Saturday, May 31, 2014

Blue Mist Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014

Blue Mist
 24 x 30  Oil on Canvas.

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This is a painting completed last year. It is indeed available on my website with close up shots, and if you love it and want to make an offer, please email me. It is in my top ten favorite list for the past two years.  I have the photos I took as I worked on this baby and was looking at them yesterday and thought... how did I do it?  It is the Holy Spirit working for sure through my hands.  I often feel I am on a journey without knowing the destination. Having to just sit back and not try to control is always the hardest thing for me. 


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Friday, May 30, 2014

Horse 45 Northern Exposure Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


  
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Northern Exposure
 Size: 8 x 10 inches     Oil on Canvas.

 Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

Color and contrast are the backbone of this fast moving pair or horses... to me they looked like they were flying across snow with a brilliant morning sun. Thoughts went to Alaska for some reason, hence the name Northern Exposure. Make sure you visit my available paintings and look at the close ups on this baby. The paint is really piled high in layers.

 Sometimes life is that way too! The tree we planted a few weeks ago has shed most of it's leaves. The arborist says watch and maybe new ones will sprout but I am dubious on this one. This tree looks pretty done.

 I imagine God spend time watching to see if we 'sprout' new leaves after our trials and temptations, or if we basically give up.  

 However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:   “‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.  What kind of house will you build for me? says the Lord.
   Or where will my resting place be?  Has not my hand made all these things?’ Acts 7:48-50

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A Texas Artist 

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Horse 44 Three Mares in the Pink of Things, Contemporary Horse Paintings by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


  
  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014

Horse 44 Three Mares in the Pink of Things
8 x 8 inches Oil on Canvas.


Yeah there is 'girl' talk going on here. I debated only a few seconds on this one because I absolutely fell in love with the structure of the horses as they appeared to the paint. The motion of palette knife strokes and blends. The painting is different. The Painting is NOT the same. This piece is for a 'strong of heart' person.

 Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail.  But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God. Acts 5: 38-39
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Horse 43 After the Storm by Texas Artist Laurie Pace, Contemporary Horse Paintings



  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014

Horse 43 After the Storm

 8 x 10 inches Oil on Canvas.
Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

Back in the studio after the Memorial Day Weekend. Terry has been helping me move things around so I can work better and enjoy the space. We hauled a lot of art things I was not using out and several cabinets.

 The result this morning was me going in and working on several small pieces for this week. I had a request for a small painting in the same strong colors of Rocky Mountain Sunrise from last week. This is it. My tiny reflective version of the piece. I hope you enjoy this small horse painting as much as I did painting it, with a smile on my face.

 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. Acts 20:24
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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Horse Painting 42 Herd of Painted Ponies by Texas Artist Laurie Pace



  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014

Horse Painting 42
Herd of Painted Ponies 
9 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas.

 Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

YUM... that is what I felt looking at this baby!  I love working with Carmel brown, now called Brown Pink. Never have found the 'pink' in it, but I love the color. So many small horses appeared in the background of this painting that it created a full herd. 

 Today is our wedding anniversary. Terry and I have been married forever... or it feels that way. When you have been with someone so long that your heart beats together and you know each other's mind as well as sensing the mood or thoughts... you know each other well. That would be 49 years of knowing each other.  A long time! 

 As I mentioned yesterday, we met in 1965. Seventh Grade, Lake Highlands Jr High School.


 Our bowling date ... we were not doing much bowling in 1966.


This was a 'party' at Candy Moser's house.  It was after the games... twister and spin the bottle. Gotta love those brown pants with orange polka dots. He has on a paisley shirt.... we were something else.


We laugh looking at this picture. We had to dress up.  Terry borrowed a suit coat from my dad with a tie, and I was in my mom's purple dress with her pearls. It was our engagement picture in Spring 1991.


Then from the wedding album in May 1991. 


All of our friends from high school were in our wedding in 1991.

We are blessed. Happy Anniversary dear Husband.


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Friday, May 23, 2014

Horse Painting 41 Sun Breaking through the Rain by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


  
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Horse Painting 41
Sun Breaking through the Rain
8 x 10 inches Oil on Canvas Panel.

 Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

Colors were fun in this painted pony.  I actually got stuck working on it with the ice green I was using. There are not many colors that work well with it but the final result was stunning in person. Not sure this photograph does it justice. 

 Our anniversary is this weekend coming up... still trying to decide what to do since he is all casted up and unable to do much with his right hand.  Morgan and Kelly have their anniversary this weekend as well.  I thought about dinner at the Classic Cafe in Roanoke.  We did that last year and had a wonderful time.  Cannot really travel well like Terry is right now.  More about our anniversary on Sunday... that is the special day.  My brain is in overdrive thinking of things to do to make it special.

This man has been an inspiration to me, allowing me to stop teaching full time and be an artist full time.  We dropped a full time teaching salary from our income and yes, it took about two years before I had enough coming in to make it back up.  That was back in 1998. I fell in love with him back in the fall of 1964... knew him the year before, but it took a year of knowing him to know he was the 'him' I wanted to spend my life with. We were in seventh grade.  We are still good friends with most of our 'group' from way back then and feel really blessed.  

