannot appreciate what you have that is something so  simple.  Heat.  Going with out heat last spring in Dallas for over a week with temps in the low twenties was more than enough for me. I will not stay in a home with out heat again. That was horrible...like nightmare horrible.   Times in life are like that. Not everything is good ever...

'Large Sunflower in Progress' 36 x 36  Oil on Canvas SOLD COMMISSIONED PAINTING IN PROGRESS. Contact me for commission work. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website       We finished our angel tree shopping yesterday. We had chosen a seven year old girl to buy for and went to Old Navy for clothes and to Target for toys.  We love doing this every year.  T'is the season to be giving from the heart and your time to those that are in need. Terry had thrown out my wreath for the front door. SO, he took me to Hobby Lobby and helped pick out things to put together a new wreath for the front door.  He had bought a live tree for us to decorate and then hopefully plant after Christmas...but dad gum it looks like a Charlie Brown Tree. It is pretty pitiful.  We are going to address that this week.  He helped decorate the fireplace and move some things around for Christmas ...

'Hurried' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas Do not know who I painted this for, but it is available and can be shipped in the next week out for a holiday gift.  It is a palette knife painting with my well recognized colors and buttery paints. You can click on the close ups and see the work pretty well enlarged. Specially PRICED to sell for Christmas and newly painted. Email me if you are interested.   Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010   I left these higher resolution so you can click on them and see the paint close up. My Blog My Website     In church yesterday Pete preached on the word TRANSFORMING.  The childrens word just prior sampled out popcorn seeds...and how they change from a hard seed to a soft puffy piece of popcorn. They kids were studying Saul transforming and changing to Paul.   Pete spoke out of Mathew 24... and spoke about transforming and change...and always being prepa...

'Mountain Herd' 3 ft x 4 ft  Oil on Canvas SOLD Commissioned Painting for Ocean Prime opening in Denver, Colorado. Will be hanging in a private dining room. Contact me for commission work.  Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Website     We made our turkey yesterday and it was really good... and we now have our official LEFTOVERS!!! I worked on the sunflower yesterday and the guitars, but neither are finished.  This is a short Sunday blog because we are heading to church in a few moments. We got up late. Today is the first Sunday in Advent and preparation begins as we focus for the celebration ahead. I had received a note from a reader that made me tear up today. I wrote her last year "your life is already different"... and she shared that she kept that in her heart this past year and found power to begin healing. Your life is truly different every day and you are empowered to make changes ...

'Mountain Herd' 3 ft by 4 ft framed  Oil on Canvas   SOLD   Commissioned Painting in PROGRESS...watch for finished piece in the next few days. This painting is for a private dining room in the new Ocean Prime Restaurant opening in Denver near Christmas Time.  It was an honor to be commissioned for this painting.  I am about half way through the piece and it will go to Dallas to the Dutch Art Gallery for special framing and then crated and shipped by a top art handling company to arrive in Mile High City. Contact me for your own unique painted pony pull. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Thanksgiving is a day to remember in prayers and thoughts all of our blessings as well as the blessings of our country and it's beginnings.  It is celebrated in the US and Canada, as well as in Leiden in the Netherlands.  Many today call it Turkey Day.  Takes the roman...

'From Darkness to Light' 18 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD Commissioned Painting Contact me to commission a painting. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     The best part of Thanksgiving is the family gathering together and sharing a meal.  We had turkey at Stacey's house and she and Larry out did themselves again in their preparation of wonderful food. All of our kids were there and we only missed having my Mom there and our grandson Jonathan.  We actually kidnapped our granddaughter for the FIRST TIME...she is staying with us away from home.  First time for her, for mom and for dad.  Stace and Larry are going to get up with the early birds to hit the sales. Her best friend Shannon is going with them as well.  Meanwhile Bampa and Oma have the Tink.  On the long drive home we stopped at Steak and Shake and she had chicken strips and a vanilla malt...her first. ...

