Waimea Waterfall III 16x10
- Title
- Waimea Waterfall III 16x10
- Size
- 16x10
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
Preparing for my North SHore Oahu trip.
Waimea Waterfall III 16x10
Waimea Waterfall I 18x24
- Title
- Waimea Waterfall I 18x24
- Size
- 18x24
- Price
- $1500
Preparing for a trip to the North Shore of Oahu.
Waimea Waterfall I 18x24
Ashley Pond III 12x16
- Title
- Ashley Pond III 12x16
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- $700
"En plein air" during the Los Alamos Paint Out sponsored by the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico. The name of the pond in the middle of town is Ashley Pond, named after a gentleman with the name, Ashley Pond. Painting at the edge of the pond was delightful. Cool breezes could be felt off the pond even during 90 degree weather. (Of course, there was a pavilion for cover).
Ashley Pond III 12x16
Radical Impressionist: A Mathematician Paints. Fuller Lodge Art Center Exhibit
- Title
- Radical Impressionist: A Mathematician Paints. Fuller Lodge Art Center Exhibit
- Size
- Price
Exhibit at the Fuller Lodge Art Center in Los Alamos.
June 30 - Aug 2, 2023
Landscape Paintings with Armatures
Radical Impressionist Exhibit.
Radical Impressionist: A Mathematician Paints. Fuller Lodge Art Center Exhibit
Windswept
- Title
- Windswept
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $500
"En plein air" over two days at the Historic Canoa Ranch north of Tubac, Az. The wind prevented reflections though I would see them for a few moments - but not enough time to capture them. A wind theme dominates this painting; hence the title. .
Windswept
Peace
- Title
- Peace
- Size
- 11x14
- Price
- $575
"En plein air" at the historic Otero Ranch near Tubac. I couldn't resist the cows. I was told that in the late afternoon the calves all begin to cavort with each other, I intend to visit the ranch next time at that time of day. and do another painting. Root PHI ratio (14/11=1.2727...) For inquiries, write karen.halbert@gmail.com
Peace
Arizona Spring V2
- Title
- Arizona Spring V2
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $500
"En plein air" in Tubac, Az. The original had a larger main tree. I cut it down to be more consistent with the rest of the landscape. See "Studies" for the original. For inquiries, write karen.halbert@gmail.com
Arizona Spring V2
Spring Arrives
- Title
- Spring Arrives
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $500
Begun "en plein air" at the neighborhood Desert Meadows Garden in Green Valley, Az. Completed in the studio with palette knife. Water-souble oils.
Spring Arrives
Lake Murray, San Diego
- Title
- Lake Murray, San Diego
- Size
- 11x14
- Price
- 700
Painted "en plein air" at the lake near where I stayed in San DIego while visiting family. Finished in the studio primarily with palette knife (and paper towel). Cobra water-soluble oils.
Lake Murray, San Diego
Chamisa Season
- Title
- Chamisa Season
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $500
En plein air near my home in Santa Fe. For inquiries, write karen.halbert@gmail.com
Chamisa Season
Clouds Over the Arroyo
- Title
- Clouds Over the Arroyo
- Size
- 11x14
- Price
- $600
A neighborhood arroyo on a beautiful cloudy but sunny day in Santa Fe. For inquiries, write karen.halbert@gmail.com
Clouds Over the Arroyo
Desert Spring
- Title
- Desert Spring
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- $425
En plein air. For inquiries, write karen.halbert@gmail.com
Desert Spring
Ocotillo Sunset
- Title
- Ocotillo Sunset
- Size
- 18x24
- Price
- $1000
Ocotillo Sunset
Jemez Vista
- Title
- Jemez Vista
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
"En plein air" out past Diablo Canyon off Buckman Road facing the Jemez Mountains.
Jemez Vista
Golden Sunset
- Title
- Golden Sunset
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $500
The ocean keeps calling me, having lived by the ocean for most of my youth: I miss the Puget Sound and Hawaiian waters as well as the San Diego waters where my son and family now live.
Golden Sunset
My Santa Ritas
- Title
- My Santa Ritas
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- $800
“En plein air” in the early morning.
My Santa Ritas
Olana Memory
- Title
- Olana Memory
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- NFS
A very early painting. I began painting in Hudson Valley and one of my favorite venues was the Olana Historic Site, home of Frederick Church, one of the most important artists of the Hudson Valley School. I painted this particular piece very shortly after we moved to Santa Fe (in 2005?) in memory of how I began.
