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Kay Hartung Paintings

American, b. 1952

Kay Hartung is an artist interested in the intersection of art and science. She earned her BFA degree in 1974 at Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and MFA degree in 1978 at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Her work has been included in exhibitions throughout the country and is in both private and corporate collections.

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Artist: Kay Hartung
"Bio Networks 2", abstract, microscopic, blue, green, grey, pastel, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Networks 2” is a 16 x 16 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting depicting floating microscopic forms on a highly patterned background. In colors of blue, green, grey, and w...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Dispersion 1", contemporary, graphite, abstract, microscopic, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung's “Dispersion 1” painting on birch panel is her vision of microscopic activity in the body. The flow and movement of forms is created by using a torch and moving powdered...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Encaustic, Graphite, Pigment

"Bio Shadows 2", abstract, microscopic, grey, white, encaustic, painting
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Shadows 2” is an encaustic painting depicting an imagined scene of floating microscopic particles. In soft shades of grey and white these biomorphic forms float ar...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Fabric, Thread, Encaustic, Wood Panel, Pigment

"Bio Patterns 13", abstract, microscopic, blues, greens, turquoise, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Patterns 13” is a 18 x 18 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting composed of multiple layers of microscopic forms on a richly patterned background. In varied shades of blu...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Celestial Explosion 2", abstract, blues, greens, patterns, pastel, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung's “Celestial Explosion 2” reminds one of the cosmic activity in the universe. In blues and greens, mesmerizing patterns merge with defining lines. The abstract painting i...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Macroaction 13", microscopic, blue, red, green, grey, white, pastel, drawing
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Macroaction 13” is a 19.5 x 25 inch pastel drawing done on black Canson Mi Teintes paper. In blues, red, green, grey and white this drawing is beautifully detailed wit...
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Early 2000s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Macroaction 14", microscopic, blue, orange, green, brown, pastel, drawings
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Macroaction 14” is a 19.5 x 25 inch pastel drawing done on black Canson Mi Teintes paper. In blue, orange, green, brown, purple and white this drawing is beautifully d...
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Early 2000s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Macroblast 10", pastel, drawing, microscopic, blue, green, white, black
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Macroblast 10” is a 19.5 x 25 inch pastel drawing done on black Canson Mi Teintes paper. In blues and greens this drawing is beautifully detailed with both broad area ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Macroblast 7", pastel, drawing, microscopic, orange, pink, purple, black
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Macroblast 7” is a 19.5 x 25 inch pastel drawing done on black Canson Mi Teintes paper. In pinks, oranges and purples this drawing is beautifully detailed with both br...
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Early 2000s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Macrovision 10", pastel, drawing, microscopic, abstract, blue, green, grey
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Macrovision 10” is a 19.5 x 25 inch pastel drawing done on black Canson Mi Teintes paper. In colors of blue, green and yellow on a background of grey, the shapes form ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Macrovision 7", pastel, microscopic, landscape, blues, greens, purples, yellow
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Macrovision 7” is a 19.5 x 25 inch pastel drawing done on black Canson Mi Teintes paper. In blues, greens and purples on a background of pale yellow the shapes form a ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Macrovision 6", pastel, microscopic, landscape, blues, pinks, yellow, green
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Macrovision 6” is a 19.5 x 25 inch pastel drawing done on black Canson Mi Teintes paper. In blues and pinks on a background of pale yellow green, the organic shapes fo...
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Early 2000s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Bio Patterns 9", abstract, microscopic, purple, blue, white, encaustic, pastel
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Patterns 9” is a 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting composed of transparent layers depicting microscopic forms on a richly patterned background. In colors of bl...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Flow 5", abstract, microscopic, pink, maroon, green, encaustic, mixed media
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Flow 5” is a 30 x 30 x 2.5 inch encaustic painting composed of transparent layers depicting microscopic forms. In colors of pink, maroon, pale green and pale ochre, the layers create a sense of luminous depth. The painting is unframed and signed by the artist on the reverse of the cradled panel. Kay Hartung is an artist interested in the intersection of art and science, particularly the microscopic world. Her work has been included in exhibitions throughout the country and is in both private and corporate collections. Hartung is represented by Fountain Street Gallery...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel, Pigment

