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Art as an Oasis
Art as an Oasis is a series of occasional postings from the art of Carrie Kleinberger
providing a temporary respite from both mundane and monumental cares
complimented by words of wisdom from a diversity of others.
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Yocheved and Baby Moses - Charcoal
Artist's Statement: The charcoal shown below is the third of four I have drawn as studies for an oil painting of Miriam (Moses’ sister)...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Sep 10, 20211 min read
Miriam Comforting Yocheved - Charcoal
Artist's Statement: I characterize my style as imaginative realism. I start each painting having both a visual base in the real world...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Aug 26, 20212 min read
Esther Preparing for Audience with the King
Artist's Statement: Last week’s post showed a charcoal sketch of Esther preparing for her audience with the king. As I explained, I made...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Aug 19, 20212 min read
Esther Preparing for Audience with the King - Charcoal
Artist's Statement: The woman shown in the charcoal below had as much wealth and status as was possible for any woman in 5th century...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Aug 13, 20212 min read
Egyptian Princess - Color Head Study
Artist's Statement: Sometimes the Oil Painting Can Be a Prototype If you have been following the past several postings, you will remember...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Aug 6, 20212 min read
Egyptian Princess
Artist's Statement: In previous posts discussing the way I use charcoal sketches as prototypes, I have mentioned that sometimes a...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Jul 30, 20211 min read
Dancing with Your Baby
Artist's Statement: "Dancing with Your Baby" has been accepted into the 2021 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition. This will be the...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Jul 28, 20211 min read
Egyptian Princess - Charcoal
Artist's Statement: This week’s posting is another study in charcoal, a precursor to an oil painting titled “Egyptian Princess.” That...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Jul 23, 20211 min read
Fearsome and Fearless
Artist's Statement: In last week's post I described my experience drawing in charcoal and explained how currently I use charcoal almost...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Jul 15, 20212 min read
Head Study for Fearsome and Fearless
Artist's Statement: When I first started working seriously in art, before I made the jump to full-time, professionally guided study, I...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Jul 9, 20212 min read
Rose I
Artist's Statement: A single rose, painted on the smallest of surfaces. The background purposely indistinct: no stems, no leaves, no...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Jul 1, 20212 min read
Small Painting of Tulips
Artist's Statement: This week’s painting might seem to be a detail from a much larger work – that is “a small part of a work of art,...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Jun 24, 20212 min read
Tulips and Ladybugs
Artist's Statement: If memory serves, my husband gave me these tulips. Two days later, I found myself distressingly anxious about a...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Jun 17, 20211 min read
Homage to Cambria
Artist's Statement: The yellow rose and its companion bud are from life, and I see their beauty and intense color as the painting's focal...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Jun 10, 20211 min read
A Sign of Friendship
Artist's Statement: Despite the lyrics quoted below, in the language of flowers yellow roses symbolize friendship – hence the title of...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Jun 3, 20211 min read
Poppies in the Field
Artist's Statement: I remember first hearing the word “poppies” as part of a sleeping spell cast by the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz...
Carolyn Kleinberger
May 27, 20211 min read
Blushing Roses
Artist's Statement: My mother’s favorite flower was a yellow rose. Red is by far my favorite, although I’ve never met a rose I didn’t...
Carolyn Kleinberger
May 20, 20212 min read
Stargazers
Artist's Statement: The Stargazer lily is a hybrid, created so that the petals look to the sky rather than curve downward. Various...
Carolyn Kleinberger
May 13, 20211 min read
Purple Crocuses
Artist's Statement: Purple – for some time in Ancient Rome, reserved to the Emperor. Purple – given an entirely different meaning by...
Carolyn Kleinberger
May 6, 20211 min read
Umbrellas, Walking Sticks and a Rabbit
Artist's Statement: I am honored that my painting "Umbrellas, Walking Sticks and a Rabbit" was selected for the upcoming Oil Painters of...
Carolyn Kleinberger
May 6, 20211 min read
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