Armatures
Under Construction: More to be added and annotated further. Visit my blog for detailed posts on the use of Dynamic Symmetry Armatures and Fibonacci Spirals for compositions over the ages.Visit my blog: Dynamic Symmetry: A Mathematician Paints Perhaps begin with the post, Basic Dynamic Symmetry Armatures (including the Golden Spiral). Think of Armatures as blueprints or scaffoldings. They break up the space in harmonious sections, perhaps self-similar as with fractals. And they provide potential focal points and directional lines leading to the chosen focal points.
For now we are primarily concentrating on the Basic Dynamic Symmetry and the Golden Spiral Armatures.They could include in the future, Harmonic Armatures, Dynamic Symmetry Armatures with Rabatment and informal design methods of Andrew Loomis. I will continue to study various armatures.
Visit the Radical Impressionist Exhibit on this website, with its paintings, each annotated with an armature to study:
Radical Impressionist Exhibit.
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2024 Winter Holiday Show and Opening at the Karen Wray Gallery
Georgia's Spires 9x12
HANDELL, Elusive, 16x20 wirh Dynamic Symmetry
HALBERT Santa Fe River Turbulence Informal Subdivision
HANDELL Lakeway Grotto 12x16 with Dynamic Symmetry
HANDELL At the Interior Falls 18x24
HANDELL Quarry Falls 12x16
2024 Halbert Plein Air Magazine
Workshop Overview
Karen at the Karen Wray Gallery
Los Alamos Cliff Tops Study
Wild River Santa Fe 10x16
Painting at the Edge
Abstraction En Plein Air
Abstract #1 in Raw Umber and Van Dyke Brown
Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the Winter 10x16
Waimea Waterfall III 16x10
Diablo Canyon Phase 1 8x16 DS
Studio as of Sept 2023
Studio at Night Time
Ashley Pond III 12x16
Karen's Blog QR-CODE
Turbulent Winds II Dynamic Symmetry
Karen at her Studio Easel
Santa Fe Studio Wall 1
Santa Fe Studio Wall 2
Santa Fe Studio Wall 4
Ocotillo Stormy Skies (Gift-2022)
SF Turbulence Single Point Perspective
Arizona Spring V2
Arizona Spring
Spring Arrives
Balboa Park Museum of Us (gift)
Balboa Park Tower III
Balboa Park Promenade with Figures
Tectonic Uplift (gift)
Water Color Color Chart with Calligraphy and Figure practice.
Rose (gift)
Golden Cottonwoods, Galisteo Painting with Buyers
Karen at the PAPNM 2021 Juried Show with Collector
Karen in the Aspens
Chamisa Season
Clouds Over the Arroyo
Desert Spring
Moonlight in Hawaii-after Roy Tabora
Windandsea Beach I
Pedernal Clouds (Gift)
High Desert Colors Watercolor
My Santa Ritas
Chama Cliff Glow
Mesa Sunset
Chama Cliffs Colores 1
Riding Toward the Santa Ritas
Madera Creek Sycamore
Ghost Ranch Chimney Rock
Chama River Afternoon Glow
White Place Drama
Pedernal Clouds
Chama Cliffs Serenity
Borrego Springs Light
Shady Lakes Lilies"
Wild River Santa Fe 16x10
Basic Dynamic Symmetry Armature
Dynamic Symmetry Armature 5:4 (1.25)
SF River Turbulence- PHI System
Dynamic Symmetry Armature Root PHI (1.272..)
Basic Dynamic Symmetry Armature Construction Step 1
Dynamic Symmetry Armature 4:3 (1.333..)
Turbulent Winds II 12x16 Sold 2023
Afternoon Shadows I
Dynamic Symmetry Armature Root 2 (1.414..)
Basic Dynamic Symmetry Armature Final Step
Dynamic Symmetry Armature Root 4 (2.0)
Dynamic Symmetry Armature Root 5 (2.236..)
Bridge-Schaller-Demo (gift)
March On Chambers Street (after Thomas Schaller) Gift.