'Sunflower progress...' 18 x 24 Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for commission work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website         Thanksgiving!  A short blog as there is much to tend to in the kitchen.  I cannot believe the graciousness of our Lord in all He provides us on a daily basis in our lives.  No life is perfect. Every one faces change that brings smiles and tears.  I am thankful for a family that can rally together and care for each other in the good times and the bad times.   I am especially praying today for the troops across the seas.  I totally rips my heart to know so many fine young men and women are laying their lives on the line in foreign countries trying to bring a better place to people they do not even know.  I am praying for our nation's leaders and for all the world to find the peace that passes all understanding.  May your ...

'In Progress Sunflowers' 24 x 18  Oil on Canvas SOLD COMMISSIONED PAINTING IN PROGRESS Contact me to commission a painting. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website    WOOHOO... yesterday was a free day. I don't take many of those. Vicki picked me up and we drove to Longview and went to the mall.  WOOHOO... Mt Vernon is only a tiny northeast Texas town, but Longview has a mall, a Target, a Best Buy and many other familiar stores to us transplanted from Dallas. It was also only about 40 minutes to get there.  A bit better than the 90 minutes to Dallas.  Cannot wait to try out the Mexican Restaurant by the mall next trip with Terry. We spent three or four hours in Dillards as we shopped until we almost dropped.  I only have two things to return that did not go with a skirt I was dealing with... and as we made our way out of Dillards to the car, Vicki said, "WAIT, we have to go down...

'Evening Sunflowers' 24 x 18  Oil on Canvas SOLD COMMISSION PAINTING IN PROGRESS Contact me for commissioned work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     I did begin a painting today.  This is one of two sunflower pieces for a new collector in D.C.  You can watch it's progress. I promised a lesson here or there... so this one is a writing lesson. Artists must have imagination and feeling in order to create... so choose one of these and really write about it.  You can send it to me to post if you are brave! 1.  You are an eraser on the top of a pencil.  The third grader that has you in his hand is taking a math test.  Tell me about your next ten minutes.... as he removes you from his pencil bag all the way until the test is finished. 2. You are a blade of grass... it is early morning and the sun is just up. Describe how you feel...and then describe more ...

'Wind' 6 x 6  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Today I will paint.  After being gone I am ready to paint and the weather is warm here, which is odd.  We will have afternoons in the seventies for the next few days.   Watch for some small gems for gifts in the next few days and a few more FREE give aways. I was thinking about doing some different things on this blog as well.  I may start doing a few lessons sprinkled in here and there for artists or at home moms or home schooled kids. After teaching so many years I have a unique group of lesson plans I could share.  Let me know if you might be interested in this and if you are, I will start doing it.  Yesterday in church Pastor Pete spoke about Cain and Abel. When you just basically read the story in the bible it makes you wonder why God would just 'c...

'Rocky Mountain High' 24 x 30  Oil on Canvas Available At Mirada Fine Art Gallery, Denver CO Email Steve. Contact me for Commission Work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Website As we were driving back yesterday from St Louis to home, I was so tired I drifted off to sleep several times lulled by the motion and speed of the car.  The trip was pretty nice, but we started out early at six in the morning with our first destination STARBUCKS in a small town about an hour and a half down the road. We had decided that was breakfast as we each had a Starbuck OATMEAL and Terry had a mocha Grande.  The we were off into some pretty thick fog for the next two hours and the temps were still just above freezing. As we crossed the Oklahoma border suddenly it was 64 degrees outside and cloudy.  Lunch was at Braums in some small OK town. We had to stop because the roads were so choppy and bumpy it set off our ESP ...

