Lois Virginia Babb Artworks Gallery

• King of the Yard

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20 x 1”

• Hydrangeas In Turquoise Jardinierej

  Oil, Panel, 24 x 24 x 1/2

• Mandevilla in Red Vase

  Oil, Panel, 18 x 14. Mandevilla in Red Vase was painted from life. I have enjoyed growing this favorite summer flower for some years. I suppose it's a natural progression that I would paint it. I've painted other flower…

• Still Life with Sunflowers in Picture

  Panel, 12” x 9”

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• Gathered Lilacs with Lemon and Fruit Jar

  Panel, 18 x 24 x 1/2”

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• Buffalo Mountain, Blue Ridge Parkway

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10. Buffalo Mountain is a dominant presence in Floyd Co. Virginia’s landscape. I remember the mountain making an impression even as a child. It’s presence plays heavily in local history and folklore. I h…

• Spring Bouquet in Welles Pot

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18. It was such a joy to paint these azaleas and snowballs freshly picked from my cottage’s yard. The snowballs were a small fragile slip taken from a beautiful tree in my son’s yard. I nurtured the pla…

• The Hueber Farm - Nestled by the Blue Ridge

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 16. This plein air was painted while sharing an afternoon of painting with my Blue Ridge Plein Air Painting friends. The scene, from my neighbors driveway, is viewing The Peaks of Otter on the Blue Ridge…

• Tree on Hillside - Plein Air, The Blue Ridge Parkway

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10. Tree on Hillside was painted from the Peaks of Otter Lodge grounds on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia. There is so much to paint up there. Sometimes it’s hard to settle down. Generally artists, in…

• Summer Festival - The Blue Ridge Parkway

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12. Musicians and listeners enjoying a Sunday Afternoon of music along the Blue Ridge Parkway beside Abbot Lake At The Peaks of Otter Lodge Autumn Festival. I live near the Parkway and have often seen mu…

• Last Breath of Summer

  Oil, 8 x 10. My roses were the last flowers to go this year. I especially appreciated them as all summer I had a frightful battle with Beatles. When the frost took the rest of my flowers, it also took the Beatles and th…

• Times Gone Past

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 18. This painting began as a plain air in early spring. I consider my subject to be the light and not the cabin. This cabin is located at the Peaks of Otter Winery. And Johnson’s Orchard in Bedford Co,…

• Sunflowers

  Oil, 12 x 16

• Outer Banks Day

  Oil, Panel, 5 x 7 x panel

• Peonies in Raku Pot

  Oil, 20 x 24

• The Family Tree

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• The Crossing

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 18

• Land Between Two Hills plein air

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 14. This Plein Air Painting won Judges Choice - Honorable Mention at the 2017 Bath Co. Art Show It was painted at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Gross's Orchard

• Wild Lavender

  Oil, 16 x 20. I have created a number of paintings from the Provence in France. This is the latest of a series where I am beginning to simplify the landscape. It was chosen to be the featured painting by Liberty Univers…

• The Happiness Jar

  Oil, 12 x 16

• A Brighter Day

  Oil, 18 x 24

• Life Along the Seine, Les Andelys, France

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 24. One of my favorite Fench villages is Les Andelys. This studio piece took a long time to complete. AS I stood by the Seine River painting several plein air pieces, I kept looking at this scene and kn…

• Summer Blues

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 30

• Sea of Lavender

  Oil, 24 x 30

• Spring Run

  Oil, 18 x 24

• Gorges du Tarn, Provence 24x30

  Oil, 24 x 30

• The Hueber Farm

  Oil, 24 x 30. This painting of The Hueber Farm is owned by Dr. and Mrs. Michael Hueber. It was commissioned by Mrs Hueber for her husband's birthday. My home is close to this scene. I love the afternoon light falling on…

• Normandy Countryside 12x24

  Oil, 12 x 24

• Winter Memories

  Oil, 24 x 36

• Montefioralle From Colognole Tower, Chianti It 2015

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• The Christmas Pig - A Story of Real Christmas