Olana Memory
Chama Cliff Glow
- Title
- Chama Cliff Glow
- Size
- 10x8
- Price
- $425
Chama Cliff Glow
Forest Hut
- Title
- Forest Hut
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- 500
Forest Hut
Mesa Sunset
- Title
- Mesa Sunset
- Size
- 16x20 gallery wrapped no frame
- Price
- 700
“En plein air” from my patio facing Las Campanas’ Black Mesa. 2 inch gallery wrapped linen canvas - with dark edges. Thick paint with palette knife and layers of dappled paint added.
Mesa Sunset
Chama Cliffs Colores 1
- Title
- Chama Cliffs Colores 1
- Size
- 10x16 (13.5x19.5 - fra)
- Price
- 500
The last light on the Chama Cliffs in northern New Mexico, increasing the chroma of the rock formations.
Chama Cliffs Colores 1
Desert High (2019 PAPNM)
- Title
- Desert High (2019 PAPNM)
- Size
- 6x8
- Price
- $325
Painted "en plein air" at the Picacho State Park when the poppies were in full bloom. Juried into the 2019 Fechin Museum Small Works Show: Jul 2 - Aug 4, Taos, NM. https://www.taosartmuseum.org
Desert High (2019 PAPNM)
Riding Toward the Santa Ritas
- Title
- Riding Toward the Santa Ritas
- Size
- 9x12 (13x16 framed)
- Price
"En plein air". No I wasn't actually riding but I felt like it; I could just imagine a cowboy riding off into the the arroyo on the way to the Santa Rita Mountains. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com. I actually tried to tame this down and ended up with a not-so-colorful painting that I need to restore to this - if I can
Riding Toward the Santa Ritas
Madera Creek Sycamore
- Title
- Madera Creek Sycamore
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- $700
I've painted this a few times "en plein air" when the Madera Creek overflows and creates a nice foreground for this special Arizona Sycamore Tree setting. This was painted in the studio based on the plein air studies and photos. I intend to paint at this location many times.
Madera Creek Sycamore
Chama River Afternoon Glow
- Title
- Chama River Afternoon Glow
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- $600
"En plein air" at my favorite painting site along the Chama river, 12 miles out on the one-lane Monastery Road. This location is 1 mile from th Christ of the Desert Monastery. As I was painting, colorful rafts flowed past. Someday I will include them. Not finished.
Chama River Afternoon Glow
White Place Drama
- Title
- White Place Drama
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- 800
My intent: capture the unusual light and color in the dramatic White Place, a favorite of O'Keeffe. It is now the sacred home for an Islamic group, and so is difficult to paint "en plein air". I took many photographs on a beautiful day with sun and stormy clouds. and enjoy reliving the experience while painting. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
White Place Drama
Chama River Cliffs II
- Title
- Chama River Cliffs II
- Size
- 19x28 (framed) 15x24 (unframed)
- Price
- 950
Palette knife only. Golden proportion. I am enjoying these palette knife works utilizing geometric shapes but inspired by the forms in the landscapes.
Chama River Cliffs II
Pedernal Clouds
- Title
- Pedernal Clouds
- Size
- 11x14
- Price
- 550
Painted "en plein air" during the 2018 Santa Fe Plein Air Fiesta Paintout Competition. Location: Ghost Ranch Education Center parking lot. The clouds began to roll in while painting the cliffs facing east. Then I turned around and saw this scene. I had to paint it! So I began a new painting.
Pedernal Clouds
Chama Cliffs Serenity
- Title
- Chama Cliffs Serenity
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- 500
Painted "en plein air" during the 2018 Santa Fe Plein Air Fiesta Paintout Competition. Location: Echo Ampitheater 1 mile from Ghost Ranch. Shown at the Sorrel Sky Gallery May 2018.
