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Kari Kant began painting the pieces in this collection in 2020. The paintings have themes of unity, compassion, humility, love and respect and include elements of metaphysics and several spiritual practices which she draws from her time living and studying in the basement of an ashram in Maryland. She also intertwines the roots and the waters from the quiet places in Alabama where she grew up.
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: Indigenous; Elements; Christianity; Hinduism; Unity; Humility; Compassion; Sacredness; Freedom
Description: She was laying on the ground after just 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 every seen. Themes: Spiritual Journey; Elements, Rebirth, Resurrection; Freedom
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 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 how she would like to see Mobile Bay nurtured and restored to the rich biodiversity of its past.
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.
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.
This piece is currently on display at the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Alabama.
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.
Title unknown, circa 2014
Untitled, circa 2013
Untitled, 2013
Circa 2012 - 2013
Title: The Girl Who Imagined, circa 2008