Title

She Just Keeps Rolling

Size

12x9

Price

500

En plein air from the Chama river Overlook. I am glad I tackled this venue again;it has so much and I wanted to capture the spirit.

Title

Piedra Lumbre I

Size

7x11

Price

400

Palette Knife. See karenhalbert.blogspot.com for a detailed analysis of this painting and others. This is part of a series that I am calling Canyon Colores. But note that the dimensions are close to a golden ratio. At the Marigold Arts Gallery.

Title

Chama River Canyon Wilderness

Size

15x24

Price

$950

This wilderness area is a Northern New Mexico secret and one that continues to compel me to paint! The painting's sides are in a 5:8 ratio (think Fibonacci Series, 1,1,2,3,5,8,...). The limit of the ratio of subsequent elements is the Golden Mean, 1.6...., an irrational number. The Golden Ratio has been hailed since antiquity by artists such as Leonardo Da Vinci as the most beautiful, perhaps because it can be seen throughout nature (galaxy and fern spirals, Nautilus Shell, the human body, etc.).

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. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.

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.

Title

Borrego Springs is Calling

Size

10x16

Price

550

"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.

Title

"Taos Mountain Afternoon"

Size

12x16

Price

$600

Painted "en plain air" in the late Spring when the snow was still on the Taos Mountain. Juried in to the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico 8th National Juried Members Show.

Title

"Chama Striations"

Size

11x14

Price

$500

Natural geological formations result in patterns that attract the viewer. These striation patterns appear throughout the cliffs around Abiquiu, Ghost Ranch and the Chama River in northern New Mexico, forming a natural landmark on a par with the most spectacular of the world. Selected for the Biologique Exhibition at the NM Art League in October/November 2015.

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

Pedernal I

Size

8x10

Price

400

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.

Title

Pedernal II

Size

8x10

Price

400

Primarily palette knife. 2nd in a Pedernal Series. Perhaps I can call this My Mountain. Have I painted it enough? Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.

Title

Sangres

Size

10x16 (framed - 14x20)

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

Chama Cliffs Evening (sold 2015)

Size

11x14

Price

$500

Painted "en plein air" at the beginning of Monastery Road, just up the road from Ghost Ranch. We were looking north at the wondrous cliffs formed so long ago during various geological ages. The light was playing in and out of the clouds, but it was fun to try to capture it anyway, waiting for the light and the shadows to return. Painted without a paint brush, with a paper towel and palette knife. I intend to touch it up slightly, perhaps with a paintbrush, providing a little more detail in the foreground. I have to wonder a bit about the prominent cliff structure. It's one of the 'muffin-top' cliffs that are ubiquitous along the Chama River in this part of New Mexico. But a viewer thought it was a hole in the mountain. Perhaps I was trying to see through the mountain to the beginning of its formation! I've decided to leave it as is; I rather like the ambiguity. Sold Dec 2015 at the Purple Sage Gallery, www.purplesagegallery.biz. KH-26

Title

Chama Canyon Colors (donated 2019 LCCF)

Size

12x16

Price

Donated 2019 LCCF. To be offered at the annual Las Campanas Community Fund Silent Auction on June 29, 2019. The Chama River Canyon Wilderness in Northern New Mexico near Ghost Ranch, made famous by Georgia O’Keeffe, is one of the most beautiful scenic areas of the state. This wilderness area calls me again and again to paint in order to capture its timeless message of beauty and existence. The underlying shapes, patterns and rhythms are an endless mystery to be explored in different ways.

Title

Diablo Canyon Morning Glow (sold 2019)

Size

18x24

Price

1080

Sold Jun 20, 2019 by the Marigold Arts Gallery on Canyon Road.Officially my 100th painting recorded as sold. Primarily palette knife after a wash-in. The color was pushed: Diablo Canyon is often a range of grey only. But the morning light can cause it to glow. This is a favorite venue near my home in Santa Fe far out on a rough dirt road. The area is still being filmed in westerns. It does feel like traveling back in time when visiting and painting this site.

Title

High Desert Dawn (sold 2019)

Size

9x12

Price

500

For only a few moments in the morning can one see the mountains glow with this special hue - and warmth. Sold by the Marigold Arts Gallery Sept 2.

Title

Chama River Morning (sold 2019)

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. Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.

Title

Sky Magic III (sold 2019)

Size

7x11

Price

$400

A Mathematician paints.Landscape-inspired Abstract # 1 for 2019, oil, palette knife, 7x11, 11/7 is a rational approximation to the golden mean (1.61..., an irrational number). Do you see the embedded spiral? Sold by the Marigold Arts Gallery Oct 8, 2019.