Chama Cliffs Serenity
Santa Fe River Reverie
- Title
- Santa Fe River Reverie
- Size
- 16x20
- Price
- 1000
This is the studio painting that was part of the 2018 Santa Fe Plein Air Fiesta juried exhibition at the Sorrel Sky Gallery. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
Santa Fe River Reverie
"San Diego Harbor"
- Title
- "San Diego Harbor"
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- $600
Painted "en plein air" from my spectacular rental deck high above the harbor. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
"San Diego Harbor"
"Borrego Springs Warmth"
- Title
- "Borrego Springs Warmth"
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $400
"En plein air" Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
"Borrego Springs Warmth"
"Borrego Springs Coolness"
- Title
- "Borrego Springs Coolness"
- Size
- 8x10 (12x14 framed)
- Price
- $400
"En plein air".Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
"Borrego Springs Coolness"
"Borrego Springs Mountains"
- Title
- "Borrego Springs Mountains"
- Size
- 6x12
- Price
- $350
"En plein air" in Borrego Springs, a small, established resort town 60 miles west of San Diego (90 miles south of Palm Desert). To get there I drove through a pass in the mountains in a snowstorm!! Fortunately the 3000 foot elevation of the town led to nice painting weather. Beautiful scenes in all directions. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
"Borrego Springs Mountains"
Shady Lakes Lilies"
- Title
- Shady Lakes Lilies"
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $400
Painted plein air at Albuquerque's "Giverny" pond, Shady Lakes. The ponds and lilies rival those of Monet's garden. Too bad there's no bridge. Additional pond scenes can be painted upon request: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
Shady Lakes Lilies"
Ghost Ranch Chimney Rocks
- Title
- Ghost Ranch Chimney Rocks
- Size
- 12x24
- Price
- 800
A larger studio version of a scene I often paint. Originally painted a couple of years ago, it needed work and I finally tackled this.
Ghost Ranch Chimney Rocks
Afternoon Shadows I
- Title
- Afternoon Shadows I
- Size
- 8x10 (12x14 framed)
- Price
- $450
En plein air at the 2016 Plein Air Convention. We painted every day in Catalina State Park. I was never bored painting variations of this beautiful area. Juried in to the 2016 Plein Air Artist of Colorado Annual Member Show.
Afternoon Shadows I
Above Las Campanas
- Title
- Above Las Campanas
- Size
- 12x9
- Price
- 500
I saw this dramatic storm cloud from the Las Campanas Clubhouse and had to paint it. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com
Above Las Campanas
"Down by the Riverside"
- Title
- "Down by the Riverside"
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
"En plein air" down by the East Fork of the Jemez river at Battle Ship Rock near Jemez Springs. Painted during the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Spring Paintout and Show 2017.
"Down by the Riverside"
Chimney Rocks II
- Title
- Chimney Rocks II
- Size
- 10x16
- Price
- $600
Chimney Rocks II
Aspen Season I 10x8
- Title
- Aspen Season I 10x8
- Size
- 10x8
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
En plein air at the Santa Fe Ski Slope.
Armature =>
Aspen Season I 10x8
"Raging Animas River I"
- Title
- "Raging Animas River I"
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $400
Painted "en plain air" along the Animas River. I found a log and a rock to use as a table and a (hard) seat.
"Raging Animas River I"
Aspen Season II 20x16
- Title
- Aspen Season II 20x16
- Size
- 20x16
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
A larger studio version based of the plein air work, Aspen Season I, with the same aspect ratio.: 5:4. The aspens outside my studio acted as a second reference.
Armature =>
Aspen Season II 20x16
Sedona Cliffs II
- Title
- Sedona Cliffs II
- Size
- 12x16 (framed: 18x22)
- Price
I sold a smaller version of this painting at the Plein Air Convention in Tucson and decided to do a larger one. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
Sedona Cliffs II
Southwest Light
- Title
- Southwest Light
- Size
- 11x14
- Price
- $500
En plein air at the 2016 Plein Air Convention. We painted every day in Catalina State Park. I was never bored painting variations of this beautiful area. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
Southwest Light
Sunrise
- Title
- Sunrise
- Size
- 5x7
- Price
Heavy application of paint, using a very limited palette of Cad yellow light, cad red light, primary magenta, ultramarine blue, phthalo green and titanium white. Small brushes with a little palette knife on top. Cobra water-mixable paint.
Sunrise
Pedernal I
- Title
- Pedernal I
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- $450
Inspired by the Pedernal, the mesa Georgia called "her own". Palette knife. First in a planned series of this iconic mesa. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
Pedernal I
Pedernal Oxides
- Title
- Pedernal Oxides
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $500
Pedernal Oxides
Georgia's Towering Cliff 14x11
- Title
- Georgia's Towering Cliff 14x11
- Size
- 14x11
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.$575
The clouds opened up on Georgia's cliff while hiking in her back yard.
