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Laura

Painting Plein Air

I'm an East Coast transplant who loves the ocean. The undulating Flint Hills of Kansas remind me of the sea. Some Sundays, my husband, Charlie and I head west on I-70 to parts unknown. We take a huge thermos of coffee, hunks of cheese and bread and apples, and search for perfect places to paint. I scout deep, creviced shadows, rolling hills and vast skies. One of the greatest challenges of Plein Air painting is that everything is always changing all the time. In these two paintings - on exhibit now at 80 Santa Fe Gallery - I've explored the transient feelings of thunder clouds rolling in and hills burnishing gold.

Plein Air

NOW ON EXHIBIT:

Storm Clouds Rolling Across the Hills

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24"

I painted 'Storm Clouds Rolling Across the Hills' somewhere along the Flint Hills Scenic Byway (177) south of Manhattan, KS, as a storm began rolling in.

80 Santa Fe Gallery

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NOW ON EXHIBIT:

Kansas Prairie

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24"

I painted 'Kansas Prairie' about 30 miles south of Alma, KS, as Charlie and I were meandering along country roads south of I-70, west into the Flint Hills.

80 Santa Fe Gallery

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It's the Little Things

ON EXHIBIT THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2024:

Breakfast for Dinner, Flashe acrylic on paper, 11" x 15" framed to 18" x 22"

Lamingtons Down Under, watercolor on paper, 9" x 12" framed to 12" x 15"

Paintings inspired by little life moments: Do you like breakfast for dinner? Adding a cosmo? Traveling to Australia...or, in the meantime...baking these little sweet cakes from down under?

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Passports

Students of Ngetta Girls' Primary School, Lira, Uganda

Inspired by my family's recent trip through Uganda with my daughter, Kate, who is serving with the Peace Corps.

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Rhythm and Hues Paintings

Morning Music Jazzercise Joy

Night Music in the City

Busking at Twilight

Inspired by music all around us, around me: Jazzercise class; symphony of city sounds at night; lone musician at the dimming of the day.

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My Art Story: Video Interview

Plein Air Painting in the Flint Hills

An East-Coaster through and through, now I'm a reluctant Mid-Westerner. The Kansas Flint Hills are like oceans of the prairie to me. Isolated. Undulating. Stunning in their raw beauty. Art is where you find it.

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  • Chester's Barn

    acrylic & watercolor on canvas, 18" x 24"

  • Alice's Clover

    watercolor on canvas, 8" x 8"

  • Angie's Venice

    acrylic on canvas, 20" x 30"

  • Birches for Tony

    acrylic & watercolor on paper, 9" x 12"

  • Rosy

    watercolor on paper, 8" x 10"

  • Lucy

    acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10"

  • Lisa's Poppy

    watercolor on paper, 9" x 12"

  • Ruby

    watercolor on paper, 9" x 12"

  • Cardinals

    acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"

  • Christopher, Joshua & Charlotte

    acrylic on canvas, 20" x 24"

  • Gabriel, Anson, Ethan & Miles

    acrylic on canvas, 20" x 24"

  • Virginia Barn for Gene

    watercolor on paper, 9" x 12"

  • Old Virginia Home

    watercolor on paper, 12" x 18"

  • New Smyrna Heron

    watercolor on paper, 9" x 12"

  • Order.Chaos

    acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10"

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