"Bio Patterns 18", abstract, microscopic, green, white, encaustic, pastel
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Patterns 18” is a 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting composed of transparent layers depicting microscopic forms on a richly patterned background. In colors of g...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Networks 4", abstract, microscopic, blue, green, grey, pastel, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Networks 4” is a 16 x 16 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting depicting floating microscopic forms on a highly patterned background. In colors of blue, green, grey, and w...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Fusion 7", abstract, microscopic, ochre, teal, rust, mixed media, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Fusion 7” is a mixed media encaustic and pastel abstract painting in ochre, teal and rust, with actual thread embedded in the surface and composed of microscopic i...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Thread, Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Flow 7", abstract, microscopic, blue, green, magenta, encaustic painting
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s "Bio Flow 7" is a richly colored 20 x 20 x 2 inch encaustic painting composed of transparent layers depicting flowing microscopic forms in blue, green and magenta. Lay...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Fusion 15", abstract, microscopic, teal, green, orange, pastel, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Fusion 15” represents cell activity and the energy of an imagined microscopic world. Painted with encaustic and pastel in colors of teal, green and orange, it glow...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Dispersion 3", abstract, microscopic, gray, white, black, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung's "Dispersion 3” is her vision of microscopic activity in the body in a subtle palette of white, black and gray. The flow and movement of forms is created by using a torc...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Encaustic, Graphite, Pigment

"Bio Patterns 16", abstract, microscopic, blue, green, white, pastel, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Patterns 16” is a 18 x 18 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting composed of transparent layers depicting microscopic forms on a richly patterned background. In colors of b...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Macrovision 8", abstract, microscopic, landscape, blue, green, red, pastel
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Macrovision 8” is a 19.5 x 25 inch pastel abstract drawing done on black Canson Mi Teintes paper. In blue, orange and red on a background of greenish yellow, the shape...
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Early 2000s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Bio System 1", abstract, microscopic, ochre, mixed media, encaustic, pastel
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio System 1” is a mixed media painting that combines microscopic imagery with scientific symbols in layers of encaustic medium. The energy and activity of art and sci...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Foil

"Bio Networks 1", pastel, abstract, microscopic, rust, maroon, grey, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Networks 1” is a 12 x 12 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting depicting floating microscopic forms on a highly patterned background. In colors of rust, maroon, ochre, gre...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Flow 6", abstract, microscopic, blue, magenta, green, pastel, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Flow 6” is a boldly saturated 20 x 20 inch painting in jewel tones of blue, magenta and green capturing cell activity and the energy of an imagined microscopic wor...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Networks 6", encaustic, pastel, abstract, microscopic, blue, pink, grey
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Networks 6” is a 12 x 12 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting depicting floating microscopic forms on a highly patterned background. In colors of pink, blue green, grey a...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Patterns 12", abstract, microscopic, blue, orange, red, pastel, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Patterns 12” is a 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting composed of transparent layers depicting microscopic forms on a richly patterned background. In colors of b...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Networks 5", pastel, abstract, microscopic, teal, ochre, grey, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Networks 5” is a 16 x 16 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting depicting floating microscopic forms on a highly patterned background. In colors of teal, ochre, grey, and w...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Networks 3", abstract, microscopic, pink, purple, grey, pastel, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Networks 3” is a 16 x 16 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting depicting floating microscopic forms on a highly patterned background. In colors of pink, purple, peach, gre...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Patterns 14", abstract, microscopic, rust, peach, green, encaustic, pastel
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Patterns 14” is a 18 x 18 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting composed of transparent layers depicting microscopic forms on a richly patterned background. In colors of r...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Flow 23", encaustic, microscopic, teal, rust, yellow, green, abstract
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Flow 23” is a 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting depicting floating microscopic forms. In colors of teal, rust, yellow green, and white, the composition creates...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Encaustic, Wood Panel, Pastel

"Bio Flow 24", abstract, microscopic, blue, green, pink, encaustic, mixed media
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Flow 24” is a 30 x 30 x 1.5 inch encaustic and mixed media painting composed of microscopic forms moving and multiplying. In pastel colors of blue, green, ochre, p...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Panel

"Bio Patterns 8", pastel, abstract, microscopic, blues, purples, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Patterns 8” is a 20 x 20 x 2 inch encaustic painting composed of transparent layers depicting microscopic forms on a richly patterned background. In colors of blue...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Flow 22", abstract, microscopic, purple, green. encaustic, mixed media
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Flow 22” is a 30 x 30 x 2.5 inch encaustic and mixed media painting composed of microscopic forms moving and multiplying. In colors of teal, purple, yellow, green ...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel, Pigment

