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KAREN HALT
Karen Halt was born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Ohio State University. Halt began painting in 1968 without formal training. Her subject matter included still life, wild life and portraiture. In the nineteen eighties her compositions took a gigantic leap from predictable reality into more imaginative settings.
Halt’s posing of people and animals in unexpected, unplanned dimensions works to weave its way into our lives and free us of factual experiences. Her underlying theme is reconciliation that seeks to heal the gap between what is natural and that which is civilized.
Karen Halt has now imagined and created a new direction in her artistic role. This includes her unusual textile sculptures which are sewn by hand, painted, and finally dipped in bees wax and resin to emerge as hardened free-standing forms. Her wardrobe of sculptures is an exciting “third dimension” that echoes her acrylic paintings.
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Detail base | "Ladder Dress" Colored pencil, graphite and embroidery on Muslin dipped in beeswax, with bronze stand 29" x 19" x 8" (measurements do not include bronze stand) |
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 Detail bronze base that comes with piece | "Cocoons Embrace" Graphite drawings and embroidery on silk dipped in beeswax, beaded and embroidered dyed silk collar, with bronze stand 22" x 27" x 11" (measurements do not include bronze stand)
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Detail | "Feathered, Flowered Forkfuls" (sculpture) Stenciled and inkjet printed cotton of original graphite sketches, dipped in beeswax, with bronze stand 30" x 18" x 11" (measurements do not include bronze stand)
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" Feathered, Flowered Forkfuls" (painting)
Acrylic on board
20" x 24"
Ref. # M0810183
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"Four Sisters" (sculpture)
Hand painted cotton dipped in beeswax
each figure 20" x 6" x 5"
Ref. # M0409181
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"Three Sisters" (painting)
Acrylic on board
18" x 24"
Ref. # M0810182
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"Odalisque"
Acrylic on board
23 1/2" x 35 1/2"
Ref. # M0810216
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"The Piece (Peace) of Home" , (Sculpture)
Dress
Hand sewn, acrylic painted fabrics dipped in beeswax & Resin
20" x 15" x 17"
Ref. # M0410206
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"Walnuts at the English Room"
Acrylic on board
20" x 28"
Ref. # M0806119
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"The Iris Dressing Tent"
Hand Painted Cotton dipped in beeswax & resin
on acrylic base
21" x 16" x 16"
Ref. # M0707151
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"In a Nut Shell"
Acrylic on masonite
20" x 24"
Ref. # M0704075
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"In a Nut Shell"
Hand sewn, acrylic painted fabrics dipped in beeswax & Resin, with bronze stand
28" x 11" x 11" (measurements do not include bronze stand)
Ref. # M0710249
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Taking Nourishment (painting)
acrylic on board
18" x 24 "
Ref. # M0610176
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"Taking Nourishment"
Painted silk
Mounted on free standing metal base
36 " x 16 "
Ref. # M0608153
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Rabbit Collar with torso
cotton, paint, beeswax and embroidery
27 1/2 " x 15" x 8"
Ref # M0610170
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Grasshopper Collar w/waxed torso
cotton, paint, beeswax and embroidery
26 1/2 " x 15 1/2 "x 7"
Ref # M0610171
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Frog Collar w/waxed torso
cotton, paint, beeswax and embroidery
28" x 11" x 8"
Ref. # M0610169
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"The Good Morning Dove"
acrylic on board
20" x 24"
Ref. # M0610175
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"Tea at the Honshu Springs",
Acrylic on board
18" x 24"
Ref. # M0403083
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"Tea at the Honshu Springs", 56" x 23" (scarf depicted in the painting above. It is included as part of the piece) Rayon Blend Hand painted, discharge-printed
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"Kingfisher's Box" Acrylic on board 24" x 12" Ref. # M0509216
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"Bird Box for a Canadian Goose" Acrylic on board 24" x 12" Ref. # M0509217 |
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"Box, Canadian Goose", (Sculpture)
Hand sewn, acrylic painted fabrics dipped in beeswax & Resin
16" x 5" x 5"
Ref. # M0510235
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"A Gown by da Vinci" , (Sculpture)
21 1/2" X 14" X 14"
Hand sewn, acrylic painted fabrics dipped in beeswax & Resin
Ref. # M0406156
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"Albrecht's Camp",
18" x 24"
Acrylic on board
Ref. # M0404091
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"Fabric of Life",
30" x 24"
Acrylic on board
The fabric depicted in this painting is a hand-made silk runner created by the artist
and it will be included as part of the painting.
Ref. # M0309209
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"Edward Hopper's Blue Jay" ,
Acrylic on board
13 1/2" x 20 "
Ref. # M0210248
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"When Dreams Are Bigger Than You Are"
Acrylic on masonite
24 " x 20 "
Ref. # M0012392
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