Abby Laux

Tag: oil

  • Resilient painting

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    This painting comes from a hike this past winter in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  The vividness of the moss in winter is so striking.  Much of the park was settled, logged and in threat of being clear cut before it was made a national park.  I love the idea that the trees have…

  • Plein air painting the yellow fields

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      Here I am participating in Dubois County Art Guild’s Plein Air Event in May.  I got third place in the quick draw-that painting is not shown because it sold and silly me forgot to take a photo first- and also third place in the Plein Air contest.  I always wanted to paint the bright…

  • Paintings from Shenandoah National Park Hike

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    These two paintings come from the same hike in Shenandoah National Park.  It was a misty, foggy morning so we did not get a view from the top, but there were some wonderfully moody and atmospheric settings.  I really liked the gnarly old trees and waist-deep ferns on this hike.

  • Shenandoah: Daughter of the Stars

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  • Cloudview

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    I am wrapping up this new painting I did for a pilot friend getting married this weekend.  I wanted to honor his hard work and determination in becoming a fighter pilot with the subject matter.  I also liked the light, soft whites for a wedding present.

  • The Wetlands

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    This is another quick little plein air painting I did near Patoka Lake Dam Saturday afternoon.  I exaggerated the orange of the cattail plants along the water’s edge to add a little interest to the otherwise very green scene.  The reflections in the water changed before I even got a quick blocking in of the…

  • Follow Me Here

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    I set up on a windy, rainy afternoon in a shelter house at Celestine Community Club to paint this little plein air piece. Because of the wind, I was thankful for my Take It Easel; it stayed put, and after using a bungee cord wrapped around the edges of my board, my canvas didn’t budge…

  • Plein Air Painting of Patoka

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    I have spent the last two days nonstop painting for a plein air contest in Jasper.  I set up yesterday morning at a boat ramp overlooking Patoka Lake.  The sun was rising behind this grouping of trees, silhouetting them and sending a beautiful dark reflection onto the lake.  I worked on a panel toned with…

  • Waterfall Sketch

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    I recently went hiking in Shenandoah National Park.  This waterfall was on a nine mile hike with nine waterfalls.  I did not have a chance to do any sketching on site because I was with a group, but I took many photographs. I did this quick study in the studio after returning.  I have been…

  • Beyond the Next Bend landscape painting

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    I stayed in Gimmelwald, a small village in the Swiss Alps, last summer with my husband.  We would get up early in the morning to hike up farther into the mountains on a trail that went straight up from our village.  At the top of a steeply inclined field, there was a bench that overlooked the…