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MIdnight Run, Horse Painting by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Midnight Run Sold   This was painted in 2009 in the fall.  I want to do a series similar to this approach. Using media thinner and acrylics the backwash with FLO was applied on the canvas. Then I used charcoal and sketched out the horse on the canvas and then begin adding layers of color with varnish in between.   Watch for something new this week along these lines.  Mixed Media on Canvas...    ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Light Leads the Way I was up early this morning at five a.m.  Paddy dog was rustling around. Terry has been down for two days with headaches and dizziness.  I believe it might be his glasses are the wrong prescription. We just picked up new ones last week. I love mine.  My sun glasses are in the picture. Obviously Terry's glasses are not correct. So at nine this morning I will be calling the eye clinic for a check appt to see if the new glasses are

Heart Painting by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Heart Painting 6 x 6 inches framed in a black contemporary frame.  Acrylic on Board. $135 includes shipping.    Contact me for your own commissioned painting  or to purchase this piece: Laurie       ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Building to a  Crescendo I marvel at God's greatness each daybreak as I wake to Terry starting his coffee or Paddy rustling around to wake us both up. The new brightness of this day and this moment and the many blessings that are surrounding me and God's love lifting me up from a good night's sleep. This morning I woke to the sound of Lady L's feet pattering in the hall and her loud whispers of "Bampa awake?" The reminder on this Friday in this second week of advent is accept God's direction in this day. In our self-reliant independence we often forget He truly knows what is best for us.  In our stubbornness it is easy to assert our way claiming control and what we define as

Texas Sunset Longhorn Painting by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Texas Sunset Longhorn   8 x 10 inches Solid Thick palette knife paint. Celebrate UT and Bevo with this unique palette knife painting  of a Texas longhorn herd.  Available at the Dutch Art Gallery in Dallas and I know  Pam has it framed and ready for Christmas. Contact Pam.     ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie        Third Week in Advent Begins Last week we prepared our hearts for grace. The third candle we light as we begin this week represents the spirit of joy. Paul's words, "the Lord is near..."  If you have candles with colors, the Joy candle is usually a rose colored.   The faith of Mary, Joseph and Elizabeth show us how they prepared the way for Jesus' life to begin. Faith and generosity overcoming  adversity and impossibility.  If your life situations are as upside down as mine are, it is time to let it be. These times in our lives

Child Portrait by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Second Birthday 2011 Lady L 5 x 7 inches Oil on Canvas       ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me for your own painting: Laurie       Threads of Family Too many memories to sort them all. Families are a basic weave of lives with different personalities. The fabric that comes from the weave is either strong with evenly spaced threads that are carefully threaded through evenly pulled and spaced.  Loosely woven threads create a weaker fabric. You never know with family. You don't choose them. You choose your friends but not your family. God seems to match us together ahead of time. It is how we interact and respond to each other that determines the weave in our family. We make those choices, not God.  Tomorrow would have been the 16th birthday of our Grandson Grant.  God took Grant from us about five years ago. As a special needs autistic child, he brought so much love to our family. You could never anticipate much or plan m

Texas, Land of the Longhorns, Longhorn Painting by a Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Texas, The Land of Longhorns 35 x 53 inches Oil on Canvas SOLD   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      St Nicholas was Here.... I shared on Facebook that my kids grew up different than most on the block.  Coming from a German family, we always had a visit from St. Nick on the evening of the 5th of December.  As children we hung our stockings awaiting the decision of St Nick if we had been naughty or nice. Mom filled the stocking with small presents, fruits and candy. Back in the 'old days' we did not really get expensive big gifts. So as my children were born we continued the tradition of St Nick. Christmas was reserved more for the spiritual aspect and all the wonderful happenings wrapped around our advent wreath morning and night followed up by Church and all of its Christmas pageants and Christmas Eve services. I know we did a small gift from Santa each year for our

Progress on Texas Land of the Longhorn Painting by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Progress on Texas, Land of the Longhorns 35 x 53 inches Oil on Canvas  Commissioned painting This is one of the background longhorns. The color palette on this longhorn painting is built around the UT colors and the feeling of BEVO. Can you tell?      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie   Looking Out the Window Each of us has inside something we are looking for or something we think we are missing in life. It is that 'object' or 'event' that if it just was resolved or if it just happened we could be happy.  We wait and wait on that to come to us...watching out the window for it to 'arrive'. This second week in advent would be the perfect time to turn away from that window of desire.  Talk to Him about it. Let Him know what is in your heart and mind and then let it go. As you pass through this day begin new ways of responding to challenging r

