Rain is a Wonder of the Heart by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

RAIN is one of my current Wonders of the Heart

The Texas drought is one of the worst in over 130 years. That is going back into Texas History pretty darn far.

We had over 80 days of temperatures in the triple digits. We are behind in rainfall for this year right at 30 inches and we were behind last year 18 inches.

Finally on Sunday night we had a cold front whip through and meet some rare gulf moisture and wham... God is giving... and we had an inch of rain.

God is good...and this is a treasure in our lives... a simple wonder of the heart.

Abstract Horse Painting by Texas 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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BIg Wolf Wildlife Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Justus Pace

Big Wolf

30 x 40 inches  Oil on Canvas

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        ©Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2011

He Follows You


I finished up this wolf painting yesterday and enjoyed the results of my labor. Terry complained that the eyes of the wolf followed him around the room. The best part was when Paddy came in and lowered himself in a stance and began growling at it.  I knew I was done then.  Those brilliant eyes... they seem to capture you and follow you where ever you go.


God follows you where ever you go as well.  His essence or spirit is with in you, abiding with in to empower you for God's good.  God knows what you will think before the thought even blooms in your head.  He knows what you need before you even realize it.  He does not really just follow you...rather He is leading you. You must be ready to follow Him.


This weekend is the wine festival and Mayfair Art show here in Mt Vernon.  I am suppose to be in town but waiting to see how Terry is feeling. He has a touch of bronchitis we think he caught from Lady L.  I wish I could share on my blog the video Stacey sent yesterday of Lady L. She was painting and she kept saying OMA PAINTS.... how can I love a grandchild so deeply?  Stacey says she is a pawprint of me... which makes me giggle because NONE of my three children are like me with art or music.  Morgan comes close, but not in the sense of the essence of I am art, Art I am....but Lady L does.  She loves piano, guitar and harp and painting and drawing.... Made me want to get in the car and drive two hours to paint with her.


May your weekend be filled with His abundant grace.


Laurie          

“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” - Romans 15:5-6

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Golden Cloud's Gathering colorful Horse Painting by Texas Equine Artist Laurie Pace

Golden Cloud's Gathering

30 x 40 inches  Oil on Canvas  

 Available...

Not sure if I am done...will decide in a day or two... 

this is another  painting for my show in Denver this summer. It is named after a very famous horse.  Do you know who Golden Cloud was?

This horse painting has countless layers of thick buttery paint applied with a palette knife. 

Available through Mirada Fine Art: Contact Steve 

$4800

      © Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2011
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Don't Give Them the Power

Somewhere someone is truly hurting over something from their past or from something recent.  We can be violated by words or actions. The hurt that ensues can be emotional as well as psychological. Actions of people stronger than we are seem to really damage us more and it is common to dwell on the situation with anger and depression feeling unworthy as well as hurt.

What you need to know is that person truly does not have power over you. They only have power over you if you allow them to. Do not give them that part of you. God made you and you are precious in His sight.  Bad things happen to all people and we have the responsibility to face what was, accept it and move forward in God's grace. Protect yourself if you are in a dangerous situation, move out of it. Do not stay in a situation that keeps you vulnerable.

After being hurt it is hard to move on...but you must and you must find forgiveness for the other person. Bitterness or fear keeps the power in their hands...and you want to get past it.  

Empower yourself with the Love of God.  Celebrate the beauty He created in you.  Give your thanks to Him and He in turn will empower you to face anything and everything.  The will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you.

Laurie        
 

“Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. “Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.” Luke 10:19-20

 

 

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Horse 2 Abstract Horse Painting, The Painted Ponies 2011 by Texas Artist Laurie Pace, Doubt, don't do it.

Horse Race 2 Spring 
Abstract Horse Painting, thick palette knife Holbein Duo Oils on Canvas.
Sold 
These small abstract horse Oils are highly popular and an easy way to pick up
something small but special and easy to hang and enjoy.

8 x 10 inches  Oil on Canvas  

   ©Laurie Pace   Graphics One Design 1998-2011 
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IF There is Doubt, Don't do it.

Terry and I were collapsed on the couch yesterday around four and Oprah was on when we switched on the tv to veg out to fresh baked Tilapia, summer squash, sweet potato fries, and a big salad. (Oh also a bowl of fresh cut up strawberries, apples and grapes)  We both worked hard all day... up till eight last night. I was washing sheets and preparing the guest room for the RETURN OF LADY L and her parents.  How cool is that?

She is a right handed painter and loves painting with me in the studio.

