Desert Paintings
Paintings of the Desert, in particular of Southeast Arizona, my winter home in Green Valley: Santa Rita Mountains, Madera Canyon and Tucson. Paintings reside primarily in my Arizona studio and home. Includes paintings of the desert area of Borrego Springs, California.Riding Toward the Santa Ritas
- Title
- Riding Toward the Santa Ritas
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- 500
"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.
Riding Toward the Santa Ritas
Sunset - Mini gift
- Title
- Sunset - Mini gift
- Size
- 5x7
- Price
- NFS
Painted as a holiday gift from a photo of a magnificent sunset in Arizona in Dec 2018.
Sunset - Mini gift
Madera Creek Sycamore
- Title
- Madera Creek Sycamore
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- 600
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
Borrego Springs is Calling
- 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.
Borrego Springs is Calling
"Afternoon Shadows I"
- 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.
"Afternoon Shadows I"
"Sedona Cliffs II"
- 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.
"Sedona Cliffs II"
High Desert Glory (sold 2018)
- Title
- High Desert Glory (sold 2018)
- Size
- 8x10 (12x16 framed)
- Price
- 400
Sold Nov 2018 by the Marigold Arts Gallery. "En plein air" in Arizona when the poppies were in full bloom. I will have to watch for them to blossom again in the March time frame.
High Desert Glory (sold 2018)
"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"
"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"
"My Palo Verde Trees"
- Title
- "My Palo Verde Trees"
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- $300
We have 4 Palo Verde trees in our new home. This is my first Ariizona Spring and I have just been introduced to these beautiful trees, with green bark and magnificent yellow blossoms. Palo Verdes this year were supposed to be spectacular. Well, we'll wait for next year to compare. In the meantime I will have this painting (or photographs anyway, once it sells).
"My Palo Verde Trees"
"Santa Ritas"
- Title
- "Santa Ritas"
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $400
Painted from our front portal in the Santa Rita Mountain area.
"Santa Ritas"
"Tumacacori Ridge"
- Title
- "Tumacacori Ridge"
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- $300
"En plein air" near Tubac, Arizona.
"Tumacacori Ridge"
"Elephant's Head" (sold)
- Title
- "Elephant's Head" (sold)
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- sold 2013?
Painted in southeast Arizona on the road up toward Madera Canyon. Sold at the Annual Plein Air Painters of NM show in Taos. 2013?
"Elephant's Head" (sold)
"Back from the Desert" (sold)
- Title
- "Back from the Desert" (sold)
- Size
- 8x10
- Price
- $300
"En plein air" near Madera Reserve. The Palo Verde are in full bloom. What a majestic site. They remind me of the feeling when the Cottonwood are in bloom in New Mexico. Sold at the Las Campanas Charity Annual Silent Auction - July 2016.
"Back from the Desert" (sold)
"Sedona Cliffs"
- Title
- "Sedona Cliffs"
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $400
Sold at the 2016 Plein Air Convention in Tucson.
"Sedona Cliffs"
"Santa Rita Mountains 5x7"
- Title
- "Santa Rita Mountains 5x7"
- Size
- 5x7
- Price
- $150 but see note:
"En plein air" from our Arizona back yard in the morning. Juried In to the National Plein Air Painters Colorado exhibition, at the Mary Williams Gallery in Boulder during the Month of August 2015.
"Santa Rita Mountains 5x7"
Elephant's Head Approach
- Title
- Elephant's Head Approach
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- 400
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
Teton Mountains
- Title
- Teton Mountains
- Size
- 18x24
- Price
- NFS
This was painted years ago (@2014?). I loved visiting the Tetons. But now that I am in Arizona during the winter, I realized that this painting could have been done here, right from our back yard facing the Santa Ritas, with different houses and perhaps an imagined creek flowing away from us as the snow melts. I will repaint this.
Teton Mountains
"Santa Ritas Framed"
- Title
- "Santa Ritas Framed"
- Size
- 16x13 (framed)
- Price
- $400
Antique silver floating frame (Small Catallina)
"Santa Ritas Framed"
Desert Paintings
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Marigold Arts Gallery Paintings (current)
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