Armatures
Under Construction: More to be added and annotated further. Visit my blog for detailed posts on the use of Dynamic Symmetry Armatures and Fibonacci Spirals for compositions over the ages.Visit my blog: Dynamic Symmetry: A Mathematician Paints Perhaps begin with the post, Basic Dynamic Symmetry Armatures (including the Golden Spiral). Think of Armatures as blueprints or scaffoldings. They break up the space in harmonious sections, perhaps self-similar as with fractals. And they provide potential focal points and directional lines leading to the chosen focal points.
For now we are primarily concentrating on the Basic Dynamic Symmetry and the Golden Spiral Armatures.They could include in the future, Harmonic Armatures, Dynamic Symmetry Armatures with Rabatment and informal design methods of Andrew Loomis. I will continue to study various armatures.
Visit the Radical Impressionist Exhibit on this website, with its paintings, each annotated with an armature to study:
Radical Impressionist Exhibit.
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Studio
Spring Arrives
Balboa Park Promenade with Figures
High Desert Colors Watercolor
Taos Mountain Afternoon (PAPNM Artist Swap 2020)
Dynamic Symmetry Armature 5:4 (1.25)
PHI Description
SF River Turbulence- PHI System
Dynamic Symmetry Armature Root PHI (1.272..)
Dynamic Symmetry Armature 4:3 (1.333..)
Dynamic Symmetry Armature Root 2 (1.414..)
PHI Dynamic Symmetry Armature with a Golden Spiral Approximation (1.618..)
Dynamic Symmetry Armature Golden Mean PHI (1.618...)
Dynamic Symmetry Armature Root 3 (1.732..)
Dynamic Symmetry Armature Root 4 (2.0)
Dynamic Symmetry Armature Root 5 (2.236..)
Diablo Canyon (sold PAPNM 2014)
Adobe & Arroyo (sold 2013)
Kawela Palms Rise to the Morn (GIFT)
Dynamic Symmetry Armature Root 5 with Overlapping PHI Rectangles (2.236...)
Happy Trails Dynamic Symmetry
Land Abstraction II sold 2023
Turbulent Winds II Dynamic Symmetry
Chromatic Lands II 8x10
Chromatic Lands III 5:4 Dynamic Symmetry Armature
Land Abstraction I Dynamic Symmetry Armature Plus Golden Spiral
Land Abstraction V 12x16
Luminous Lands II 12x15
Turbulent Lands I Harmonic Armature
Turbulent Lands IV Borrego Springs
Turbulent Waters V PHI DS Armature
Turbulent Waters V Reference
Turbulent Waters V Intermediate
Black Mesa DS Armature
Ashley Pond - Los Alamos Harmonic Armature
Studio Tour - Taos Gorge
Studio Tour - Aspens and Turbulent Waters
Studio Tour - Chromatic Lands and Others
"Arizona Morning Shadows"
"Taos Morning"
Kalawao at Dawn"
Diablo Canyon Expanded DS Vertical
Toward the Sangres 1 (015 LCCF)
Deviil's Canyon Expanded DS Armature++
Ghost Ranch mini (LCCF 2018)
Flaming Sky Mini II (2019 LCCF)
Diablo Canyon meets Sedona Expanced DS Armature++
Santa Fe River Flows II (LCCF 2020)
Kawela's Sound of Music (PAPNM 2017 NFS)
Taos Meadow - LCCF 2023
The Karen Wray Fine Arts Gallery - Los Alamos
Happy to announce a new gallery representation: the Karen Wray FIne Art...
Masterworks of New Mexico
I was delighted to be informed that my painting, Turbulent Lands, won Third Place in the Oil/Acryli...
1-day Workshop at the Bluebird Studio: Composition and Armatures
A 1-day introduction to the use of Dynamic Symmetry and Harmonic Armatures in Comp...
Radical Impressionist: A Mathematician Paints in her Studio and On Location
Karen's Paintings and Dynamic Symmetry Armatures
Many o...
Armatures
Under Construction: More to be added and annotated further. Visit my blog fo...
Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Juried and Non-juried Exhibits
The Plein Air Painters of New Mexico sponsors several exhibitions and Paint Out Shoes every y...
Las Campanas Annual Community Fund Art Sale from 2006, 2014 to the present..
2024: Cancelled in 2024. 2023: June 24th, Annual Art Sale at the Las Campanas Hacien...