Aspen Fusion (GIFT)
Above Las Campanas
"Dam that Soda"
"Down by the Riverside"
North Shore Waves
Cliff Abstracton with Expanded Dynamic Symmetry
Expanded Dynamic Symmetry Armature (with right Rebated Square)
Awakening (sold PAPNM 2021)
Hope on the Horizon (sold 2021)
Aspen Glory I (sold 2021)
Van Gogh on my Mind (sold 2021)
Golden Luminescence (sold 2021)
High Desert Sunflowers (sold 2021)
Sunflowers Pas de Deux (sold 2021)
Santa Fe Chamisa 2021
Chama Towers (sold 2021)
Ghost Ranch Upheaval (sold 2021)
My Palo Verde Trees (sold 2021)
Aspen Glory I Dynamic Symmetry
Popping up all Over (sold 2020)
Sky Magic IV (sold 2020)
Ocotillo Pas de Deux I (sold 2020)
Chama RIver Overlook (PAPNM 2019 Sold 2020)
Golden Hour (sold 2020)
Pedernal Sunset I (sold 2020)
Chimney Rocks II
Arizona Spring (sold 2020)
Ocotillo Pas de Deux (sold 2019)
Piedra Lumbre I (sold 2019)
Diablo Canyon Morning Glow (sold 2019)
Sky Magic III (sold 2019)
Evening becomes Her (sold 2019)
Yellow Cliffs I (sold 2019)
White Place Impending Storm (sold 2019)
Chama River Cliffs (sold 2019)
Chilling by the River I (PAPNM 2018)
Chilling by the River II (PAPNM 2018)
Cliff Dream (Sold 2018)
Sangres Small (sold 2018)
Golden Sangres Aspens (sold 2018)
Chama Cliffs Morning (sold 2018)
Ghost Ranch Mesa Sunset (Small) #1 (sold 2018)
Chama Cliffs (sold 2018)
Chama River Sunset (sold 2018)
Chama River Light (sold 2018)
Ghost Ranch Cliffs and Clouds (sold 2018)
Taos Mountain Morning (sold 2018)
Chama River Sunset (sold 2018)
Taos Gorge Awakening (sold 2018)
Whirling Squares Upper Right
Georgia's Backyard Shadows (sold 2018)
Ghost Ranch (sold 2017)
Arroyo Hondo Chamisas (sold 2017)
As the Chama Churns (sold 2017)
"Colorado Serenity"
Chama Cliffs Tapestry (sold 2016)
Taos Gorge Warmth (sold 2016)
Ghost Ranch Smokes (sold 2016)
Toward the Hazy Pedernal (sold 2016)
Sangre de Cristo Winter Vista (sold 2016)
Fibonacci Whirling Squares
Ghost Ranch Cliff (sold 2015)
Pedernal Guards (sold 2015)
Abiquiu Rocks (sold 2015 PAPNM)
Santa Rita Mountains 5x7 (sold 2015 PAAC)
Diablo Canyon 6x6 (sold 2015)
Ghost Ranch Cliff (sold 2015)
Diablo Canyon (sold PAPNM 2014)
Asilomar Coast (sold 2014)
Elephant's Head"(sold PAPNM 2013)
Chambers St Sketch 2
Colorado Moonrise (sold 2012)
Abstract #2 - wiped
New Mexico Vista (sold 2012)
Kawela Palms Rise to the Morn (GIFT)
Aspen Season I 10x8
"Raging Animas River I"
Los Alamos Hills Impression with Golden Spiral plus Expanded Dynamic Symmetry
Aspen Season I
"Sandia Evening""
Aspen Season II Harmonic Armature
Sedona Cliffs II
Spring at Ghost Ranch with Golden Spiral plus Expanded Dynamic Symmetry
Turbulent Lands 15x25 2024 NM Masterworks Award
Turbulent Lands with Golden Spiral Armature
Sunrise
Pedernal I
Water Works Final Square
Lake Murray, San Diego Water Works I (gift)
Lake Murray, San Diego Waterworks II
Georgia's Red Hills 8x16
Stage 1 Watercolor Study (gift)
Lake Murray-Gray
Lake Murray WC
Storm Coming (PAPNM 2020)
Chimney Rocks Sunburst
Chama Cliff Detail
Happy Trails Dynamic Symmetry
Chromatic Lands I 5:4 Dynamic Symmetry Armature
Chromatic Lands I - 5:4 Two PHI Grids side by side
Chromatic Lands IV - Two PHI Grids side by side
Chromatic Lands III 5:4 Dynamic Symmetry Armature with Rebated Squares
Chromatic Lands V 8x10
High Desert Colors II
Land Abstraction I 8x13
Land Abstraction I. Expanded+ Dynamic Symmetry with a Spiral
Dawn - Los Alamos Dynamic Symmetry Armature plus Golden Spiral
Land Abstraction V 12x16
Land Abstraction V Dynamic Symmetry
Arroyo Hondo (PAPNM 2020)
Ocotillo at Picacho Peak
Santa Fe River Turbulence II
Luminous Lands I 12x19
Luminous Lands I Dynamic Symmetry Armature plus Golden Spiral
Luminous Lands II 12x15
Luminous Lands III - 4:3 Dynamic Symmetry Armature
Luminous Lands V
Luminous Lands VI
Luminous Waters II 16x20
Luminous Lands VI Northern Lights PHI Dynamic Symmetry plus Spiral
