PORTALS LTD
CHICAGO
Nancy McIlvaine
Art Consultant - Interior Design- Event Planning
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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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"Tree of Life"
acrylic on gessoed board, 20" x 40"
Ref. # M1010081 Retail $ 8,000
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"Peace Meal"
Acrylic on board, 20" x 24 "
Ref. # M1009057 Retail $ 5,200
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"Peace Meal"
Graphite drawn prints, colored pencil on painted muslim dipped in beeswax & resin, 61" x 18 " x 18 "
Ref. # M1009059 Retail $ 6,200
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"Peace Meal Quilt"
Graphite Drawing on Cotton, dyed, discharged. painting and print on cotton quilt
20" x 24"
Ref. # M1010082 Retail $ 4,500
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"Higher Learning"
Acrylic on board, 20" x 24 "
Ref. # M1009058 Retail $ 5,400
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"Higher Learning"
Graphite drawn prints, colored pencil on painted muslin dipped in beeswax & Resin
61" x 16" x 16"
Ref. # M1008053 Retail $ 6,500
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"Tails of the Yellow Sofa"
Acrylic on board, 17 3/4" x 23 3/4 "
Ref. # M0912076 Retail $ 4,600
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"When A Man Loves A Woman"
Acrylic on board, 24 " x 32"
Ref. # M0910056 Retail $ 4,700
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 | "The Gift" Hand painted cotton, stenciled Hand & Machine starching. Original digitized embroidery 63 1/2" x 38 " (Including stand) Ref. # M0910043 Retail $ 4,500
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"Ladder Dress" Colored pencil, graphite and embroidery on Muslin dipped in beeswax, with bronze stand 62" x 19" x 8" (Dimension includes bronze stand) Ref. # M0810185 Retail $ 6,200 |
Detail dress |
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 Detail bronze base that comes with piece | Sold "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) Ref. # M0810186
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Detail dress |
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Detail | "Feathered, Flowered Forkfuls" (sculpture) Stenciled and inkjet printed cotton of original graphite sketches, dipped in beeswax, with bronze stand 61" x 18" x 11" (measurements including bronze stand) Retail $ 6,200 |
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"Four Sisters" (sculpture)
Hand painted cotton dipped in beeswax
each figure 20" x 6" x 5" ,
Ref. # M0409181 Retail $ 4,800
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"Three Sisters" (painting)
Acrylic on board , 18" x 24"
Ref. # M0810182 Retail $ 4,800
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"Walnuts at the English Room"
Acrylic on board , 20" x 28"
Ref. # M0806119 Retail $ 4,900
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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 Retail $ 5,800
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"Prairie Kimono"
Acrylic on masonite, 11" x 14"
Ref. # M0410209 Retail $2,300
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"In a Nut Shell"
Acrylic on masonite, 20" x 24"
Ref. # M0704075 Retail $4,900
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"The Good Morning Dove"
Acrylic on board, 20" x 24"
Ref. # M0610175 Retail $ 6,500
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"Tea at the Honshu Springs",
Acrylic on board
18" x 24"
Ref. # M0403083 Retail $4,800.00
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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 Retail $4,800.00 |
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"Kingfisher's Box" Acrylic on board, 24" x 12" Ref. # M0509216 Retail $2,800.00
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"Canadian Goose" Acrylic on board, 24" x 12" Ref. # M0509217 Retail $ 2,800 |
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"Box, Canadian Goose", (Sculpture)
Hand sewn, "Acrylic painted fabrics dipped in beeswax & Resin
16" x 5" x 5"
Ref. # M0510235 Retail $1,800.00
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"Box, Grosbeak", (Sculpture)
Hand sewn, "Acrylic painted fabrics dipped in beeswax & Resin
10" x 7" x 3 1/2 "
Ref. # M0510233 Retail $1,800.00
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"Albrecht's Camp",
Acrylic on board, 18" x 24"
Ref. # M0404091 Retail $4,800.00
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"Fabric of Life",
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.
30" x 24"
Ref. # M0309209 Retail $ 6,800
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"Edward Hopper's Blue Jay" ,
Acrylic on board, 13 1/2" x 20 "
Ref. # M0210248 Retail $ 2,100
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"When Dreams Are Bigger Than You Are"
Acrylic on masonite, 24 " x 20 "
Ref. # M0012392 Retail $4,400.00
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