Georgia's Towering Cliff 14x11
Desert Spring Picacho Peak Tucson V1
- Title
- Desert Spring Picacho Peak Tucson V1
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
Plein Air in Picacho Peak State Park. Brushwork primarily with some palette knife. I will work on this more once it dries with small touches to clean up the ocotillo against the sky. Watch this site for V2.
Desert Spring Picacho Peak Tucson V1
Chimney Rocks Sunburst
- Title
- Chimney Rocks Sunburst
- Size
- 12x19
- Price
- 650
Whenever I visit Ghost Ranch I try to view the sunrise from the other side of the Chimney Rocks. The moment the sun steams through the chimneys is magical. I can see why the original inhabitants of New Mexico called this, "Shining Rocks". Divine proportion (approximately 1.61.....) since 19/12 = 1.58333......
Chimney Rocks Sunburst
Chromatic Lands III 8x10
- Title
- Chromatic Lands III 8x10
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
Part of a series to capture the brilliant chroma of the fall in the Jemez and Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
We did not use an armature when designing this painting; we were concentrating on the curves of the hills and of course the use of chroma. One could find points in the picture plain that when joined would create lines and curves following the armature. We do note that the top ridge seems to go through or close to the "eyes"
Armature =>
Chromatic Lands III 8x10
Chromatic Lands IV
- Title
- Chromatic Lands IV
- Size
- 8x10 Aspect Ratio 5:4
- Price
- $400
Part of a series to capture the brilliant Chroma of the fall in the Jemez and Sangre de Cristo Mountains. This version also captures the undulations of the hills.
In reality, this armature was not used when designing this painting. Would it have been improved if more of the hill lines followed the dynamic symmetry lines? And there's no clear focal point. To be analyzed further. However, we feel that this painting does illustrate dramatic chroma as well as undulating movement. Note how the reciprocal touches the top of the far right tree. Also, the hill line from the lower left lies along the main 'baroque' diagonal.
Armature =>
Chromatic Lands IV
High Desert Colors II
- Title
- High Desert Colors II
- Size
- 12x16 (framed: 17x21)
- Price
- $700
The second in the High Desert Color Series.
High Desert Colors II
Arroyo Hondo (PAPNM 2020)
- Title
- Arroyo Hondo (PAPNM 2020)
- Size
- 6x12
- Price
- $400
Juried into the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico's 12th National Juried Members Show.
Arroyo Hondo (PAPNM 2020)
Ocotillo at Picacho Peak
- Title
- Ocotillo at Picacho Peak
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- $450
En plein air on the last day before self-isolating due to the Corona Virus. The yellow brittle bush was in full bloom. For inquiries, write karen.halbert@gmail.com
Ocotillo at Picacho Peak
Luminous Lands II 12x15
- Title
- Luminous Lands II 12x15
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
The light illuminates the lands of the Southwest. As with Luminous Lands I, this painting began with flat color blocks, with brighter colors in the foreground. Then the colors were modified with lighter or grayer colors to show form. We attempted to stop the eye from falling off the lower right corner by placing a shadow there.
Dynamic Symmetry Grid with Added Rabatment lines.The Baroque diagonal crosses its lower right reciprocal at a good focal point, a point with higher contrast (intentional), between the darker (small) tree and the light edge of the main cliff. The line of the cliff leads down to this focal point. Note again that the pathway is almost parallel to a main diagonal.
Armature =>
Luminous Lands II 12x15
Luminous Lands V
- Title
- Luminous Lands V
- Size
- 8x16 Aspect Ratio 2:1
- Price
- $550
"En plein air" at a past PAPNM Los Alamos Paint Out and Show. View toward the Sangre de Cristo Mountains from Los Alamos.
Link to the Painting with Armature.
Luminous Lands V
Luminous Waters I 12x16
- Title
- Luminous Waters I 12x16
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
Beginning a series of Luminous Waters. These should be calmer than the Turbulent Water paintings.
Armature =>
Luminous Waters I 12x16
Luminous Lands VI
- Title
- Luminous Lands VI
- Size
- 11x14 Aspect Ratio Root PHI
- Price
- 575
Near Root PHI proportions (1.270...:1)From a plein air trip up Sabino Canyon in Tucson.We missed the tram so we trekked up the road, crossing over rivers that were overflowing onto the road/path.
Luminous Lands VI
Luminous Waters II 16x20
- Title
- Luminous Waters II 16x20
- Size
- 16x20
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
I think that my love of the woods comes through in this painting. This was up at the Big Tesuque Campground near the Santa Fe Ski slope. No, I no longer camp out, but it was tempting. And painting this brought back may childhood memories.