Luminous Lands VI Northern Lights - PHI Whirling Squares
Turbulent Lands I - PHI - Dynamic Symmetry Armature
Turbulent Lands I Harmonic Armature
Turbulent Lands II 15x25
Turbulent Lands III Harmonic Armature
Borrego Springs is Calling
Turbulent Lands V
Turbulent Lands V PHI
Turbulent Lands V Harmonic Armature
Turbulent Lands VI Dynamic Symmetry
Turbulent Lands VII Dynamic Symmetry plus Spiral
Turbulent Lands VII Harmonic Armature
Step 2: Turbulent Winds III
Turbulent Waters I 12x16
Turbulent Waters I Dynamic Symmetry
Turbulent Waters I Dynamic Symmetry plus Rabatment
Turbulent Waters I - 4:3 Dynamic Symmetry Armature with Markups
Turbulent Waters II 12x19
Turbulent Waters III Harmonic Armature
Turbulent Waters IV
Turbulent Waters IV 8x10
Turbulent Waters V- Santa Fe River 10x16
Turbulent Waters V Reference
Turbulent Waters V Plein Air Setup
Turbulent Waters VI 12x16
Turbulent Winds III Expanded Dynamic Symmetry
Yellow Cliffs 15x24
Yellow Cliffs PHI Dynamic Symmetry plus Spiral
Taos Gorge Fusion Dynamic Symmetry Armature CROPPED
Santa Fe River Turbulence Armature
Taos Gorge Fusion 20x16
Taos Gorge Nightfall 20x16
Taos Gorge Fusion Dynamic Symmetry Armature plus Rebatement
Cloud Fractals Dynamic Symmetry plus Rabatment Armature
Black Mesa DS Armature
Golden Mesa 12x16
Studio Tour - Taos Gorge
Studio Tour - Aspens and Turbulent Waters
Studio Tour 0 Luminous Waters
Studio Tour - Land Abstraction V
Studio Tour - Luminous Lands
"Afternoon Shadows II"
"Arizona Morning Shadows"
Chama Cliff
"Chama Turbulence"
"Ghost Ranch Impression"
"Las Golondrinas Field"
Martha's Vineyard Lily Pond
"Monastery Door"
"Pedernal Evening"
"Rio Grande Morning"
Santa Ritas
"Waiting for Autumn"
2024 Weekend with Handell and Halbert
"Ghost Ranch Cliff after Okeeffe bw"
Karen in Georgia's Back Yard
Black Mesa Vista
Santa Fe River Explosion
Sangre de Cristo High
Elephant's Head Approach
Teton Mountains
Kalaupapa Storm
Diablo Canyon
Las Campanas - End of Day (donated 2006 LCCF)
Diablo Canyon 8x16 Sold 2023
Jemez Vista 1 (LCCF 2012-13)
Diablo Canyon Expanded DS Vertical
Big Tesuque Aspens (2015)
Pedernal (LCCF 2015)
Toward the Sangres 1 (015 LCCF)
North Shore Composition (gift)
Stately Palms (gift)
Back from the Desert (LCCF 2016)
Deviil's Canyon Expanded DS Armature++
Cliff Medley mini II (LCCF 2018)
"Arroyo Hondo Glows" (gift)
Kawela Bay Mini gift
Taos Gorge - Mini gift
Flaming Sky Mini I (2019 LCCF)
Chama Canyon Colores (2019 LCCF)
Big Tesuque Creek (2019 LCCF)
Diablo Canyon Revisited ( 2020 LCCF)
Santa Fe River Flows II (LCCF 2020)
Blowin' in the Wind (Honorable Mention-Taos PAPNM 2020) GIFT
Diablo Canyon Evening 4 to 3 Expanded DS++
Kawela's Sound of Music (PAPNM 2017 NFS)
New Mexico Evening (LCCF 2023)
Chromatic Lands - LCCF 2023
Taos Meadow - LCCF 2023
Diablo Canyon Morning 4 to 3 Expanded DS++
A Weekend with Handell and Halbert - Workshops
A Deep Dive into Rocks, Water & Dynamic Symmetry:
Weekend
Due...
The Karen Wray Fine Arts Gallery - Los Alamos
New gallery representation: the Karen Wray FIne Art Galle...
Masterworks of New Mexico
I was delighted to be informed that my painting, Turbulent Lands, won Third Place in the Oil/Acryli...
1-day Workshop at the Bluebird Studio: Composition and Armatures
A 1-day introduction to the use of Dynamic Symmetry and Harmonic Armatures in C...
Radical Impressionist: A Mathematician Paints in her Studio and On Location
Karen's Paintings and Dynamic Symmetry Armatures
Many o...
Armatures
Under Construction: More to be added and annotated further. Visit my blog fo...
Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Juried and Non-juried Exhibits
The Plein Air Painters of New Mexico sponsors several exhibitions and Paint Out Shoes every y...
Las Campanas Annual Community Fund Art Sale from 2006, 2014 to the present..
2024: Cancelled in 2024. 2023: June 24th, Annual Art Sale at the Las Campanas Hacien...
