Lois Baird
ARTIST STATEMENT:
A representational painter, both studio and plein air, my work is a collection of landscape, seascapes, and figurative oil paintings. My seascapes and landscapes are inspired by a love for the streams and lakes in Virginia and the coastal waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I have enjoyed the calmness and serenity painting has brought me. As an avid photographer and outdoor enthusiast, I was naturally drawn to plein air painting. I can often look at one of my finished plein air painting and remember the sounds of the rippling water, the warmth of the sun, and how the light and shadows danced while I painted. If my art can draw the viewer into the scene and create a similar feeling, then I consider it a successful painting.
I have traveled to Europe, and up and down the eastern seaboard of the U.S. painting plein air and taking photographs to use as inspiration for my studio paintings. In order to quench my passions for traveling and painting, I have attended numerous plein air workshops in France, England and Monhegan Island, Maine.
I currently live between Richmond and Fredericksburg, Virginia on the shores of beautiful Lake Anna, and part of the year on the Outer Banks, in Nags Head, North Carolina. My work can be seen on my website: http://loisbaird.com.
