Laurie Pace - Fine Artist

     © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013 Reverence to the Sun 30 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas. SOLD  I get excited when the layering truly begins to define the horse and the spirit of the horse. The paints always mix together differently and the flow of energy varies with the climate outside the studio... God's influence always constant with every stroke of the knife. Spreading from the face through the powerful neck. The collector wanted defined muscles and movement with the stillness. I am not sure of the title, but this is what seems to feel like it fits, Reverence to the Sun. Sometimes the spirit just overtakes us in life and we burst forth with song or exclamations of thanks... Have you felt that this Holy Season? Usually I am breaking out in song and praising Him as I do. Even at the mall today with Lady L, choirs were performing Christmas carols and hymns and we were singing along. In a loud voice she exclaimed

   © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013 Day Two Commission Horse Painting 30 x 30  inches Oil on Canvas. SOLD  This day I began laying in the basic white layers on the body and could not wait to start the face. The Golden Rod Horse Painting had a hint of an eye but nothing truly there developed and the face seemed to be without expression.  Following the rhythm of the work to jazz tunes today, the face begins to take form on this commissioned horse painting. Friends from Kansas were visiting this past weekend and on Sunday morning at breakfast before church, we shared the lighting of our first advent candle. (Terry and I light one each morning and share out advent and bible study together)  Gary, who was visiting with his wife Ruby, was preparing to teach a Sunday School lesson on Mary and Elizabeth. I had bought Ruby and I the newest book by Liz Curtis Higgs " The Women of Christmas."  He had decided Saturday night

Just a quick update note... There are so many wonderful people in the drawings each day for the 12 Days of Christmas... I am going to offer a few more drawings coming soon. I will keep your names in the drawing if you were not a winner, so watch for some new pieces available for you to win.   © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013 Commissioned Painting for Collector  through Mirada Fine Art Denver  30 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas. SOLD  Golden Rod was a painting completed in 2012 for my opening show at Mirada Fine Art in Denver.  The painting sold the first week it was there. A collector saw images of it this fall and truly was in love with certain aspects of the painting, so I consented to paint one similar. I always worry about the spirit of a second horse painting, but after just adding the background here, I knew it was already an independent horse painting. My job will be to allow it to develop on it's own and not to loo

Just a quick update note... There are so many wonderful people in the drawings each day for the 12 Days of Christmas... I am going to offer a few more drawings coming soon. I will keep your names in the drawing if you were not a winner, so watch for some new pieces available for you to win.      © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013 Ponies on the Ridge 24 x 36 inches Mixed Media on Canvas.  Ooohh.. I do not know my direction today. This is where I left off but for me it is too defined... YET..there is a spiritual feel to the softness of this piece. The piling on of layers of experience and paper and color blend together to weave an interesting texture and style.  Today will be more experimenting on it. Part of me realizes I have to trust what is evolving and not wipe it out to try my own way.  “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the

Just a quick update note... There are so many wonderful people in the drawings each day for the 12 Days of Christmas... I am going to offer a few more drawings coming soon. I will keep your names in the drawing if you were not a winner, so watch for some new pieces available for you to win.   © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013 Ponies on the Ridge 24 x 36 inches Mixed Media on Canvas.   I started this painting several weeks ago and shared two images in progress. I am JUST now getting back to it and this would be the next image as I blocked in the horses with charcoal. Again if this does not work the painting evolves into something else. That is how man survives, if something isn't working, you have to evolve to live another day.  When you give birth to a child, you never know what lies ahead for them in their lives. You raise them up right and true and in His word. Sometimes you forget they are an individual person an