Luminous Waters II 16x20
Turbulent Lands II 15x25
- Title
- Turbulent Lands II 15x25
- Size
- 15x25
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
MOdified slightly; painting now titled Land Fusion - Los Alamos. Catching the light as the sun goes based the hills, as I continued to apply paint to the panel, the painting took on a life of its own.
Turbulent Lands II 15x25
Turbulent Lands III
- Title
- Turbulent Lands III
- Size
- 15x25
- Price
- $800
Modified: See painting titled Turbulent Lands
Turbulent Lands III
Turbulent Lands IV PHI Dynamic Symmetry plus Spiral
- Title
- Turbulent Lands IV PHI Dynamic Symmetry plus Spiral
- Size
- 10x16
- Price
"En plein air "in Borrego Springs. I remember being very conscious of trying to place the focal point at the dominant shadow on the mountain on the upper right and using a spiral to lead the eye to that point (missed by a little). This was about the time that I first began consciously to paint a near-PHI proportioned panel.
Dynamic Symmetry Armature plus "Golden Spiral". Aspect Ratio 1.6 near PHI.
More information about this PHI Armature.
Back.
Turbulent Lands IV PHI Dynamic Symmetry plus Spiral
Borrego Springs is Calling
- Title
- Borrego Springs is Calling
- Size
- 10x16
- Price
- $600
"En plein air” in Borrego Springs in the cool of the morining. I was inspired by the natural curve of the path as it wandered toward the distant mountains. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
Borrego Springs is Calling
Turbulent Lands VII 10x16
- Title
- Turbulent Lands VII 10x16
- Size
- 10x16
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
On the drive along Monastery Road in the late afternoon, the shining cliffs suddenly appear - always a welcome sight, magical in their splendor.
Armature =>
Turbulent Lands VII 10x16
"Aspen Reflections"
- Title
- "Aspen Reflections"
- Size
- 7x5
- Price
- $200
Contact artist: karen.halbert@gmail.com
"Aspen Reflections"
Turbulent Waters IV
- Title
- Turbulent Waters IV
- Size
- 10x16 Aspect Ratio PHI
- Price
- $600
I enjoy painting by a creek as it bubbles over the rocks."en plein air". Near Golden Ratio.
Turbulent Waters IV
Turbulent Waters IV 8x10
- Title
- Turbulent Waters IV 8x10
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
"En plein air" after the rains in the Madera Canyon of the Santa Rita Mountains in Green Valley, Arizona, south of Tucson. Sitting by the river, listening to the babbling waters is a real pleasure.
Armature =>
Turbulent Waters IV 8x10
Turbulent Waters V- Santa Fe River 10x16
- Title
- Turbulent Waters V- Santa Fe River 10x16
- Size
- 10x16
- Price
- $600
Updated to the Wild River Santa Fe painting. "En plein air" at the Santa Fe River, when the water was as high as I've ever seen it. Painted in the Spring when the leaves were beginning to show themselves. Some darks were added to the closer rock walls since this photo, to increase the aerial perspective.
Armature =>
Turbulent Waters V- Santa Fe River 10x16
Turbulent Waters VI 12x16
- Title
- Turbulent Waters VI 12x16
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
One of a series of water and rock paintings from a few years ago. I discovered it in the back of a closet recently and decided to anallyze it and make it avaialable as I rather like it.
Turbulent Waters VI 12x16
Turbulent WInds I
- Title
- Turbulent WInds I
- Size
- 9x12 Aspect Ratio 4:3
- Price
- $500
En plein air when the palo verde trees were in full bloom. Water-based oil, palette knife. An understanding of turbulence is one of the great unsolved problems in Physics/Mathematics. Van Gogh's paintings are often described as 'turbulent'. He seems to have had an innate understanding of turbulence.
Link to the Painting with Armature.
Turbulent WInds I
Cloud Fractals
- Title
- Cloud Fractals
- Size
- 12x16 Aspect Ratio 4:3
- Price
- $600
During the Month of July 2023, this artiwork is available only through the Fuller Lodge Art Gallery. Clouds were chosen to demonstrate fractals. We often see clouds which mimic each other at smaller sizes. A fractal is a curve or geometric figure, each part of which has the same statistical character as the whole. Fractals are useful in modeling structures (such as eroded coastlines or snowflakes) in which similar patterns recur at progressively smaller scales, and in describing partly random or chaotic phenomena such as crystal growth, fluid turbulence, and galaxy formation. This is the first in a planned series of cloud paintings to demonstrate fractals, and in general the affinity between nature, painting and mathematics.
