Title

Borrego Springs is Calling

Size

10x16

Price

550

"En plein air" and touched up in Arizona studio a year later (finally). Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.

Title

Evening becomes Her

Size

16x20

Price

700

At the Marigold Arts Gallery.

Title

White Place Drama

Size

12x16

Price

600

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.

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.

Title

Borrego Springs Light (NFS)

Size

9x12

Price

NFS

NFS but willing to commission a similar painting. "En plein air" in Borrego Springs, a small, established resort town 60 miles east of San Diego (90 miles south of Palm Desert). Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.

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.

Title

"Georgia's Towering Cliff"

Size

14x11

Price

$500

The clouds opened up on Georgia's cliff while hiking in her back yard.

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.

Title

"Afternoon Shadows I"

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. Juried in to the 2016 Plein Air Artist of Colorado Annual Member Show.

Title

"North Shore Waves"

Size

8x10

Price

$300

Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com

Title

"Chama River Morning"

Size

9x12

Price

$400

Painted "en plein air" one early morning far out on the Monastery Road at an Oxbow on the Chama River. This is my favorite painting venue, worth the long, hard drive down a single lane washboard road. A painting friend had a flat tire but fortunately for her a monk came along and helped. This road is well worth visiting the the continuous most specagular cliffs and rock formations in new Mexico. An amazing place and river.

Title

"Kewala Palms Rise to the Morn"

Size

10x8

Price

$300

I loved this spot so much that I needed to do yet another painting of the same scene so I chose a vertical format that emphasized the palms more. Collection: artist.

Title

Chama River Cliffs

Size

15x24

Price

950

The Chama Cliffs and the River continue to draw me in. So I paint different aspects to try to understand them better. Palette knife only. Golden proportion. At the Marigold Arts Gallery on Canyon Road, www.marigoldarts.com.

Title

"Sedona Cliffs II"

Size

12x16

Price

$600

I sold a smaller version of this painting at the Plein Air Convention in Tucson and decided to do a larger one.

Title

Diablo Canyon

Size

12x16

Price

$600

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.

Title

Georgia's Red Hills

Size

8x16

Price

500

Georgia O'Keeffe's hills in her back yard. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.

Title

Trekking to the Yellow Cliffs

Size

9x12

Price

500

"En plein air" at the Yellow Cliffs off Monastery Road north of Ghost Ranch. Available at the marigold arts gallery, www.marigoldarts.com, on Canyon Road in Santa Fe.

Title

Return to the River

Size

16x20

Price

700

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.

Title

Taos Gorge Nightfall

Size

20x16

Price

800

Taos Gorge is one of New Mexico's iconic landmarks. The inspiration for this series of paintings came from a plein air piece painted during a storm. The lighting was unusual, leading to many possibilities for capturing this scene.

Title

White Place Impending Storm

Size

10x16

Price

550

My intent: capture the unusual light and color in the dramatic place, one of the places O'Keeffe liked to paint. It i now the sacred home f an Islamic group, and so difficult to paint "en plein air". I can see this location in the distance from my favorite suite at the Abiquiu Inn. I took many photographs on a beautiful fall day with sun and stormy clouds. and enjoy reliving the experience while painting. I will be painting more scenes. Available at the Marigold Arts Gallery on Canyon Road, http://www.marigoldarts.com.

Title

Sandias

Size

10x16

Price

550

View of the Sandia Mountains from Albuquerque at sunset. Water-based oils (Cobra) with brush and palette knife. The first wash was thin (water plus oil color). Then the paint was applied more thickly with a palette knife, with a brush used at times. Available at the Marigold Arts Gallery on Canyon Road, http://www.marigoldarts.com.

Title

Sangres

Size

10x16

Price

550

Water-based oils (Cobra) with a thin wash at beginning. Brush and Palette knife used throughout. View of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains from Santa Fe (abstract). As the name indicates they blush red at sunset (blood of christ). Available at the Marigold Arts Gallery on Canyon Road, http://www.marigoldarts.com.

Title

The Creek Flows

Size

10x16

Price

550

I enjoy painting by a creek as it bubbles over the rocks."en plein air". Available at the marigold arts gallery, www.marigoldarts.com, on Canyon Road in Santa Fe.

Title

Santa Fe River Flows II

Size

6x12

Price

$350

My new favorite place in Santa Fe to paint. The river is rushing right now after heavy rainfalls. I love to sit by the river, listening to the sounds of water flowing and the laughter of children and barking of dogs as they splash around in the river, the way we did when we were children.

Title

Shining Cliffs

Size

10x16

Price

550

On the drive along Monastery Road in the late afternoon, the shining cliffs suddenly appear - always a welcome sight, magical in their splendor. Studio painting. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.

Title

Southwest Glory

Size

8x10

Price

$400

At the Marigold Arts Gallery on Canyon Road.

Title

Taos Gorge - Morning Becomes Her

Size

20x16

Price

$800

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.

Title

Taos Gorge Drama

Size

15x24

Price

950

Taos Gorge is one of New Mexico's iconic landmarks. The inspiration for this series of paintings came from a plein air piece painted during a storm. The lighting was unusual, leading to many possibilities for capturing this scene. This version is based on two smaller golden rectangle proportions. At the Marigold Arts Gallery, 424 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501

Title

"Josephine's Saddle"

Size

11x14

Price

$500

"En plein air" in Madera Canyon, Arizona. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com (in Arizona).