Blog posts about my paintings and about Dynamic Symmetry workshops conducted at the Bluebird Studios in Santa Fe. The most recent workshops are on Intuitive Composition and Dynamic Symmetry with master artist, Albert Handell. You will also find posts on specific topics such as "overlaying a grid in Photoshop" as well as "Anatomy" of my paintings. Scroll down for posts. Or use the menu icon/Labels or search icon above for labels such as dynamic symmetry, appendix, Photoshop.
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Dynamic Symmetry Overview Presentation by Karen Halbert
An Overview of Dynamic Symmetry as presented to the Rio Grande Art Association on Feb 21, 2026 in Albuquerque at the University of New Mexico. Quick Time Fast Show AND individual slides available here. Dynamic Symmetry Description Dynamic Symmetry Armature and Variations: Drawings by Artists Dynamic Symmetry in Practice Historic Paintings with Armatures Contemporary Paintings with Dynamic Symmetry Armatures Additional Topics. Quick For Show For fast viewing. Select image here to play: Slides for scrolling: (Images are low-resolution) “.. Dynamic Symmetry. .. may be described briefly as the type of symmetry found in a natural organism, in the placing of leaves on a stem, in the architecture of the human body, always suggesting life and movement as opposed to static symmetry which suggests order without the potentiality of change. Mr. Hambidge and others working with him have found that the dynamic type of symmetry was used by the Greeks, who inherited it from the Egyptians an...