Santa Fe River Turbulence with Harmonic Armature
- Title
- Santa Fe River Turbulence with Harmonic Armature
- Size
- 10x16.18
- Price
Harmonic Armature Grid. The Harmonic Armature grid is a popular alternative to the Dynamic Symmetry grid. It can be used for any proportion canvas. It's an extension of the rule of thirds (ROT) as the intersections of the main diagonals with the diagonals from the corners to the midpoint on the edges are at the ROT sweet spots. For more information visit my blog. I am currently studying and comparing the benefits of each grid.
Santa Fe River Turbulence with Harmonic Armature
Santa Fe River Turbulence Dynamic Symmetry Plus
- Title
- Santa Fe River Turbulence Dynamic Symmetry Plus
- Size
- 10x16.18
- Price
- NFS
Dynamic Symmetry Grid over the painting. Includes the perpendicular crossing lines and main diagonals. Verticals are dropped from the crossing at the top and bottom. The intersection of the main diagonals with the perpendicular crossing lines are the Golden Points. Other verticals are completion of the square off the sides - also known as the rebated square.
Santa Fe River Turbulence Dynamic Symmetry Plus
SF River Turbulence Fibonacci Spiral
- Title
- SF River Turbulence Fibonacci Spiral
- Size
- 10x16.18
- Price
- NFS
SF River Turbulence Fibonacci Spiral
SF River Turbulence-Golden Triangle
- Title
- SF River Turbulence-Golden Triangle
- Size
- 10x16.18
- Price
- NFS
SF River Turbulence-Golden Triangle
SF Turbulence Single Point Perspective
- Title
- SF Turbulence Single Point Perspective
- Size
- 10x16.18
- Price
- NFS
SF Turbulence Single Point Perspective
Arizona Spring
- Title
- Arizona Spring
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- $500
"En plein air" at the Otero Ranch (aka Tubac Golf Course) in Tubac. Moved to Studies since I cropped the top of the large tree. See "Recent" works.
Arizona Spring
Moonlight in Hawaii-after Roy Tabora
- Title
- Moonlight in Hawaii-after Roy Tabora
- Size
- 16x12
- Price
Following along with Roy Tabora.
Moonlight in Hawaii-after Roy Tabora
High Desert Colors Watercolor
- Title
- High Desert Colors Watercolor
- Size
- 12x16 on Arches Archival Paper (140 lb, rough(
- Price
- NFS
High Desert Colors Watercolor
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
PHI Description
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- PHI Description
- Size
- Price
PHI Description
SF River Turbulence- PHI System
- Title
- SF River Turbulence- PHI System
- Size
- 10x16.18
- Price
- NFS
SF River Turbulence- PHI System
Step 1: Blowin' in the Wind II
- Title
- Step 1: Blowin' in the Wind II
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- NFS
First sketch for final Blowin' in the Wind II painting. Divided up the canvas using Informal Subdivision. Sketched out the main concpt with Vandyke Brown scubbed with a brush into the pael. Scrubbed in the colors seen here.
Step 1: Blowin' in the Wind II
Step 2: Blowin' in the Wind II
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- Step 2: Blowin' in the Wind II
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
Continued to brush in paint but began to use a palette knife. Decided to add in the mountain background to this larger version of the inspiration for this series.
Step 2: Blowin' in the Wind II
Step 3: Blowin' in the Wind II
- Title
- Step 3: Blowin' in the Wind II
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- NFS
First day's progress. Let it sit overnight before making judicious improvements. See final version on the Recents' page. NOTES: need to vary the trunk and main limbs of this tree to make them more interesting. Need to decide if it's okay to use such loose palette knife storks Up close the painting doesn't hold up. I will look for interesting trees on our property to paint.
Step 3: Blowin' in the Wind II
Abstract #2 - 2019
- Title
- Abstract #2 - 2019
- Size
- 5x7
- Price
- TBD
(See also the wiped version. Which do you like best?) Experimenting with a limited palette: Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Red Light, Primary Magenta Ultramarine Blue and Phthalo Green and Titanium White (all Cobra Water-mixable Oils). Cadmium Yellow is useful for all warms. Both reds often result in the same tones when adding white and even the purples are similar when adding Ultramarine Blue. The purple from the Magenta and Blue is more vivid than with Cad Red Light. Magenta results in a brighter pink when adding white. The Cad Red Light yields a more subtle warm grey when mixed appropriately with either UB or P Green. Could I live without one of these reds for landscapes? i will do a few studies to determine this. The Phthalo and Blue yield different shades of blue when adding white (the green becomes a paler blue green). They both make darks when adding the Magenta. Or even adding the CRL. I willl be posting the color charts based on these 5 colors shortly on my blog, karenhalbert.blogspot.com.
