Abby Laux

Tag: painting

  • 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…

  • Green Tal landscape painting

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    In the words of travel writer Rick Steves,  “If Heaven isn’t what it’s cracked up to be, send me back to Gimmelwald.”  I spent four days in this area last summer hiking and sketching; it felt like an isolated paradise floating above the rest of the world.  One always had a sense of the height…