Link to the Painting with Armature..
Cloud Fractals
Diablo Canyon with Chamisa 20x16
- Title
- Diablo Canyon with Chamisa 20x16
- Size
- 20x16
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
Diablo Canyon is a few miles from my Santa Fe home, down the dirt road, Old Buckman Road. Visitors to the canyon may feel that they are back in the old west. It's the site for many movies. The path leads the viewer back into the depths of the canyon. One can feel the Rio Grande River off in the distance.
Armature =>
Diablo Canyon with Chamisa 20x16
Las Campanas I Golf Course 11x14
- Title
- Las Campanas I Golf Course 11x14
- Size
- 11x14
- Price
- Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
En plein air in June 2022 demonstrated at the 2022 LCCF. Las Campanas Golf Course, with a backdrop of dramatic clouds and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Las Campanas I Golf Course 11x14
Golden Mesa 12x16
- Title
- Golden Mesa 12x16
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- $700
Painted at Ghost Ranch. Touched up in studio. Note the traces of the Dynamic Symmetry Armature in pencil Painted primarily with a Catalyst Wedge.
Golden Mesa 12x16
"Abiquiu"
- Title
- "Abiquiu"
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- $300
IF YOU THINK THIS HAS POTENTIAL I COULD WORK ON IT. IT SEEMS UNFINISHED, WITH NOT ENOUGH DETAILS. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
"Abiquiu"
"Afternoon Shadows II"
- Title
- "Afternoon Shadows II"
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- $300
En plein air at the 2016 Plein Air Convention. We painted every day in Catalina State Park. I was never bored painting variations of this beautiful area. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com
"Afternoon Shadows II"
"Arizona Morning Shadows"
- Title
- "Arizona Morning Shadows"
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- #300
"En plein air" Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
"Arizona Morning Shadows"
Chama Cliff
- Title
- Chama Cliff
- Size
- 20x16
- Price
- $850
Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com
Chama Cliff
Chama River Summer Haze
- Title
- Chama River Summer Haze
- Size
- 16x20
- Price
- $850
My favorite painting venue on the one lane, dirt road to the Monastery near Ghost Ranch. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com
Chama River Summer Haze
"Chama Turbulence"
- Title
- "Chama Turbulence"
- Size
- 18x24
- Price
- $800
Free brush strokes and mixing of colors on canvas. While painting, I was thinking of turbulent skies and water against the backdrop of the implacable cliffs. Work in progress. Local color (brighter) to be added to foliage with some brighter splashes in the water. No solvents used. Walnut oil/alkyd used as the medium. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
"Chama Turbulence"
"Elephant Head Aglow"
- Title
- "Elephant Head Aglow"
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- $300
The incomparable, Elephant Head, of the Santa Rita Mountains, painted "en plein air".
"Elephant Head Aglow"
"Elephant Head Morning"
- Title
- "Elephant Head Morning"
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $350
"En plein air". It's a good thing we began painting at 8 am. A busload of kids was due to arrive at 10 am, but we had enough time. But this is one of the potential pitfalls of painting "en plein air".
"Elephant Head Morning"
"Ghost Ranch 3 Sisters
- Title
- "Ghost Ranch 3 Sisters
- Size
- 12x9
- Price
- $400
First of a series with brighter palette. Painted solvent-free.Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
"Ghost Ranch 3 Sisters
"Ghost Ranch Impression"
- Title
- "Ghost Ranch Impression"
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- $300
Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com
"Ghost Ranch Impression"
"Josephine's Saddle"
- Title
- "Josephine's Saddle"
- Size
- 11x14
- Price
- $500
"En plein air" in Madera Canyon, Arizona. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com (in Arizona).
