Title

Chama Red Hills 10x16 PAPNM 2024

Size

10x16

Price

$600

En plein air. Painted on the edge from the side of the Chama River Overlook On exhibit with the Santa Fe Pleinarians at Joe's Dining and Art on Rodeo Road in Santa Fe, July-December, 204

Title

Cliff Abstraction 18x24

Size

18x24

Price

$1500

Available at the Karen Wray Gallery - (505) 660-6382: www.karenwrayfineart.com.
Capturing the texture and the chroma of the cliffs of New Mexico. Tools used: squeegee, painters' trowel, Catalyst wedge, palette knives and paint brushes.

Title

Cliffs of New Mexico 12x16

Size

12x16

Price

$700

The cliffs of New Mexico continue to astound one.

Title

Los Alamos Hills Impression 10x16

Size

10x16

Price

$600

Continuing the series of the hills and cliffs of New Mexico.

Inquiries: call the Karen Wray Fine Art Gallery - (505) 660-6382: www.karenwrayfineart.com.

Title

Spring at Ghost Ranch 10x16

Size

10x16

Price

$600

En plein air. The views of the cliffs around Ghost Ranch are amazing. It's hard to decide what to paint. For this view, I liked the feeling of the sun raking over the nearby hillside.

Inquiries: call the Karen Wray Fine Art Gallery - (505) 660-6382: www.karenwrayfineart.com.

Title

Turbulent Lands 15x25 2024 NM Masterworks Award

Size

15x25

Price

$1300

Available at the Karen Wray Gallery: - (505) 660-6382 www.karenwrayfineart.com.
Juried into the 2024 New Mexico Masterworks Exhibit: Mar 22-Apr 14. Thrilled to hear that my entry into the prestigious annual Masterworks Show in New Mexico won Third Place in Oil/Acrylics. This is part of a new series of paintings in the Abstract Landscape category. I am trying to capture the feel of the texture of the land and the form of the cliffs all around us in New Mexico. Aspect Ratio: 1.67. Near Golden Mean (1.62). Capturing the shapes of the hills leading up to Los Alamos and the texture and the aged feeling of these ancient hills. These were visible to the World War II scientists on their way up to the Labs to work in secrecy to win the war and as Oppenheimer said, to stop future wars forever.

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Painted in the studio, based on several plein air works in the past couple of years. You can read a detailed account of the development of this painting on the Radical Impressionist: A Mathematician Paints' blog at: Anatomy of a Painting - Turbulent Lands .

Title

Chromatic Lands I 8x10

Size

8x10

Price

$450

Available at the Karen Wray Gallery - (505) 660-6382 : www.karenwrayfineart.com.
In this painting, the darker ‘path’ is an s-shape leading to the cliff in the distance. This is a well- known device to lead the viewer’s eye to a focal point. Chromatic Lands I is a favorite painting due to its range of colors and its textures.


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Title

Chromatic Lands III 8x10

Size

8x10

Price

$450

Available at the Karen Wray Gallery - (505) 660-6382 : www.karenwrayfineart.com.
Part of a series to capture the brilliant chroma of the fall in the Mountains of New Mexico.

I did not use an armature when designing this painting; Iwere concentrating on the curves of the hills and of course the use of chroma. One could find points in the picture plain that when joined would create lines and curves following the armature. Note that the top ridge seems to go through or close to the "eyes"

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Title

Chromatic Lands IV 8X10

Size

8x10 Aspect Ratio 5:4

Price

$450

Available at the Karen Wray Gallery - (505) 660-6382 : www.karenwrayfineart.com.
Part of a series to capture the brilliant Chroma of the fall in the Mountains of New Mexico.. This version also captures the undulations of the hills.

In reality, this armature was not used when designing this painting. Would it have been improved if more of the hill lines followed the dynamic symmetry lines? And there's no clear focal point. To be analyzed further. However, I feel that this painting does illustrate dramatic chroma as well as undulating movement. Note how the reciprocal touches the top of the far right tree. Also, the hill line from the lower left lies along the main 'baroque' diagonal.

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Title

Chromatic Lands V 8x10

Size

8x10

Price

$450

Available at the Karen Wray Gallery - (505) 660-6382 : www.karenwrayfineart.com.
The aspens above Santa Fe are glorious during the fall and are part of my continuing series to capture fall color. One of the most important points is for the viewer's eye to travel around the painting. The painting encourages the viewer to follow the foreground tree line up to the upper right clouds and then, follow down and around the painting.

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Inquiries: call the Karen Wray Fine Art Gallery - (505) 660-6382: www.karenwrayfineart.com.

Title

Land Abstraction I 8x13

Size

8x13

Price

$850

Available at the Karen Wray Gallery - (505) 660-6382 : www.karenwrayfineart.com.
BREAK-THROUGH new painting. Juried into the 2024 New Mexico Masterworks Exhibit: Mar 22-Apr 14. Abstracting the land in New Mexico:

Land Abstraction I had its origin in another painting; I wasn’t happy with it so I used a squeegee to restate straight edges, applying dappled color while doing so. I liked the result and retitled the painting to incorporate “abstract”. Visit my blog post on the development details of this painting: Anatomy of Land Abstraction I .

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Title

Land Fusion - Los Alamos 15x25

Size

15x25

Price

$1200

Available at the Karen Wray Gallery: - (505) 660-6382 www.karenwrayfineart.com.
Continued series with more abstract landscapes. Painted from photographs and smaller on-location studies of the dramatic cliffs of Los Alamos. Tools used include a squeegee (straight edge), brushes, palette knife and wedge to mark the lines during the painting process. Yes, this is the home of the Atomic Bomb from WWII but it's also the home of advanced research in Fusion, a promising source of soloar powered electricity.

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Title

Yellow Cliffs 15x24

Size

15x24

Price

Inquiries: karen.halbert@gmail.com.

Available at the Karen Wray Gallery - (505) 660-6382: www.karenwrayfineart.com.
Full disclosure: I utilized chat gpt to help with the wording here. "Upon traversing Monastery Road, the commanding presence of the yellow cliffs on the right beckons the artist's gaze, evoking an irresistible urge to capture their essence upon canvas. Utilizing near golden mean dimensions for the painting, I orchestrated a composition designed to guide the viewer's eye along a journey across the canvas, following the subtle curvature of the implied golden spiral. Each brushstroke was meticulously placed to accentuate points of interest, with a deliberate emphasis on the point of sharpest contrast near the right-most dominant cliff, ensuring a captivating visual experience that resonates with the discerning collector".

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Title

Ashley Pond Los Alamos 12x16

Size

12x16

Price

$700

Available at the Karen Wray Gallery - (505) 660-6382 : www.karenwrayfineart.com.
"En plein air" during the Los Alamos Paint Out sponsored by the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico in Aug 2023. This pond in the middle of town was named after a prominent resident of Los Alamos. Painting at the edge of the pond was delightful. Cool breezes could be felt off the pond even during 90 degree weather. (Of course, there was a pavilion for cover).

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