Karen Halbert

Radical Impressionist: A Mathematician Paints

Can we think of Mathematics as the root of all beauty, of all art? We painters encounter Mathematical terms repeatedly from simple measurement to more abstract concepts of dynamic symmetry and those of repeated motifs and divine proportions; from common geometric shapes to more complex repeating patterns based on chaos theory and Mandelbrot Patterns. I have found myself going back to my “roots”, embracing Mathematical principles in my paintings. The ‘radical’ of the title refers to its Mathematical definition as a root.

•    Karen Halbert, Landscape Painter and Mathematician, 
PhD Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
•    Website: http://www.karenhalbert.com/
•    Blog: http://karenhalbert.blogspot.com/
•    Webmaster: www.papnm.org Volunteer Webmaster of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico 2012-present

Galleries:
•    2024: Karen Wray Fine Arts Gallery – Los Alamos
•    2016-2021: Gallery Artist – Marigold Gallery on Canyon Road, Santa Fe
•    2012-2017: Gallery Artist – Purple Sage Gallery in Albuquerque

Curriculum Vitae

Honors and Shows:
•    2024: Third Place, Oil/Acrylics- Masterworks of NM 
•    2020: PAPNM Juried Members Show, PAPNM Taos Historic Studios Honorable Mention
•    2014: Plein Air Artists of Colorado Annual Member Show Honorable Mention Award
•    2012-2023 PAPNM Juried Members Shows, Paint Outs and Shows
•    2012-2020, 2022- Las Campanas Charity Auction
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Workshop Instructor:
•    2023: November, Composition and Armature Workshop at the Bluebird Studio Atelier, Santa Fe
•    2015: Quail Creek Fine Arts Club Workshop on the Color Wheel and Color Theory: at the Creative Arts and Technology Fine Arts Club at Quail Creek, Green Valley Arizona
Work History:
•    2003-Present: Fine Artist and Owner, Karen’s Studio and Gallery
•    1986-2003: Vice President of Trading Systems NYSE/ Subsidiary Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC). Managing Director of the Display Book, Consultant and Programmer Analyst.
•    1973-86: Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, NY
•    1969-1973: Graduate School (combinatorial group theory)
•    1966-68: United State Peace Corps, Peru
•    1964-66: Computer Programmer, Columbia University Underwater Acoustics Research Lab

Education:
•    MA, PhD Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NY
•    BA Mathematics New York University
•    High Schools: Honolulu, HI and Tottenville, NY