  Acrylic, 9 x 9. The Christmas Pig A Story of Real Christmas is Written by: G. T. Blackburn with Temperance B. Parker Paintings by: Lois Virginia Babb It is available in three formats through Amazon.Com

• Rite of Summer

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36. One of the beautiful things about plein air painting is the way "life passes by us" as we paint. On this particular day, I was painting near a stream when the cows began their daily ritual of wadin…

• Curosity

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 24. My brother and I grew up running through these pasture lands with our cousins. Although the afternoon light hitting the cows face was my inspiration for this studio piece. As I painted it, my memori…

• The Hunt

  Oil, 22 x 50. The Hunt was commissioned by The Little Gallery for a commercial client.

• Feathered Friends

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36

• Castello di Colognole, Italy

  Oil, Panel, 24 x 24

• A Perfect Day

  Oil, 18 x 24

• Claytor Center View of Peaks, Plein Air

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Afternoon Light

  Oil, 20 x 16

• Evening Ride - Plein Air

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 24

• Autumn Mist, en plein air

  Oil, 12 x 9

• Winter's Gift

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 14. There is a farm out the road from my studio that always has a painting awaiting no matter the season. This snow scene was painted from there and is the cover of my Christmas Card this year.

• Colognole Doorway

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9 x Plein Air Panel

• Honeysuckle and Peonies

  Oil, 20 x 24

• Still Life - Blossoms of Spring

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10. I love setting up small still lifes in my studio window and painting the backlight.

• White Roses in Ancient Chinese Pottery

  Oil, 12 x 16

• ".........and Then, There Were Roses" Alla Prima

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 20. This painting will hang in the upcoming show at Crossroads Art Gallery in Richmond, VA Jan. 15 thru Feb 28, 2016

• Breath of Spring

  Oil, Canvas, 14 x 18. My Neighbor has a patch of daffodils growing wild in his woods. Each spring, they bloom early and I am a regular visitor waiting for their magical buds to appear. These daffodils are from last spri…

• Fresh From the Tree, A Still Life

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 24 x Linen on Panel

• Friends for Life

  Oil, 16 x 20

• Bo

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 24. This commission of a beloved rescue dog, Bo. His owner and I took him into the woods to photograph him. It was the first time he had been in nature and he loved exploring although I wasn't seeing a…

• Just Between Us (Series) III IV_edited-1

  Oil, 20 x 24

• Just Between Us III

  Oil, 20 x 24. This painting is one of a complete series I painted exploring the beauty and relationship of young women.

• Figure in Green Dress - Alla Prima

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 16

• Young Man at Guadalest, Spain

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9. I was facinated by this young child in Andalusia. His mother was a mime positioned him on a pillow where I am sure she could keep an eye on him without moving her pose. He didn't look too happy and I…

• San Souci Rose in Tuscan Water Pail - 2015

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x linen panel. This little Alla Prima piece was painted at Castello di Colognole in Greve, Italy

• Rita's Dahlias

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• San Souci Rose II, Alla Prima, Italy, 2015

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12 x linen panel. This painting was created from life in Tuscany during a 2015 visit. It is part of a series painted from flowers growing at Castello di Colognole, in Greve. The owner Rita Ricci, grew th…

• Blue Morning Glory

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10 x linen panel

• ".....and Then, There Were Roses" II

  Oil, Panel, 24 x 24. Beginning September 14, 2022, this painting will be offered at Auction with the benefits donated to. United Help Ukraine. Org more information to follow.

• Mother's Day Peonies

  Oil, 18 x 24. Every still life painter knows fresh flowers are so exciting to paint and they're not always easy to come by. One Mother's Day, my son appeared with this huge bouquet of peonies from his yard. I was so exc…

• Intracoastal Waterway, Plein Air

  Oil, 12 x 16

• Coastal Sunset en Plein Air

  Oil, 12 x 9