Saturday, June 25, 2011

Abstract Horse Painting, Scattered to the Wind, Equine Art by Texas Contemporary Artist Laurie Pace

Scattered to the Wind

28 x 42 inches  Oil on Canvas  
      ©Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2011
Contact me to purchase. Laurie

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Painted with Holbein Duo Oils on a custom stretched canvas, this beautiful horse painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace is layered with color and infused with energy.
"Get Thee up into the high mountain." Isaiah 40:9
 
 
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Abstract Horse Painting Crossing Over, Commissioned Horse Art by Texas Contemporary Artist Laurie Pace, Crossing Over

Crossing Over
  Commission SOLD




24 x 36 inches  Oil on Canvas  Signature Painted Pony Pull by Laurie Pace

 
©Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2011


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CROSSING OVER

Sometimes there is a long bridge ahead in life.  The bridge is crossing over open deep gorges of things unknown that are lost in a dark mist.  The bridge is so long you cannot see the land on the other side, and yet you have no choice but to move forward and cross the bridge.  You are paralyzed in fear before you even begin with the first step.



How would you cross over?   Easy answer for me who does not like to drive. If it were a driving situation I typically hit a bridge and go fast fast fast....I figure if I go slow the anguish and fear have longer to take hold of me... so it is easier to take a deep cleansing breath and increase my speed to cross knowing full well God is right beside me in the process.


But what if the bridge is soooo long that you cannot do that? Whether by foot or by the use of transportation...it is a 5 mile bridge. 


In life there are always times and occurrences that loom before us like the unending bridge.  We have no insight as to what is on the other side of the bridge and the alternative route of climbing through the rocks below and wading through dark foreboding streams is not acceptable.  God has made it clear to us that our path is only on this bridge and it is only one way and there is no other choice left open to us.  Things are out of our control, yet GOD is not out of our grasp. He is right there.


He will walk you across that bridge. He will carry you across that bridge. The importance is your acceptance to give up control and have total faith in the upcoming journey. He wants you to view it as something with possibilities and keep your mind open while you listen for His directions in your life. Don't assume anything. Be still and know that He is God. He is your protector, your strength and your guide as you make this crossing over.



Laurie          

"He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
   I will be exalted among the nations,
   I will be exalted in the earth.”  Psalm 46:10

 
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Monday, June 13, 2011

Abstract Horse Painting by Texas Contemporary Artist Laurie Pace, ESCAPE

The Escape
18 x 27 inches of thick Holbein Duo Oils.

The gorgeous chunky contemporary horse painting brings together all 
the elements in nature blurred about the horses as they run.
I finished this painting too late to make the trip to Santa Fe so it is available from me right now.  Email me if you are interested.


      © Laurie Justus Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011

ESCAPE


Do you ever think about 'escaping' from a situation when you begin to feel uncomfortable or you are ready to NOT be there?  That could include relationships as well as situations.  Have you ever tried to escape yourself?


We all have our inadequacies.  We feel we are not good enough, or pretty or handsome enough, or our feet are too big or we are not good enough to snag that better job with more pay.  We limit ourselves all the time.   We measure social success and financial success and when we fall in the bottom it just reaffirms what we have felt.. that we are simply not good enough.  We seem to have this inborn sense of discontent of who we are and what our lack of gifts seems to be.  We may have the drive and the incentive to complete things but we never seem to see results that prove us to be worthy. This is the human condition of insecurity. NOBODY escapes this. Our self-centeredness keeps us focused inward on ourselves. Always it is our attempt to meet the needs of our ego. We become slaves to those needs and all of our energy is devote to what we feel we are missing in our lives.


ESCAPE... now is the time to re-frame this and begin your escape. It is time to say goodbye to the squirrel cage you are running.  The goodbye has to precede a hello. Are you ready to try it? You must say goodbye to your old habits and your old ways of thinking, your aversions and attractions, your egoism and your pride.  Don't forget your preconceived thoughts of failure as well as the years of conditioning based on fears and hopes. Time to say goodbye.  These are patterns of thinking and behavior that God does not want for us. Our human nature keeps us on that treadmill behavior. 


To escape you must be ready to say goodbye and recognize and admit to yourself you must stop thinking in this way.  Step back from situations and thoughts and look from the outside in. Stay detached and impartial if you can. As you begin to view your behavior patterns you will learn to accept them and heal with positive change. Insecurities will no longer hold you. You said your goodbyes.  Allow yourself to just be you...nothing else. JUST YOU. 



Now say hello to a new awareness and the beginning of a new relationship with yourself through God.  Keep everything based on peace and calm.  Praying to God and spending time speaking to Him is a positive way to relearn good thinking patterns. You are never alone if you are a believer. God is with you at every breath in everything you do.

Stop running.  God is the way.


Laurie        

“If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”” Luke 11:13 NIV
 
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Monday, June 6, 2011

Abstract Horse Painting Three of Color by Texas Equine Artist Laurie Pace

Three of Color
8 x 10 inches  Oil on Canvas  
Available through Mirada Fine Art. Contact Steve.
 

  © Laurie Justus Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2011  
        

“so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:17-19 NIV
 
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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Abstract Horse Painting Max and Lucky on the Cover of Horseback Magazine, June Edition by Texas Contemporary Artist Laurie Pace

Max and Lucky
Sold Commission Painting
Now on the Cover of Horseback Magazine!

Contact me for your personal painted pony! Laurie

4 feet by 4 feet  

 © Laurie Justus Pace    Graphics One Design 1998-2011

       

Arrival


It arrived today... June's edition of Horseback Magazine.  I have truly enjoyed working with the wonderful staff at Horseback this past month when they contacted me about using Max and Lucky on the cover.  Contemporary Fine Art International even ran a equine art ad in the magazine this month. This magazine has a huge readership at all the horse shows.  I love getting art out to horse lovers! It is a shared passion.

 





Watch next month for the July edition of American Art Collector, Southwest Art and Western Art Collector. There will be coverage on my summer show at Mirada Fine Art in Denver and lots of new dynamite paintings!


Keep the Faith.
 

Laurie          

“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV   


 
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