The Five Graces

10 February 2012

Night Descent from Snowy Mountain by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Night Descent from Snowy Mountain

by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

18 x 27 inches Oil on canvas

Thick palette knife build up of color and paint in this unique

horse painting capturing the descent of horses from the mountain top.

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07 January 2012

Horse in Snow by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Horse in Snow by Laurie Pace

24 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas

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Newly listed on CFAI.co

©Laurie Justus Pace Graphics One Design 1998 - 2012

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19 October 2011

Horse Painting GiveAway by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Horse of Color Giveaway

6 x 6 inches Acrylic on Canvas

Color abounds in this tiny Equine Art, the perfect stocking stuffer for Christmas.
Lets make this a giveaway. Email me and I will put your name into
a drawing and on Saturday Sept 25th I will announce the winner.
I will have Sheriff Paul pull the name out of the bowl.

Contact me to register to win. Laurie

©Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 1998-2011
Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie

Everything is a Blessing, Look for the Light.

There are times things look bleak.
There are times people get sick and die.
There are times you may lose your job or cannot pay a bill.
There are times your house may burn down.
There are times your spouse may leave you.

While it may be hard to believe, all of these things will result in blessings.

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Laurie

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01 October 2011

Haze Spirit Blue Horse Painting by A Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Haze Spirit Blue Horse

30 x 40 x 2 inches Acrylic on Canvas
Finished this beautiful horse painting today. I will put some close up of details for you below. This painting is available.

©Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 1998-2011
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On The Run at Sunrise?

Always on the run?

Always worried things are catching up to you and you have to run faster.

Early morning we start out on a slow pace...

Looking around and taking in our surroundings.

The sun has broken through with morning light and we are newly awakened to the day.

We begin our day and seem to fall right in line behind others, following their path and their way.

It may not even be the direction we are suppose to be traveling, but it seems safe, others are doing it too. We stay sheltered and hidden in the shadows hoping no one will single us out.

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Laurie

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06 September 2011

Horse Painting Splashing in the Rain by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

SPLASHING IN THE RAIN

Wishful thinking in the horse painting entitled Splashing in the Rain by Texas Artist Laurie Pace.

SOLD

18 x 24 Inches Oil on Canvas

©Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 1998-2011
Contact me for your own commissioned painting: Laurie

COMFORT in HIM

Life moves forward around us every single second. Those seconds make minutes and those add up to days, months and years. Moments can be filled with joy or sorrow, peace or chaos, but through it all despite discontentment or circumstance I must trust that God's hand is in everything. I have to turn to Him.

Truly making a day would be impossible with out His presence in our lives. Some days are harder than others when the situations involve those I love and I feel so helpless to meeting their needs. I have to remind myself, only God can meet those needs not me. In the depths of 'hell' the only source for good and light is the Father.

You will find if you can get to that place of relying on Him you will have balance in the moment and regain your ground. This works through times of discord and despair.

God brings harmony if you are listening and waiting on Him and through this you will find peace.

Laurie

" I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them and give them gladness for sorrow." Jeremiah 31:13

GALLERY LINKS

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05 September 2011

Red Poppy Painting by Texas "Grace" Artist Laurie Pace

Red Poppies

Small Flower Painting of Red Poppies

by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

Blending thick oils with her Palette knife, Pace adds several layers of paint to this vivid poppy painting. The contrast of greens in the background with deep red poppies are finished off with the mauve bowls holding the blooms.

9 x 12 inches Oil on Canvas

©Laurie Pace Graphics One Design 1998-2011
Contact me for your own commissioned painting
or to purchase this piece: Laurie

DRESS UP

We arrived at Tara and Justin's house last week and Tara brought out this special box. It was medium large in size and we were all inquisitive. As she pulled the box open out erupted beautiful fabrics in every imaginable color. It was memorizing just to witness the box opening. These rich fabrics were her collection of dance costumes over the years of dancing. After every performance her mother had carefully packed away the costume, collecting many years together in this one special box.

Lady L was in awe of the colors and the fabrics and she reached out, eyes sparkling with a growing smile across her face. Tara carefully pulled each one out and spread them across the floor as Lady L ran between them giggling try hard to make a choice of a favorite one to put on.

In this life we are often faced with decisions about things. That is where my dad would say, "Laurie, have you made your list of priorities?" Artist friend from Colorado, Armella Benton, reminded me of that this summer when I was struggling with health issues and the heat. Sometimes we have very limited choices and other times we are overcome with too many choices.

Finally Lady L choose a beautiful pink netted dress with white dots and black ribbon. ( I wish I could show you the whole picture... it is awesome.) She even managed to hold her dress up as she waltzed around the room dancing in this floaty puffy netting.

Choices we make in life usually affect deeper things. Sometimes our choices affect other people. Our negative choices often weigh heavily on those that love us, forcing them to make choices of their own creating a domino affect in a family. With every choice is a consequence and we must always consider what will follow with the decisions we make.

Brings back vivid memories of Sesame Street when they would run that story about 'IF I DO THIS...then this will happen, which will make this happen and then that will happen.' Maybe we need to think about things in a simple way like this... Make your list first and then a second list of the things that could happen from your initial decision.

Seems like in today's world the pressure is so intense we make hasty decisions often regretting them later in the day or even later in life. Too bad life is not as easy as Lady L sees it. It should be...God wants it to be. He wants us to live our life and be happy, NOT stressed.

I had to throw in a picture of my outdoor boots for a laugh.... quite a contrast from Lady L's precious pink... but it brings me back to what I wanted to blog about this morning. Dress Up or dress down with boots? Is it important to dress up to impress people with who we think we are? That is where I was going originally with this blog. What does your 'dress up' have to do with who you are?

James 2:2-4

New International Version (NIV)

"Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts"

Know a man/woman by their actions and their travels through life. We all leave a trail on this planet with our choices and our actions. How we 'Dress Up' our lives and our appearance means very little if we are dark of heart. Do not judge by appearance but judge by heart and actions. Those decisions you make today create changes in the future, basically echoing on forever.

Laurie

2 Kings 1:1 "And when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the LORD."