Abby Laux

Tag: landcapes

  • The Cedar

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    The corn field in front of our house has a lone cedar tree on its edge, and when the winter sun sets in the valley, one strip of sunlight illuminates it and the golden field right before dusk.  I started this painting at a workshop I taught at the French Lick Artisan Gallery this past…

  • Nightfall

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    While in Yosemite National Park, we watched the sun set from Glacier Point overlooking Half Dome.  As the light faded and the darkness became absolute, more and more stars appeared.  I had my camera set up and photographed the emerging stars.  To make this painting, I wanted to try the thick layers of  transparent medium again…

  • Meadow Creek

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        This is another painting from Yosemite National Park.  I tried a violet underpainting this time.  In an effort to become more efficient at starting paintings, I used a larger brush to block in colors within a couple of hours.  Details and reworking took considerable time after that though.  

  • Snow Creek

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     Snow Creek, 2014, oil, 36 x 48 in During an evening walk, my husband and I wandered up this small creek with exposed bedrock.  The setting sun warmed the snow with an orange glow, and the remaining beech leaves shone as if fragments of stained glass hung in the air.

  • Sycamores in Winter

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    This winter of polar vortexes, possibly a result of climate change, did lend itself to a couple outdoor snow studies.  I started this particular one while my husband, nieces, and nephews went sled riding down the hill on the right.  I was drawn to the crispness of light and how the reduction of hues in…

  • Yosemite Valley

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      This painting was the result of a trip to Yosemite National Park last summer.  Within the square canvas, I was striving for a circular  composition.  The dark green of the valley forest and the darker upper sky forms a ring around the lighter, cooler space between the granite cliffs.  It was challenging to create…

  • Cannon Beach

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    We visited our good friends, Kelly and Mike, last October in Portland, OR.  During the trip, Kerry and I took some hikes in Ecola State Park and along Cannon Beach.  It was a beautiful stretch of coast.  These are a couple of sketches I did on the hikes.      

  • Hobbit Hill

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    Another plein air painting on a hillside near my studio that my husband and I always joke is our own hobbit hill…

  • The Cove

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    Working to improve my efficiency with colors and values, I have been working on these smaller plein air paintings.  I want to be able to quickly and effectively give a sense of the space of a scene.

  • Stand

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    Here is another little plein air painting I completed this summer at Spring Mill State Park in Indiana.  It was a hot, humid, 90-degree day, hence the intensity of the light on the field behind this stand of trees.