‘A Horse of Color’
18 x 27 inches
Oil on Canvas
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© Laurie Justus Pace Graphics One Design 2009
The Painting: Thick color and buttery paint with this oil on canvas. Sometimes you just love the play of contrast and the gillion colors you can come up with.
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‘Escape of the Carousel Ponies’
30 x 30 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
SOLD before it was even dry in the studio.
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The Painting: I painted this in two days with layering. The first day was Saturday as I placed two layers of drippy acrylics. Then on Sunday I began working on two Arabian horses that just were not working on the canvas and I wiped over the surface with more colors. By Sunday afternoon I began to see what was evolving was a playful scene and the two ponies looked like escaped horses from a carousel. Hence the name. My mom named them. She was helping me cover paintings for my two NY gallery openings on Sunday and I was working on this composition. She always has a good comment to make. I am trying to encourage her to take some painting workshops with me. I have never taken any as I teach them… but it might be fun.
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‘Playtime’
24 x 36 x 2 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
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The Painting: Frustration began this painting, but uniqueness finished it. I could not tell you the numbers of layers of paint on this one, but the weave of colors is unbelievable. There is no way for me to photograph what you actually see with this one. Liquetex Heavy Body Acrylics at their best. I am refraining from too many oils right now as the summer heat and humidity are so strong in Texas. 108 heat yesterday.
The Thought: Thaw Malin iii wrote on my Facebook yesterday. We are suppose to be on Vacation. Terry is spending it in front of his computer. I am a bit disappointed as it would have been nice to get away from this heat of 108. Thaw said there is a law that an artist paints better on vacation, so when there is a vacation…the artist must travel and paint. Not sure where it is written, so we have to call it the unwritten law of the artist.
Website, Laurie Justus Pace
Website, The Painted Pony
Blog, A Texas Contemporary Artist
Blog, Wonders of the Heart
Galleries:
Jackson, Wyoming – The Rare Gallery
Penn Yan, New York—Earthworks Art Gallery
The Village of Granville, Ohio—The Gillian Jones Gallery
Marble Falls, Texas – Patina of Marble Falls
Dallas, Texas—The Dutch Art Gallery
Atascadero, California – The Red Tree Gallery
El Dorado Hills, California—Our House Gallery
Hong Kong – SR Gallery
Erie, Colorado – The Daily Painters
Dallas,Texas – The Daily Painters of Texas
Centennial, Colorado—The Daily Painters Abstract
Dallas, Texas – Artists of Texas
Organizations:
WAOW, Associate Member Women Artist Out West
OPA, Associate Member Oil Painters of America
AWS, American Watercolor Society
The Five Graces, 5Graces
Ask Art, Blue Book of Artists
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“Party of Seven”
18 x 27 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
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“I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with Joy.” 2 Corinthians 7:4
The Painting: Golden Acrylics and Liquitex Acrylics were on the palette as I began this pull. 97 percent of my pulls are in Oil, so an acrylic one is rare. The paint does not respond in the same manner, but I am able to double up on my layers and the dimensional aspect of the subject.
The Thought: I’ve got the Joy Joy Joy Joy down in my heart….that is a line from a song I sang with my children as they were growing up.
What is joy to you? For my youngest son, joy should be every day having fun and living life. To my oldest son, joy is his buddies and time with that World Warfare game. To my daughter, joy seems to be getting everything done. Finding a completion in a job well done.
We all seem to have our own thoughts on Joy. Joy is a blink when considering the list above. Joy is a simple passing moment or feeling and it only surfaces for short times. It has to be “fed” to exist in their lives. Our daughter is most aware that there is joy in the fleeting sense with each completion of something, but in her heart she knows the lasting joy from knowing the Lord. She knows the suffering that comes with true joy. She and her husband lost their young son several years ago…but from that horrible loss came the sweetest joy as the two of them found their walk with the Lord. Enduring something like this, or thinking of Jesus dying on the cross moment by moment bleeding to death…it is amazing how it produces Joy. Losing a child is not fun. Enduring the cross was not fun. The joy is in living to the glory and praise of God.
Your experiences may bring a tough reality to your life. Stay centered with God and live as He would want you to live in accordance to His Will and His Plan. Joy is not more money, or more things…Joy is in the “being” and the “giving” to others. Experience the everlasting overflowing JOY of the Lord. It is this joy that will comfort you and give you strength.
Joyfully live for God today.
Laurie
“Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10
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“Reflections in the Wind”
24 x 36 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
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“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it.”- Matthew 16:25
The Painting: I worked on this one while Barbie was here painting with me in the studio. It began with two soft layers of Indian Yellow with some dripping. Then the sketching out of the horse and the strength seem to spread across the composition before I realized it. It is one of those paintings it is hard to walk away from.
