In 2014 Loxton resumed working 'en plein air,' meaning in the open air. She travelled to Hill End and Glen Davis to make paintings exploring those landscapes. Despite the difficulties of transporting wet paintings, she worked in oil paint, making gestural, immediate works that captured the shifting energy and changing light of her surroundings.
Loxton submitted a diptych from this body of work in to the NSW Parliament Plein Air Art Prize and was selected as a finalist. The work was then exhibited in the foyer of the NSW Parliament House, along with the other 41 successful paintings. The exhibition continues 10 June - 1 August 2014. The exhibition may be viewed at NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize - an acquisitive art ...
What I learned on my desert journey…