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I. Art Communications by Kari Kant (2020 - present)
II. A Selection of Past Works by Kari Kant (2008 to 2021)
I. Art Communications by Kari Kant (2020 - present)
II. A Selection of Past Works by Kari Kant (2008 to 2021)
I. Art Communications
by Kari Kant
The paintings in this collection have themes of peace, unity, compassion, humility, love, respect and freedom and include aspects of various spiritual practices and traditional and alternative medicines which she draws from her time living and studying in an ashram in Bethesda, Maryland, working in Washington, D.C. and growing up along the Gulf Coast in Fairhope, Alabama.
These pieces are still works in progress and are not currently for sale.
by Kari Kant
The paintings in this collection have themes of peace, unity, compassion, humility, love, respect and freedom and include aspects of various spiritual practices and traditional and alternative medicines which she draws from her time living and studying in an ashram in Bethesda, Maryland, working in Washington, D.C. and growing up along the Gulf Coast in Fairhope, Alabama.
These pieces are still works in progress and are not currently for sale.
Description: An eagle is standing in between two people and the three of them represent the elements of of water, wind and earth. They stand and bow to the sun who has a divine, human-like face and a crown. To some they are standing at an alter in front of God. The wings of the eagle are also the eyes of the divine sun or God or the Lord who is bowing back to them. Themes: Sacredness; Christianity; Unity; Humility; Compassion; Freedom
Description: She was laying on the ground. She had just fallen after saving the lives of so many. And then the person in blue came up to her, held her in his arms and she woke up. He then kissed her on her forehead and had the face of the most grateful soul one has ever seen. Themes: spiritual journey; elements, Ayurveda, Hinduism; rebirth, Buddhism, nurturing, Mother Earth; resurrection, Christianity; freedom; Alabama and Mobile Bay; Washington; the universe, metaphysics; holistic medicine, healing; compassion, love
Title: "Me and My Mom"
Theme: Romanticism
Description: An eagle watching the sun rise while flying over Mobile Bay towards Fairhope, Alabama . Kari Kant painted this piece between 2020 and 2021. Sometime thereafter she was floating on her back in the water in the exact place depicted and a bald eagle flew over her. Eagles used to be very prevalent years ago but now are rarely seen.
Description: Two beings floating above Earth and looking at the universe. A journey to a moment in heaven. Floating on the ocean.
Themes: Shamanism; Christianity; Hinduism; creation; Purusha and Prakriti; Adam and Eve; unity
Description: This piece is titled "The Ashram" and was painted in early 2020 in The Garden Spa - a pop-up, private space by Skincando - where Kari Kant lived, worked, trained and practiced biodynamic/organic facials for a couple of months before turning to painting again. Notice the elements, the moon, the universe all moving around us all the time. From 2018 to the end of 2020 she primarily lived and practiced in the basement of an ashram in Maryland, the Shanti Yoga Ashram, where this painting is currently on display.
Title: "The Gulf"
Painted in the Spring of 2020 and currently on display at The Shanti Yoga Ashram in Bethesda, Maryland
II. A Selection of Past Works by Kari Kant
Kari Kant began teaching herself to paint circa 2008 after growing up drawing and writing and later studying communications arts. Below is a selection of works that she created for her portfolio, charities and private commissions circa 2008 and 2021. All of her work produced prior to 2021 is spread among private and public collections.
Description: This piece was produced in 2021 for a fourth generation family from Fairhope, Alabama.
The themes include preservation, sacredness, love and rebirth. Although Kari Kant did not title the painting it is a depiction of a small beach front in Fairhope, Alabama and it expresses love Mobile Bay and her desire to see it respected, nurtured and restored to the rich biodiversity of its past.
Description: This piece was produced for a former U.S. Senate colleague from Alabama. Kari Kant painted this piece in 2019 in a ceremonial space in the basement of an ashram in Maryland. She decided to create a painting based on Constitution Gardens located in Washington, D.C. which Kant began to frequently visit in the evenings and on weekends between 2015 and 2017. It is a place that she is drawn to spiritually and it reminds her of her childhood hometown in Alabama. She titled it "The Peacekeeper."
Title: American Flag #12 (circa 2016)
Title: American Flag #11 (circa 2012 - 2013)
This piece has been on display in the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Alabama since the end of 2022.
Title: Lady Freedom #3, 2014 - 2019
Title: Lady Freedom #2, 2014 - 2019
Title: Lady Freedom #1, 2014 - 2019
Description: Kari Kant initially painted this piece, American Flag #7, for a solo art show and charity event in 2013. It is part of a series of pieces she worked on for over a decade and has since been displayed in many prominent spaces including the West Wing of the White House from 2017 to 2018.
Untitled (circa 2014)
Untitled, 1 of 2 (circa 2013)
Untitled (2013)
Untitled (circa 2012)
Title: The One Who Imagined (circa 2008)