The Thought: When we woke up this morning it felt good to have known I slept all night. It was such a small thing, but yesterday I was outside waiting for mom and the head construction crew man stopped to chat with me on the building next door. He was proud of his men and the job they were doing. I could not fault that in any way and complimented him on their ability to work together so smoothly and neatly. When he pressed forward to see what I thought of the addition I had to shake my head and say I didn’t like it. I explained the loss of light and nature for our contemporary home and how the very heart of it was starving for what was lost… he realized then the complexity of the situation. I shared my story of our new peeping “toms” as the two windows have full vision of our bedroom from above and they can watch us dress, undress etc etc. If I totally cover the window our bedroom is in darkness. (I do have three day blinds coming in about 10 days… seems ridiculous they are called that but it takes two weeks to get someone out.) I had leaned a nude painting on our dresser so at least they had something educational artwise to view. We visited a bit longer. He lives out in Parker north east of the metroplex and has land around him. I envy him. I miss the land and the privacy.
God bless this man, as he left yesterday, his crews covered BOTH of the offending windows so at least over the weekend we have had privacy.
As Terry and I talked about our “visceral” reaction to this choking effect on our home, we did stop and spend time visiting what we were to be learning from this situation. God puts so much before us that we walk by, often never gleaning something for our knowledge and wisdom base.
It sent us to the thought of priorities and direction for ourselves.
Everything that happens in our lives has a reason and a season and is there for us to progress further in our spiritual journey. When things confront us and we are dismayed, hurt, depressed, anxious, etc, that is when we need to STOP and climb out of that box or moment and breathe. We are where we are suppose to be… how do we need to change? What is most important, the having and being of that situation or the becoming as you climb out of it? We cannot grow with out our trials and temptations. With each occasion we are given the opportunity to take one step closer to Him.
Laurie
“Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour?’ No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.” John 12:27
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“Wild Flowers”
30 x 30 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
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“They met together to go and console and comfort him.” Job 2:11
The Painting: This is all acrylic. I started with a charcoal sketch of the horses and then I began to see shadows and colors. Cross Hatching the palette knife gave it a woven feeling and that is where I saw the flowers…wild flowers.
The Thought: Almost late for the day for me…busy catching up on email…
Reflecting on the bible verse above… and tying it into the painting is always a start for me. Where do you go or what do you seek when you are sad or in need? Sometimes a good walk will clear your head enough that you can get your brain back in balance.
We all need comfort in our lives. It is this part of living that happens to all of us, the feeling let down by someone or something in your life… the feeling that you want to run away or hide under the covers. Perhaps that instinct is not bad, the under the covers instinct. This is the time to take an inward journey to the core of your being. That is were you will find God.
That is where you will be aware of His great compassion and love for you. God will strengthen you and reassure you as you become uplifted by communing with Him.
When you realize that this source is never ending, you begin to realize you can comfort others around you. God gives you the gift of compassion and empathy to speak to others in need. He will give you the words to comfort them.
I am lifting you up today in my prayers, that each of you will find comfort to fill whatever hurt is there.
I have a visitor today to the studio. My high school friend Barbara is in visiting from Salt Lake City. This will be the third summer she has come to paint with me. She has a natural way with the brush and I cannot wait to see what will become of today and her painting.
Laurie
(He will find you ….)
“Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the LORD.” Jeremiah 23:34
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“Visions”
18 x 24 x 2 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
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“Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his vigor had not abated.” Deuteronomy 34:7
The Painting: I still have to finish up the eyes a bit…but I am almost finished. This is a good six layers of paint of more and three days of painting on and off. Even though it is small, it is well worked over. Staying with Acrylics for some reason, I am exploring the depth of what I can do with them. I think today I will play with watercolor layers and acrylic.
The Thought: IT’S FRIDAY! Do you get energized on Friday or relaxed for the weekend? For our family it is the middle of the week because of Terry’s Airline schedule and work. Our weekend is not until Mon/Tues.
It seems for most 9-5 work people, or stay at home moms, there is a Friday sense of relief or anticipation of the weekend. The two days off seem to offer an oasis in time. Hopefully on Sunday you honor the Lord in someway. Use the weekend coming up to spiritually nourish yourself. Pause often and take a quick 10 minutes to deep breath and relax. Affirm your being and feel the power of God filling your body with each breath.
Don’t over do on the yard work! More to come with pictures from our painting day yesterday.
Laurie
” ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.” Acts 2:17
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“Raw Equine”
30 x 30 inches Acrylic Overlays on Canvas
SOLD
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“Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ‘The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.’ For he thought, ‘There will be peace and security in my days.’” Isaiah 39:8
The Painting: I am only doing about three to four paintings a week now. Some of my “fill in” postings are from earlier years, but this one is a fresh new one and I only finished it last night. I Sold it today already. It is layers and layers of Acrylic overlays. Then a finish three layers of varnish to seal it. Unusual for me as the painting has a dark background, based in grays and blacks. Most likely very collectible because it is so different.