"Josephine's Saddle"
"Las Golondrinas Field"
- Title
- "Las Golondrinas Field"
- Size
- 5x8
- Price
- $225
"En plein air" at the Rancho de las Golondrinas, a stage stop and watering spot along the Santa Fe Trail. It is now a museum and working farm. Golden rectangle proportion. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com
"Las Golondrinas Field"
"Monastery Door"
- Title
- "Monastery Door"
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- $250
. Plein air painting of a former monastery on Galisteo Road and Cordova in Santa Fe. Painted during the 2014 Plein Air Santa Fe paintout week at a Santa Fe park on Galisteo Road. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
"Monastery Door"
"Morning Glow"
- Title
- "Morning Glow"
- Size
- 6x8
- Price
- $200
"En plein air" overlooking the Elephant's Head landmark at Madera Canyon, Green Valley, Arizona. Painted on my first painting trip to Green Valley Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
"Morning Glow"
"Rio Grande Morning"
- Title
- "Rio Grande Morning"
- Size
- 11 x 14
- Price
- $500
"En plein air" on a cloudy morning along the Rio Grande near Diablo Canyon. Chili loved playing on the sandy beach. Juried in to the 2014 Annual PAPNM Members' Exhibition at the Gary Kim Gallery in Santa Fe. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com
"Rio Grande Morning"
Santa Ritas
- Title
- Santa Ritas
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $500
Painted from our front portal in the Santa Rita Mountain area.
Santa Ritas
"Taos Morada"
- Title
- "Taos Morada"
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $400
"En plein air" at the Taos morada close to the Mabel Dodge Lodge. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.
"Taos Morada"
"Taos Morning"
- Title
- "Taos Morning"
- Size
- 11x14
- Price
- $500
Painted at a Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Paintout in Taos, New Mexico, on location just after dawn from the Monte Sagrado Resort. I woke up at dawn and painted this on a cloudy day. Contact artist, karen.halbert@gmail.com
"Taos Morning"
"Tree Shimmers"
- Title
- "Tree Shimmers"
- Size
- 7x5
- Price
- $200
Contact artist, karen.halbert@gmail.com
"Tree Shimmers"
Tumacacori Ridge
- Title
- Tumacacori Ridge
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- $300
"En plein air" near Tubac, Arizona.
Tumacacori Ridge
"Waiting for Autumn"
- Title
- "Waiting for Autumn"
- Size
- 5x8
- Price
- NA
Golden rectangle proportion. Collection of the artist.
"Waiting for Autumn"
Chama Overlook
- Title
- Chama Overlook
- Size
- 12 x 16
- Price
- $700
At Karen's Studio, Santa Fe.
Chama Overlook
"Cliff Forms"
- Title
- "Cliff Forms"
- Size
- 10x16
- Price
- $550
Famous cliff formations at Ghost Ranch. I never tire of painting these. Golden rectangle proportion.
"Cliff Forms"
Taos Gorge - Morning Becomes Her
- Title
- Taos Gorge - Morning Becomes Her
- Size
- 20x16
- Price
- $1000
One of a series of Taos Gorge paintings. I love the configuration of the gorge and the composition possibilities. And juxtaposed against the Taos Mountains, it makes for a rewarding painting.
Taos Gorge - Morning Becomes Her
2024 Bluebird Popup 1-day Workshop Composition and Armatures (all new)
- Title
- 2024 Bluebird Popup 1-day Workshop Composition and Armatures (all new)
- Size
- Price
2024 Workshop on Composition and Armatures (all new). Sunday, Nov 10, 2024.
Planning stage. All new material. The 1-day workshop will be coordinated with a new popup workshop by Albert Handell (the previous day). Halbert's workshop may be taken by students from her first (2023) workshop since it will present a slightly different approach, one which highlights both a right-brain and a left-brain approach to composition. Material from Albert Handell's Intuitive Composition book from 1988 will be utilized. It will also have different examples from contemporary artists as well as more painting demonstrations and in-class painting by participants.
Visit the Exhibits’ tab on this site for Part I class information.
Link to Part I class notes for review:
Composition Armature Part IClass Notes Flip Book View
From the Classical Greek Era to the present, artists have been using armature or grid systems based on musical and mathematical principles to help create harmonious paintings, including Dynamic Symmetry Grids, Harmonic Armatures and Golden Fibonacci Spirals or Whirling Squares. The armatures form a scaffolding for paintings, providing stability and a road map for the design.
Participants will review or learn how to use armatures to design their paintings or to evaluate existing paintings. Examples of artwork will be analyzed - participants' and Master Artist paintings.
Part II will include examples not presented in Part I and an analysis of a right-brain approach juxtaposed with a left-brain approach.
2024 Bluebird Popup 1-day Workshop Composition and Armatures (all new)
Piedra Lumbre Fusion
- Title
- Piedra Lumbre Fusion
- Size
- 15x24
- Price
- $950
Golden rectangle proportions. Palette Knife. Piedra Lumbre is a series of cliffs on the Monastery Road north of Ghost Ranch. This is a favorite painting venue. Fusion was added to the title to emphasize the light and how the sun infuses light into New Mexican cliffs. "Piedra lumbre' is shining rock in Spanish.