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013 Colors of Night  24 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas.  Email Here to Enter your name in the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways.  The final painting in the 12 Days of Christmas is The Colors of Night. This one is ready to hang and needs no frame, but you can frame it.  *This is our last day. Remember the final will be chosen AFTER two days because the blog comes out on one day but it is emailed the next to my subscribers, so there will always be a delay of one day.  *If you live out of the continental USA and you win, you must cover your shipping.  Just email me to be enter for the 12 Days of Christmas Give Away.  Enter just once for the full contest.  This has been an awesome 12 days sharing the art with you and finishing up sending out this last of the 12 paintings next week.   Sometimes we need a surprise in life that brings us a sense of comfort or excitement. I had it two weeks ago wh

     © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013 Hearing the Call  9 x 12 inches Acrylic on Canvas.   Email Here to Enter your name in the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways.  This is the third and last piece I did in front of the fire close to two weeks ago. Perhaps of the three it is my favorite because of the violet sky. I think it got the attention of the pony too. *Only one day left! Remember the winners will be chosen AFTER two days because the blog comes out on one day but it is emailed the next to my subscribers, so there will always be a delay of one day.  *If you live out of the continental USA and you win, you must cover your shipping.  Just email me to be enter for the 12 Days of Christmas Give Away.  Enter just once for the full contest.  Unplanned events can really ruffle our feathers and put a kink in our day and our lives.  An unplanned pregnancy with an unwed mother over 2000 years ago, really must of set min

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013 Patches 8 x 10 inches Acrylic on Canvas.   Email Here to Enter your name in the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways.  The tenth day painting is a summer horse painting from 2013.  I named it Patches because it basically looked like Patches. I think I was under the influence... of color. *Remember the winners will be chosen AFTER two days because the blog comes out on one day but it is emailed the next to my subscribers, so there will always be a delay of one day.  *If you live out of the continental USA and you win, you must cover your shipping.  Just email me to be enter for the 12 Days of Christmas Give Away.  Enter just once for the full contest.  Miracles happen every day. They surround us with their grace and light. If your eyes are not open, you cannot see them. If you heart is not open you cannot feel them.  After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five month

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013 Single Joy 9 x 12 inches Acrylic on Canvas.   Email Here to Enter your name in the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways.  The ninth day painting was another one painted 10 days ago in front of the fire. Perhaps that is how the sky ended up so red... it was warm and cozy and my dog was at my feet. Another 'fun' painting to unwind that weekend. Too cold to walk and too cold and wet to leave the house. *Remember the winners will be chosen AFTER two days because the blog comes out on one day but it is emailed the next to my subscribers, so there will always be a delay of one day.  *If you live out of the continental USA and you win, you must cover your shipping.  Just email me to be enter for the 12 Days of Christmas Give Away.  Enter just once for the full contest if you want to. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was lif

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013 Hesitation 9 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas.   Email Here to Enter your name in the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways.  The Eighth day painting is again another abstract horse painting.  This was in January of this year as we were preparing our house to go on the market. I finished some larger pieces for galleries and did a few small paintings for the daily blog.  The colors always sway me gently into this painting. Ready to slip into a frame. *Remember the winners will be chosen AFTER two days because the blog comes out on one day but it is emailed the next to my subscribers, so there will always be a delay of one day.  *If you live out of the continental USA and you win, you must cover your shipping.  Just email me to be enter for the 12 Days of Christmas Give Away.  Enter just once for the full contest.  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was G

  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2013 Sun Stretch  8 x 10 inches Oil on Canvas.  Email Here to Enter your name in the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways.  The seventh day painting is another abstract horse painting.  This was painted this past summer as well. I love the clarity in this painting, as well as the rich vibrant colors of the palette used. *Remember the winners will be chosen AFTER two days because the blog comes out on one day but it is emailed the next to my subscribers, so there will always be a delay of one day.  *If you live out of the continental USA and you win, you must cover your shipping.  Just email me to be enter for the 12 Days of Christmas Give Away.  Enter just once for the full contest.  As I chose the verse for the blog this day, I am using quite a few readings from Luke. Luke's writing is more detailed and less hurried than the other gospels. This might have been because Luke was a do