The Thought: Not sure at all why I chose black and grey as I began to work this canvas.
We all have times that bring us to our knees. There are always disturbing experiences in our lives. It is during those we need to seek a place the find peace. That place is with God. Just as when you are tense, you stop and inhale a deep lungful of air. Holding it you feel your lungs expand tightly…and then you begin to release the air slowly. These actions slow the rate of your heart and masses of oxygen spill out into your blood. You begin to feel a calming sense fill your mind and body as you begin to relax. Do it again and again and again as you begin to fill your inner self strengthen with God’s great peace.
Now you can go back to where you were and find kind words and actions of love to help others, including those involved in the disturbances. Lead the way and set the example.
This was from our trip to Whole Foods yesterday, Bampa and Tink in the produce section. Her daddy instructed her to check out the Mangos…and she did.
Later yesterday Grandpa Ben stopped by for some Tink time…
Laurie
“The LORD will keep you from all harm— He will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.” Psalm 121:7-8
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“The Power”
24 x 36 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
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“He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.’” Mark 5:34
The Painting: Rough overlays of Acrylic as this painting evolved through many hours yesterday and early this morning. It began as a horizontal painting with three horses running at a slight angled. From there it pushed into a single horse, fired with flare and energy.
The Thought:
“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option”
My daughter sent me this yesterday and even this morning I am staring at it reflectively. It is pretty deep when you think about it. Comes back to the “take care of yourself” issue that so many of us do not do, especially us mothers. God seems to gift us with the need to fix things for everyone around us. As we enable them we become their answer, or their option.
What would you like to do for you today? What is something you have dreamed of getting around to? Now is the moment to seize it and do it.
Laurie
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,” Ephesians 5:25-26
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“Betrayed” ©Lpace
30 x 30 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
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“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.” 1 Peter 5:9-10
The Painting: This is 30 x 30 Canvas and truly this size is one of my favorites to paint on. Terry hates boxing them! This painting looked totally different when it started. It was in all purples and blues with some yellow green… and look at it now. Learn more below in my story!
My Thought for the Day:
Last week must have been a weird moon week or something. I was on the Boards at Daily Painters and was reading a message from Micah Condon, the founder of Daily Painters about Maryanne Jacobson and one of her pieces. She had written about how the painting came to be and it had an emotional tug to it. It was about “seeing red” and “being hurt deeply” by someone you love close to you.
I felt such hurt and betrayal this week in my life. It literally shook the foundation of my soul like an earthquake. Something so small and yet so devastating. This was the first painting I did after the incident. I never saw red, I only felt emptiness, coldness and shock. When I took to the easel, I started with my favorite colors of purples and blues knowing they were soothing to me as I have been sorting things out in my head. My mom had spent the night as she still had no electricity after the storm… and I was painting when she came into the studio Saturday morning. I had a purple background and a blue and green horse going with white and gold mane flying everywhere. I stopped and cleaned up so I could do things with her getting her refrigerator cleaned out (3 days of no power is costly) and we made a visit to the grocery to buy new things. When I returned home, I stepped back and studied the horse…and it was empty. The head was bowed down as if in giving up or submission.
Then I realized survival is the only answer and moving forward is the only way to go. God has answers for me, but while I do not know not what they are, despite the emptiness, I have to live this day. So out came the greens, reds, yellows, violet blues and blacks. The horse became transposed by the action and thickness as the paint began to layer up and build. Earthy tones begin to mesh into horse flesh and out came this contrast of pose versus color….but the life and breath is there to carry on. I left the initial pose as it was. The horse’s head is down. It is a reminder to me of this time in my life and I am humbled to be held in God’s embrace as I gain back what I have lost.
Jesus was betrayed by someone close to Him. He knew the pain and the disappointment of the betrayal, but He also knew it would happen before it did. Why would anyone close to us, like Judas was to Jesus, betray us? Someone being close to you, having a trusted relationship should be a “safe” person that you entrust your vulnerabilities to. When you are betrayed by this person it can leave you speechless.
You have to step back and remove yourself from it if you can. Something had to step into their lives to change their priorities. They had to mentally make the decision to take the actions they took and by doing so, they denied the trust you had with them. Desires of the heart often do that to all of us at one time or another. We often think our actions are not harmful to others, but in truth they are. A small thing can change the world. Most likely Judas did not believe Jesus would be condemned to death…and did he do it for money or for showing of power?
We are all guilty of betraying people in our lives. Evil is in our world and we have to be careful not to be influenced by it. If our focus is on God, Satan cannot get into our hearts. The moment we turn our heads, even just to look, we are vulnerable to attack.
Your life is your life… look to God and live today.
Laurie
Post note: this verse came to me today… like I had never read it before. I hope it speaks to you as it did to me.
“No one takes my life from me. I give my life of my own free will. I have the authority to give my life, and I have the authority to take my life back again. This is what my Father ordered me to do.” John 10:18
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