"Bio Patterns 17", abstract, microscopic, pink, orange, white, encaustic, pastel
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Patterns 17” is a 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting composed of transparent layers depicting microscopic forms on a richly patterned background. In colors of ...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Patterns 11", encaustic, pastel, abstract, microscopic, blues, turquoise
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Patterns 11” is a 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting composed of transparent layers depicting microscopic forms on a richly patterned background. In colors of b...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Patterns 10", abstract, microscopic, blue, green, red, encaustic, pastel
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Patterns 10” is a 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch encaustic painting composed of transparent layers depicting microscopic forms on a richly patterned background. In colors of b...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Patterns 7", pastel, abstract, microscopic, blues, green, purple, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Patterns 7” is a 20 x 20 x 2 inch encaustic painting composed of transparent layers depicting microscopic forms on a richly patterned background. In colors of blue...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Bloom 9", abstract, microscopic, magenta, white, encaustic, pastel
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Bloom 9” is a delicate image of her interpretation of cell growth within the body. The 16 x 16 inch abstract painting, on 2 inch deep birch panel, is part of her s...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Thread, Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Cell Pathways 1", abstract, cell, circles, black, white, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Cell Pathways 1” is an imagined scene of cell activity which creates a sense of the energy involved in the process of growth. In a limited palette of black and white, ...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Foil

"Bio Fusion 12", encaustic, pastel, abstract, microscopic, green, pink
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung's "Bio Fusion 12" is a 16 x 16 x 1.5 inch abstract representation of microscopic forms painted in encaustic and pastel with embedded threads. In shades of green with a hi...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Wood Panel, Thread, Pastel, Encaustic

"Cells Alive 3", abstract, migration, black, white, graphite, encaustic painting
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Cells Alive 3” is a imagined scene of cell activity which creates a sense of the energy involved in the process of growth. In a limited palette of black and white, cel...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Encaustic, Panel, Graphite

"Cells Alive 4", abstract, migration, black, white, graphite, encaustic painting
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Cells Alive 4” is a imagined scene of cell activity which creates a sense of the energy involved in the process of growth. In a limited palette of black and white, cel...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Encaustic, Panel, Graphite

"Bio Patterns 3", abstract, geometric, microscopic, blues, pastel, encaustic
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Patterns 3” is an encaustic painting that merges geometric forms with a fluid mottled background. In shades of blues, greens and grey, the hexagons float and colli...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel, Pigment

"Bio Patterns 5", abstract, microscopic, green, blue, grey, encaustic, pastel
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung's "Bio Patterns 5" is a 16 x 16 inch abstract encaustic and pastel painting composed of geometric forms colliding and overlapping in blue, green, rust and grey on a light...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Flow 3", microscopic, blues, greens, whites, encaustic, pastel, mixed media
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Flow 3” is a 16 x 16 inch mixed media painting incorporating encaustic and pastel composed of microscopic images actively forming connections in blues, greens and ...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Thread, Pastel, Encaustic, Panel

"Cell Samples Grouping 1", abstract, encaustic, pastel, mixed media
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Cell Samples Grouping 1” is a collection of seven 4 and 6 inch petri dishes filled with encaustic medium and delicately painted with pastel. In varying colors some pie...
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2010s Contemporary Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Thread, Glass

"Bio Flow 4", abstract, microscopic, cells, pink, green, grey, encaustic, pastel
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio Flow 4” is composed of microscopic images multiplying and connecting. In colors of pink, green and gray, the painting simulates a fusion of cells. Painted with enc...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio Fusion 9", abstract, microscopic, yellow, orange, green, encaustic, pastel
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s "Bio Fusion 9" is composed of forms multiplying and connecting in colors of orange, yellow, and green. Cellular forms flow and migrate across the surface. Painted with ...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Thread, Pastel, Encaustic, Wood Panel

"Bio System 3", abstract, microscopic, ochres, gold, greens, encaustic, pastel
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Bio System 3” builds layer upon layer of microscopic forms in encaustic and pastel. Gold metallic lines intersect the shapes as they travel across the images. In color...
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2010s Abstract Kay Hartung Paintings

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Metal

Kay Hartung paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Kay Hartung paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, purple, orange and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Kay Hartung in crayon, pastel, encaustic paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Kay Hartung paintings, so small editions measuring 16 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Katherine Bello, Paul Manes, and Seth Clark. Kay Hartung paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $700 and tops out at $1,400, while the average work can sell for $950.

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