Piedra Lumbre Fusion
White Rock Overlook (PAPNM 2022)
- Title
- White Rock Overlook (PAPNM 2022)
- Size
- 10x16
- Price
- $600
"En plein air" at the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Paint Out and Show in Los Alamos. exhibited at the Fuller Lodge Gallery from Sep 24 - Oct 8. Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept 24, 5-7 pm. Near Golden Ratio.
White Rock Overlook (PAPNM 2022)
Los Alamos - Anderson Trail (PAPNM 2022)
- Title
- Los Alamos - Anderson Trail (PAPNM 2022)
- Size
- 10x16
- Price
- $600
"En plein air" at the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Paint Out and Show in Los Alamos. exhibited at the Fuller Lodge Gallery from Sep 24 - Oct 8. Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept 24, 5-7 pm. Near Golden Ratio.
Los Alamos - Anderson Trail (PAPNM 2022)
Black Mesa Vista
- Title
- Black Mesa Vista
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- $700
Capturing the colors of the high desert with palette knife and brush. View from from my home in Santa Fe.. I came across this painting while cleaning the studio. Painted last year. I love the colors. In person is better. For inquiries, write karen.halbert@gmail.com. The 'black mesa' is a distinct formation in the foothills of the Jemez Mountains.
Black Mesa Vista
Canyon Colores III
- Title
- Canyon Colores III
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- $700
Canyon Colores III
My Black Mesa Afire
- Title
- My Black Mesa Afire
- Size
- 10x16
- Price
- 600
Leaving tfe Marigold Arts Gallery on Jan 4, 2022. “En plein air” from my patio facing Las Campanas’ Black Mesa. Golden mean proportions. Palette knife (plus some towel effects).
My Black Mesa Afire
Black Mesa
- Title
- Black Mesa
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- $450
Painted during the 2018 Los Alamos Fall Paintout and Show sponsored by the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico. Exhibited until Oct 6 at the Fuller Art Center in Los Alamos and available for sale.
Black Mesa
Sangre de Cristo High
- Title
- Sangre de Cristo High
- Size
- 6x8
- Price
- 350
Painted "en plein air" while the snow lingered on the mountains and the clouds were preparing for a storm.
Sangre de Cristo High
Elephant's Head Approach
- Title
- Elephant's Head Approach
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $500
Painted "en plein air" in my early days in Arizona from the Proctor Parking Lot in Acrylic. Still one of my favorites.
Elephant's Head Approach
Award of Merit for 'Santa Fe River Turbulence"
- Title
- Award of Merit for 'Santa Fe River Turbulence"
- Size
- Price
My painting, "Santa Fe Turbulence", oil, 10x16, won an award of merit at last night's (Sept. 1, 2026) opening of the Plein Air Artists of Colorado Annual show at the Mary Williams Art Gallery in Boulder Colorado. See www.karen.halbert.com for details (click on Available).
Award of Merit for 'Santa Fe River Turbulence"
Evite for the 2015 Santa Fe Plein Air Festival
- Title
- Evite for the 2015 Santa Fe Plein Air Festival
- Size
- Price
Evite for the 2015 Santa Fe Plein Air Festival
Diablo Canyon
- Title
- Diablo Canyon
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- $700
A favorite venue, down Buckman Road, a few miles from my Santa Fe home as the crow flies. But the washboard road requires a little time to reach. Weekends are busy with hikers - or shall I say, rock climbers. One of my fondest memories (the extent of my climbing days) is of climbing up and down the steep mountains in Manoa Valley, Honolulu, with my Hawaiian boyfriend while in high school. We even slid down some of the steepest gullies/ridges on ti leaves! Diablo Canyon is out on Buckman Road to the north and west of Santa Fe on a washboard road. However, it's easier to navigate than it once was. I was able to drive 40 mph and reached the canyon in 22 minutes from my house! I shall return.
Diablo Canyon
Diablo Canyon
- Title
- Diablo Canyon
- Size
- 14x11
- Price
- 500
An early Diablo Canyon.
Diablo Canyon
Big Tesuque Waterfall
- Title
- Big Tesuque Waterfall
- Size
- 20x16
- Price
- $700
Big Tesuque waterfall near the Santa Fe ski slopes.