 The God of peace be with you all. Romans 15:33

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Monday, May 19, 2014

Horse 40, Adventure by Texas Artist Laurie Pace


  
  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014

Horse 40 Adventure
8 x 8 inches Oil on Canvas.
Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

Every moment at the easel is an adventure. Some turn out better than others, but the best ones are the unexpected journeys where I do not try to control what is evolving on the surface.

 The painting that was up yesterday came out of a scraped canvas... this small energetic piece came from some of the same colors that were left on my palette.  Hence the name 'adventure'.

 May this day be an adventure for you.  Let Go and Let God.

 Was watching an episode of "Calling the Midwife" on PBS several weeks ago and in one of the scenes a man said, "My Mother taught me when something knocks at the front door, you open it up and it blows in... and then you open the back door and let it blow right on out."  That sent shivers down my legs and arms.  From that day forward, every time I am consumed with a negative thought, a malady or situation that seems overbearing, I close my eyes and think, 'Open the door"... as I fill my lungs with a deep breath..."Now open the back door and let it blow straight through"...and I let the deep breath blow emptying my lungs.  With it goes the situation.  I would lie if I said it works every time... because sometimes I seem to run back to 'the front door" to let it blow back in again. 

 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. Hebrews 6:10
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Horse 38 Under the Old Oak Tree by Texas Artist Laurie Pace



  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014

Horse 39 Under the Old Oak Tree
9 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas.
Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

The paint seem to travel in the left direction on this horse painting. The wrap of color in the purple on the left side was puzzling at first. There is a strong red pull diagonal through the painting. 

When I first started carving the horses out, I only had the two. But I knew quickly the purple was a tree and living in Texas it had to be a Burr Oak Tree. They love the climate here.  Then the second horse appeared and I took pictures and sent them through Photoshop.  It was empty but I saw the rump of the third horse in the background.  Back to the easel for the addition of the third pony.  The paint is seriously layered on this painting. The texture is amazing on it's own.  

 So think of this painting as a hot summer day in Texas with horses gathering around the old oak tree in the pasture. You now know the spirit of the painting. 
Terry and I are waiting for a delivery.  Not a new grandchild but a new tree for our front yard. The rains last week kept them from bringing it and planting it. Yes it is a Burr Oak. I seem to have trees and shade on my mind. The front porch heats up to 135 degrees in the afternoon sun and I am way done with that. We are putting up a natural shade barrier and I cannot wait for it to arrive.  Pictures will follow.
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.  Romans 8:14
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Monday, May 12, 2014

Horse Painting 38 Eclipse by Texas Artist Laurie Pace



  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014

Horse Painting 39 Eclipse
8 x 10 inches Oil on Canvas.
Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

Sometimes I wonder where things come from when I paint. Each time I pick up a brush or a knife it is with a prayer for the spirit to work through me in the painting. I certainly did not set out to paint and eclipse.

 I struggled wanting to scrape this canvas but there is something strong here between the horse and the sky and the eclipse. So this horse painting stands. It will either find a home through your heart, or be gifted later this year, but the tie to it, the spirit coming from it lives.

 Terry has been REALLY busy in the backyard.  I need to take pictures. While Dallas had a tornado and about 12 inches of rain last week, we had a measly quarter inch...but despite that the beans are peaking out of the ground in the garden and the carrots are sprouting. 

 Mother's Day brought lavender and day lilies to my backyard garden. My heart is filled with joy when I sit outside and see the progress he makes daily and I praise him for giving me such a beautiful place to mediate and pray. 

 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2

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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Summer Rains Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace




  
  © G.O.D. Laurie Justus Pace      Graphics One Design 2014

Summer Rains
9 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas.
Available Paintings by Laurie Pace 

Quiet colors, a bit off the beaten path for this artist, but really nice for a change. The muted violets and the soft yellow greens bring intrigue into the painting...and for some dissonance a bit of orange.

 We all have that in our lives you know... that dissonance... the part of us that flares out different from the core of who we are. Mine is the color red that 'flares' up in my life occasionally in clothes and now in the color of my car.  It is like the 'rebel' in me I guess. Red was my Dad's favorite color and when he was in his last year of life I bought my car, my red car, and it's name is Gerald after my dad.

  My kids are laughing if they are reading this.  My youngest told me at breakfast last Sunday that before I died he wanted a written confession of all the bad things I ever did because I am such a 'quiet' person that really tries to do good.  I told him I had a few major hiccups in life... ones I still regret this day but know that God has forgiven me.  I sin daily and I know all sins are equal in God's eyes...but there are these certain ones that I learned from and they passionately changed my life for the better...making me a better person. Do not think they are up for "sharing", but maybe they are... read the bible verse below from James.

 So even though dissonance sounds like 'rebel'... it does not have to be... it is simply part of the facet of who you are. Dissonance in a piece of art actually makes it stronger, so why would it not do that for us in our lives?

 James 5:13-16
Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.  

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A Texas Artist 

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