SOARING GULLS
RIVER ICE JAM, large
The Amazing Felted Wool Wall Hangings
created by Karen Anne Baldauski
"Two Loons", a work in progress (at the time of this photo) is stretched to dry in the wind.
In the winter, Karen creates smaller felted wool wall hangngs such as this one that was stretched and framed in red painted wood and sold through Archipelago (the Island Institute store & gallery), Rockland, Maine.
"Birches & Cardinals" is a wonderful piece of highly skilled felting technique. Roughly 70" wide, it can hang loosely against a wall and has the advantage of simply being rolled up for easy transport.
Beachcomber with his boat, scampering dog, hailing the fleet of sailboats on a summer day.
Detail, WATERFALL AND POOL, completed 2020 and available for sale when the gallery opens following the "all clear!" notification that the Pandemic has passed. This wall hanging is suspended from a rod and hangs 9 feet. A stunning piece.
SPRING
ENTANGLED, ENDANGERED LOON: 96" X 44" X 1/4". The loon in this very large felted wool wall hanging depicts the dire circumstance of entanglement in cast off monofilament fishing line. In the sea, whales too can become entangled in floating rope attached to buoys and mooring balls. When their movement is curtailed they are at great risk. Our fishermen and federal regulators are also entangled in constant battle with one another in efforts to reach reasonable guidelines for not only preservation of endangered species but also, preservation of the livelihoods of so many people who depend upon harvest from the sea.
ENTANGLED WHALE wall hanging is also 96" x 44" x 1/4" which can be seen in our gallery.
LUNA MOTH
TWO SEALS SWIMMING
TWO SEALS, BLUE WATERS
HERRING GULL, TIDE POOL
MOUNTAIN LAKE, DEER, CARDINAL
SEALS, GRANITE COVE
SUMMER NIGHT, SUMMER HOME BY THE SEA
CARDINAL IN BIRCHES
WHALE, detail, very large, first shown at Univ. of Maine gallery 2010, one of Karen's first felted wool wall hangings, (with white silk backing, hand stitched).
DOE, BIRCHES, CROWS
BLACK BEAR IN BLUEBERRY BARRENS
This wet-felted all wool & silk wall hanging may hang loosely or be stretched and squared-up over a frame, depending on a customer's preference.
The swimmer may be exhibited horizontally or vertically, depending on a customer's preference and space availability. The piece may be suspended from a rod or mounted/stretched over a wood frame according to a customer's specific needs.
In her FIRST
COMPETITION while still in college, Karen won first prize for her oil painting "Hope" at the Indiana Intercollegiate
Salon of Art, a national competition. Her professor of painting suggested she enter a piece. The unexpected prize marked the beginning of her life developing a career in the arts. Her creative
works span the worlds of painting, drawing, serigraphy, and felting fibers. Her sculpture, a stand alone piece of 21 painted wood loons, is not for sale. The head of the art department then, A. Reid
Winsey, advised her following his course in freehand drawing live models: "Drop everything you may have planned and BE AN ARTIST!" Hallmark Cards recruited Karen for her first job straight out
of college to work in their package design and engineering department which gave her the experience to move on to developing a career in graphic design, moving to New York City, England, and finally
to set up her own design business called ARTWORKS enabling her to live year round in Maine since 1978.
Amazing Shibori silk scarves created by a painter with exceptional hand-dyeing techniques may be purchased on-line. Please contact the Gallery via email for purchase information.
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