Progress Land of the Longhorns, Longhorn Painting by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Progress Land of the Longhorns 35 x 53 inches Oil on Canvas  Well the palette began to change with some additions of grey blues into the mix. I really like the contrast of this against the rich quinacridone oranges, but the buyer wants less of it... so I am in transition on this one, working out the blues waiting again for a color update from the decorator.      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011    Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      An Incredible Promise of things to come, are you ready? The holidays bring to mind a time of preparedness or getting ready. I am always amused by the stores that begin 'preparing' in October for Christmas.  Each year it seems to get earlier when you see all the teasing lights, wrapping and ribbons.  The colors trigger our minds to think of the holidays ahead and what we have to do to be ready. Either drag the tree down from the attic or plan on where you will purchase your live o

Progress Land of the Longhorns, Longhorn Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Progression Texas Land of the Longhorns Preparing the way for this painting seems timely with preparation of Advent for the birth of Jesus. This is the second, third and fourth layer of oils on top of the beginning acrylic layer of Indian yellows.  Wait as it develops and you will watch the building of layers over time creating a unique painting unlike any other in my Longhorn Series. Each is different with layerings and colors. 35 x 53 inches Oil on Canvas   ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie      Anticipation - Preparing the Heart In this second week of advent we begin to really anticipate the coming of the Christ Child. No matter what messes remain in our lives, it is time to look above to Him to be set free. If you still remain head down concentrating on things in the worldly existence, this week it is time to lift your face to God's light. It is shining all around you, but y

Prograss The Land of the Longhorns by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Progression on Commission Painting Texas, The Land of the Longhorns  This is the beginnings of the painted pull of this special longhorn. The base of the canvas is painted in gold tones acrylics but the overlay of paint is Holbein Oils. 35 x 53 inches Oil on Canvas     ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie       Let it Shine with Her Smile... Last night Terry and I went to visit close friends to help put up their ten foot Christmas tree. The Mrs. of the family had surgery recently and is still couch bound. The Mr. was not looking forward to the job as it had never in all their years of marriage fallen to him to decorate the tree. I was petrified I would put something in the wrong place as Mr. brought out a huge container about four feet in length and two feet wide and three feet tall.  He popped open the lid and behold inside was a bounty of ornaments gently laid and stored. If there

A New Man in Town Cowboy Painting by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

A New Man in Town I started this painting almost a year ago and just now got back to finish it. Cowboy Painting is the New Man in Town. 11 x 14 inches Oil on Panel      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011 Contact me for your own commissioned painting or to purchase this piece: Laurie       Beginnings and Expectations full of Grace and Truth In any relationship there are beginnings and expectations.  Most ignite with hope and excitement. Would it not be nice to wake each morning with that joy igniting your day? I have memories of when Terry and I fell in love... we talked about it last night. We met in 1963, but it was in 1964 that the relationship began. We were in eighth grade.  That first love is filled with new beginnings and expectations.  You literally cannot wait to see him every day.  Your emotions run wild from excitement to love, to worry and back again...but yet every day you wake in anticipation of seeing him.  As we grow o

Big Wolf Wildlife Painting by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Big Wolf This beautiful wolf is available at the Rare Gallery in Jackson Hole Wyoming. Contact Hollee if you are interested in bringing him to your home. 20 x 30 inches   Oil on Canvas      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting : Laurie        Memories of Christmas Past Our oldest grandson is closing in on 15 this next year. Not sure where the time has gone. We helped raise him in his younger years until about age 6 or 7. Every Christmas Terry and I love to pull out the family ornaments and reminiscence.   This little snowman was Jonathan's ornament that we kept to remind us of the Christmas' we spent together as family. I will be sharing some of our favorites with you this month.  The small one in back of the snowman is an old family ornament from the Pace household of the 60's.  We still have a box of ornaments missing as well as my Christmas wreath for the front door. Terry

Falling into Winter 2011 Horse Painting by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Progression on Falling into Winter Still debating done or not on this abstract Horse Painting. I am at the let it sit for a few days and see how it settles...so stay tuned. 24 x 30 inches  Oil on Canvas      ©Laurie Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011   Contact me for your own commissioned painting or  to purchase this piece: Laurie      With Dignity Alzheimers is a cruel disease. You read about it. You shudder not wanting to read about almost like you want to keep your distance from it in case it is 'catching'. When my father was diagnosed with it many years ago, we embraced it as it happened as a family, but did not realize the burden our mother carried as she tried to keep things 'normal'.  She has grown a great deal since those first years as it almost cost her own life caring for him. Over the past years we have read and implemented various things into the mix to deal with this disease as we watched it march through our f