'Portrait' 12 x 12 inches  Oil on Canvas SOLD Contact me for Commission work. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Just a short note this morning.  We are still in St Louis with family. We should be heading back to Texas soon.   Okay this did not post...so I am posting it now as we have just arrived home Sat evening. Keep in mind always there is Divine Order in our lives. Each event leads us to the next one in our lives on the path God has created for us. Each experience provides knowledge and gives us wisdom in our next experiences in life. Trust in His divine order in your life today.   Laurie   "Truly I direct my steps by all your precepts, ...the unfolding of your words give light."  Psalm 119:128,130

'Treasures by the Sea' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas SOLD Commissioned Painting  Contact me to paint your children for that special holiday gift. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Bless my husband Lord for his stable presence in my life.  Thank you for placing him at my side to do this journey.   We are safely in St Louis, actually just south of St Louis in Pacific Missouri.  St Louis is where my family is originally from. I was born here years ago.  Coming to this weekend to celebrate the life of my Aunt is bringing together the cousins that have been close from birth.  We are those 'stair step' cousins; we are all two years apart, well almost all of us.  My youngest brother arrived 11 years later, so he broke the cycle you might  say.   But being here has brought back even more memories, good memories.   Looking around the roo...

'Hurried' 24 x 36  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Short blog as we are set to travel. I may miss a day or two, but please come back to visit in a few days. I will try and at least blog when I can, but there will not be new artwork.  This painting I am still debating on if it is done or not. It is wanting a new home for the holidays and it is priced specially to be affordable.  Email me if you are pulled to it.   I may keep working on it.  I thought of the word UNEXPECTED after the phone call of my Aunt's death.  Life is filled with change, big and small. Some surprise happenings bring joy to us of good news, some bring sad news that brings us to tears. Each of these, happy or sad, bring not only change but the invitation to learn and grow from the happening. It is our reaction to the 'change' that determi...

'Exhausted' 24 x 24  Oil on Canvas Contact me to purchase by check or paypal. Laurie     © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Website   Thinking ahead to the Thanksgiving celebration next week, I remembered back to those previous dinners that I cooked, served, ate quickly, and cleaned up.  This is how I felt.  It is probably strange...even for me but I had the best fun sketching it out and painting it. We lost another dear family member this week. She has celebrated her 'continuation' day and is now with her mom and dad and her other cousins.  She leaves behind a family that will always celebrate her gentleness.  My aunt was special to all of us. She loved each of us dearly for who we were and was always ready with a hug or a 'good job'.    My memories are of breakfast pastries smeared with butter on top. It was not like they were not sweet enough as they were, but at her small kitch...

'Krysta Continues' Watercolor on Aqua Board  Contact me for commission work.  Laurie    © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website     Monday was a cloudy cool day. I told TP mid day it was a lazy day.  We were up at six thirty and drove into Winnsboro about 9. I had a hair appt and finally chopped off the long hair. I had to wait to cut my hair while Ken was shooting the video of my work.  Pictures later.   We left there and went to visit The Jersey Girls .  This is a dairy in Winnsboro. We sampled homemade yogurts , cheeses and fresh unpasteurized milk . Oh my gosh, it was all wonderful.  We came home with a sack full.  We did read up on the raw milk and really have to debate if we will use it all the time or not.  I have to check it for my lactose intolerance . From what I have read, usually it is the pasteurization that creates the problem with lactose and pasteuriz...

'Beginnings of Krysta' BIG aquaboard...not sure of the size and will have to measure... Watercolor on Aqua board. Contact me to commission a painting.  Still time before Christmas.  Laurie   © Laurie Justus Pace     Graphics One Design 2010 My Blog My Website   Go with the Flow.  I have to do it when I use watercolor .  Let go and let it flow.  Try not to be limited by the constraints of edges or specific colors.  I probably should do a Liz Hill workshop.  She is one of the best watercolorists in letting go to let it flow. Allowing energy and fluidity into a painting is often hard. An artist has this controlling side of wanting perfection.  Wrong of course.  It is not the end product but the journey.  I guess life should be that way as well.  Let go and let God.  Allow Him the room to work in your life, release the tight control you have over it.   When I paint I tend to cling to...