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Landscape Sketches Oil Paintings Paintings in Progress

The Coast

Oil painting by Abby Laux of coast of Cannon Beach
Abby Laux, “The Coast”, 2014, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in

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Cannon Beach

 

Last fall we visited some friends on the West Coast and took a day to relax at the beach.  I did a small sketch on location, reveling in the geometric forms of the rocks.  This spring I painted this  little blue painting from photographs I took that day.  I really enjoyed getting to paint the huge expanse of sky.  Where I live is all hills and trees, and I do not often get to see the colors of the sky as it meets the horizon.

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Landscape Sketches Pen and Ink drawing

Cannon Beach

Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach pen and ink Oct 17, 2013 8″x6″
Ecola State Park  pen and ink Oct 17, 2013  8"x6"
Ecola State Park pen and ink Oct 17, 2013 8″x6″

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.