Abstract #2 - 2019
Abstract #2 - wiped
- Title
- Abstract #2 - wiped
- Size
- 5x7
- Price
Wiped out version of Abstract #2. I felt that the palette knife work was not effective here. Compare with its original and let me know what you think.
Abstract #2 - wiped
Abstract #3
- Title
- Abstract #3
- Size
- 8x13
- Price
- 500
A Mathematician paints.Landscape-inspired Abstract # 3 for 2019, oil, palette knife, 8x13, 13/8 = 1.625 is a rational approximation to the golden mean (1.618..., an irrational number). Water Mixable oil (Cobra). Limited Palette: Cad Yellow Medium, Cad Red Light, Primary Magenta, Ultramarine Blue, Phthalo Green and Titanium White. Palette Knife Only thickly applied. Mosaic Tessellation.
Abstract #3
Study Stage 1
- Title
- Study Stage 1
- Size
- 18x24
- Price
- NFS
First layer block-in with palette knife and towel using water and drier as thinner. Dried fairly quickly, within a day. #paletteknife, #waterbased, #paptertowel, #expandedpalette Scene: Santa Rita Mountains in Arizona with Ocotillo to come. Large painting based on several smaller 8x10 paintings.
Study Stage 1
Study Stage 2
- Title
- Study Stage 2
- Size
- 18x24
- Price
- NFS
Second stage block-in. Adding layer (with palette knife and towel ) on top of a dried first layer. #paletteknife, #waterbased, #paptertowel, #expandedpalette Scene: Santa Rita Mountains in Arizona with Ocotillo to come.
Study Stage 2
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
Canyon Colors II
- Title
- Canyon Colors II
- Size
- 11x14
- Price
- NFS
Canyon Colors II
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
Chama Cliff Detail
- Title
- Chama Cliff Detail
- Size
- 8x6
- Price
- 300
Painted in the studio from a cropped photograph of the Chama Cliffs near Ghost Ranch. Also from a Plein Air painting.
Chama Cliff Detail
High Desert Colors V
- Title
- High Desert Colors V
- Size
- 8x13 (framed 13x18)
- Price
- 500
Golden Rectangle proportion; note part of the fibonacci series: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13….
High Desert Colors V
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
River Turbulence Study
- Title
- River Turbulence Study
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
Study based on an original plein air oil painting. I wasn't happy with the result using palette knife with thick paint so I wiped it out (carefully, one area at a tie) and ended up liking the result seen here. I will continue working on this.
River Turbulence Study
Santa Fe River Turbulence II
- Title
- Santa Fe River Turbulence II
- Size
- 9x12
- Price
- 500
Based on the Plein Air piece of the same name. Palette knife primarily.. As I painted this I was remembering the babble of the rushing creek/river while analyzing the turbulent flow. Turbulence is a favorite topic of Mathematicians, whether in air or water.
Santa Fe River Turbulence II
"Cloud Fractals"
- Title
- "Cloud Fractals"
- Size
- 12x16
- Price
- $600
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. Note also the focal point at the golden mean, where also the lightest shape meets the darkest part, with the clouds forming a golden spiral. Selected for the NM Art League at its October/November Biologique Exhibition.
"Cloud Fractals"
"Dry Waterfall after OKeeffe"
- Title
- "Dry Waterfall after OKeeffe"
- Size
- 8x6
- Price
- NFS
Study of O'Keeffe's techniques. Use of blending and careful attention to values and tones to create volume.
"Dry Waterfall after OKeeffe"
"Ghost Ranch Cliff after Okeeffe"
- Title
- "Ghost Ranch Cliff after Okeeffe"
- Size
- 10x8
- Price
- NFS
Study of O'Keeffe's techniques with a copy of her "Ghost Ranch Cliff" painting. Careful attention to paint strokes gave way to my usual palette knife techniques. See Dry Waterfall for more successful 'copying'..
"Ghost Ranch Cliff after Okeeffe"
"Ghost Ranch Cliff after Okeeffe bw"
- Title
- "Ghost Ranch Cliff after Okeeffe bw"
- Size
- 10x8
- Price
- nfs
Black/white (tonal) version.
