BIOGRAPHY
Louisiana native Lue Svendson is a painter
and a landscape architect.
Lue’s work in paint and nature exist worldwide.
Lue was influenced to think creatively
in her formative years.
Since she was a young girl,
she has had a natural ability in
drawing using pencil, charcoal and watercolor.
in 1975 she graduated from LSU with a degree
in Landscape Architecture
and has combined her love of art and nature
for almost fifty years.
Lue paints what she knows best;
the woods and the prairies of South Louisiana.
She has traveled the United States studying with
nationally recognized artists such as
Camille Przewodek, John Clayton, Dennis Sheehan,
and Christie Scheele.
For over a decade Lue learned the art of Plein Aire
with master painters in Cape Cod Massachusetts.
her current inspiration is the moody Tonalism movement
from the late 1800's which can be felt in her work.
Lue is a proud member of the Lafayette Art Association,
the Oil Painters of America,
and The American Women Artists.
Her work was selected for the 2025 Louisiana Contemporary Group Exhibition at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lue’s experience as a professional designer
brings an intellectual maturity to her work.
The work produced since 2002
has created more than twenty shows
for galleries and art events in the
Lafayette and Baton Rouge, Louisiana area.
Lue’s work in paint & nature exists worldwide.
“Lue captures the beauty of the Louisiana marsh.
Buying one of her paintings is an investment in the alluring southern charm:
draping oaks and a sunrise over the Basin
in a rich pallet of hues.
Her talent is unsurpassed in the paintings and memories
she creates for us to forever remember
when we hang a piece of Louisiana on our walls.”
-Nancy S. Austin, Texas
media features
2018 ACADIANA PROFILE MAGAZINE
2012 1ST ANNUAL BIG EASEL ART SHOW POSTER ARTIST
2012 HEALING HOUSE MARTINIS FUNDRAISER FEATURED ARTIST
2011 LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING ART & TRAVEL AUCTION
2010 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 HOUSE & HOME MAGAZINE
2009 / 2013 AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR
2006 / 2010 / 2011 PALATES & PATE' FEATURED ARTIST
2005 TIMES OF ACADIANA NEWSPAPER
2005 L MAGAZINE
2004 GALLERY INSIDER MAGAZINE
1998 SOUTHERN ACCENTS MAGAZINE
exhibitions
2025 OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART LA CONTEMPORARY, NEW ORLEANS, LA
2024 / 2022 /2020 ARIODANTE ART GALLERY, NEW ORLEANS, LA
2023 /2022 LYONS SHARE GALLERY, FAIRHOPE, AL
2023 / 2004 THE BIG EASEL JURIED ART SHOW, LAFAYETTE, LA
AWARDS
2026 / 2023 THE TREASURES OF POINT COUPEE SPONSORS AWARD
2018 THE BIG EASEL BEST OIL PAINTER
DISTINCTIONS
2025 BASIN ARTS RESIDENT ARTIST
2025 -2004 BIG EASEL ART SHOW STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBER + JUROR
2021 -2010 OWNER SVENDSON STUDIO GALLERY, LAFAYETTE, LA
2012 FIRST ANNUAL BIG EASEL ART SHOW POSTER ARTIST
2012 HEALING HOUSE FUNDRAISER FEATURED ARTIST
2011 LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING ART AND TRAVEL AUCTION FEATURED ARTIST
2011 / 2010 / 2006 PALATES AND PATE' FEATURED ARTIST
2010-2000 OWNER OF RUE DU PONT ART GALLERY REPRESENTING 20+ ARTISTS, BREAUX BRIDGE, LA
1983-1979 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FOR THE CITY OF DUBAI UNITED ARAB EMERITES
EDUCATION
2023 CLASSICS WITH MARY GIAMMARINO NO FEAR PLEIN AIR PROVINCETOWN, MASS
2022 / 2021 DENNIS SHEEHAN CLASS FREDRICKSBURG,TX
2016 ANNE PACKARD CLASS PROVINCETOWN, MASS
2015 CAMILLE PRZEWODEK JACKSON, MS
2015 / 2014 CHRISTIE SCHEELE CLASSES PROVINCETOWN, MASS + WOODSTOCK, NY
2015 MARY BENTZ GILKERSON CLASS COLUMBIA, SC
2006 JOHN CLAYTON CLASS PROVINCETOWN, MASS
2001 / 2011 PAT BOURQUE CLASS LAFAYETTE, LA
1975 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DEGREE LSU BATON ROUGE, LA
Q&A WITH LUE SVENDSON
COURTESY OF ACDIANA PROFILE MAGAZINE
Who were your earliest artistic influences?
“Art has always been a part of my life, and that’s because of my grandmother and mother. My grandmother was more of a painter, and my mother was more of a craftsman. If you got bored at my house, one of them would hand you a drawing tablet and a pencil. ‘Don’t tell me you’re bored; we just got you the best coloring book.’ That’s how it was growing up.”
Take us through the thought process of pursuing a career in landscape architecture.
”I love art. I love to create beautiful places and beautiful things. I love to be around pleasing lines and compositions, and colors. And I love being outside. LOVE being outside. So I put the two together and chose landscape architecture, and I never looked back.”