It was a rerun on Oprah from her trip down under to Australia and we enjoyed everything we saw on the journey.  Russell Crow had Oprah out on a sailboat and she asked him if the Oscar had changed his life.  He said it really did not as he did his job every day... just like anyone does and the Academy Awards truly had nothing to do with his job.  He told Oprah that she had affected his life dramatically and he always remembered her words, "If there is doubt, don't do it." Russell Crow applies this in his life even today.  Using that inner voice that you ALWAYS hear when it tells you to do or not to do. 


So I am sharing that with you today...if you are like me sometimes you get carried away with following others or following a dream you have that you need to do something.  Deep inside there is something nagging you but you ignore it. You want to control your life and you go in the direction you think is best despite that inner voice.


Listen... God is talking.. He is that inner voice.



Laurie        

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” - 1 John 1:9

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Sunflowers on my table by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'Sunflowers on My Table'

9 x 12  Oil on Canvas

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Well when I went to bed last night it was still snowing. I know we have over a foot on the ground and we were not suppose to even have an inch.  Go figure. 

Tonight is the formal Charity Ball in Mt Pleasant for Cypress Basin Hospice.  I am hoping it warms up enough to start melting the snow so we can drive there!  This will be revealed in a few hours I am sure.


I spoke with Selah Ranch yesterday and I am going to delay my workshop until May. I will have a confirmed date and syllabus out in about 7-10 days.  I am working in God's time with this. They had suggested I do it the first of April, but I never felt confident with that date. May feels better to me. Selah Ranch is an absolutely gorgeous retreat based on renewal, retreat and rest. That is what I want for every artist that attends. I also encourage husbands and friends to come along.  It is a vacation inside a workshop.  Candy, the owner is putting together a package where all meals will be included as well as snacks and drinks during your stay.  As soon as I get those figures from her and a date confirmed, I will have it posted on the blog on the side where you can click and down load a pdf with all the information on it.


Have you ever realized how when you are happy or excited about something that your joy reaches out and affects everyone around you? It is contagious. When you share happy times with friends and family you easily pass the joyful high on to anyone you meet over the next few days or even weeks.  This is my goal for the workshop. Make it your goal in life. Share the joy.

Laurie      

"Honor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place." 1 Chronicles 18:27

 

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HORSE 2 Equine Abstract Art Horse Painting Daily by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'Horse 2'

9 x 12 Acrylic on Canvas

SOLD 

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'Day Break' Equine Abstract Horse Oil Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'Day Break'

30 x 36 Oil on Canvas

 This is not quite done...but close. I will post it one more time later this week.  This is a commission painting.  It is SOLD.

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'Summer Grass' Horse grazing Oil Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'Summer Grass'

9 x 12  Oil on Canvas

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'Bowl of Flowers' Floral Flower Daily Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'Bowl of Flowers'

5 x 7 inches  Acrylic on Canvas

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'Tommy' Commissioned Equine Horse Contemporary Oil Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'Tommy'

24 x 24  Oil on Canvas

COMMISSIONED PAINTING SOLD

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'The Only One I Dream Of' Equine Abstract Horse Oil Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'The Only One I Dream Of'

30 x 30  Oil on Canvas

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'Call of the wild mustang' Abstract horse oil painting by Texas artist Laurie Pace

'Call of the Wild Mustang'

24 x 30  Oil on Canvas

AVAILABLE and in the new JUNE edition of Western ART Collector

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'White Peonies Blue Vase' Palette Knife Floral Oil Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'White Peonies Blue Vase'

9 x 12 inches  Oil on Canvas

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'Five Red Flowers' Abstract Flowers Floral Oil ART Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Justus Pace

'Five Red Flowers'

24 x 24  Oil on Canvas

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The Painting: This is an evolution painting... it went from a basic drip coat of acrylic to full blown over layering of oils pulls and chunking of thick thick oils.

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'The First Race of Spring' Equine Abstract Art Wild Mustangs Horse Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'The First Race of Spring'

24 x 36  Acrylic on Canvas

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The Trailing Horse on "First Race of Spring" Equine Art Wild Mustang Oil Painting Horses Racing by Texas Aritst Laurie Pace

The Trailing Horse on "First Race of Spring"

24 x 36  Oil on Canvas

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The Painting: This is the final horse that trails in the Painting on the Easel.  I love his colors and how he just emerges from the pulls of paint.

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'Red Tulips' Flower oil Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'Red Tulips'

16 x 20  Oil on Canvas

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'Call of the Wild Mustang' Equine Horse Art Oil Daily Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'The Call of the Wild Mustang'

24 x 30  Oil on Canvas

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'Collecting Shells' New York City Crystal Charity Ball Girls on the Beach Painting by Texas Artist Laurie Pace

'Collecting Shells'

30 x 40  Oil on Canvas


New York Crystal Charity Ball Donation for Auction.
Raising funds for Diabetes Research. 

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