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)...
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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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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Aug 26, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Aug 19, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Aug 13, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Aug 6, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 30, 2021
- 1 min
Egyptian Princess
Artist's Statement: In previous posts discussing the way I use charcoal sketches as prototypes, I have mentioned that sometimes a...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 28, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 23, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 9, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
Rose I
Artist's Statement: A single rose, painted on the smallest of surfaces. The background purposely indistinct: no stems, no leaves, no...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
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,...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jun 17, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jun 10, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jun 3, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- May 27, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- May 20, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- May 13, 2021
- 1 min
Stargazers
Artist's Statement: The Stargazer lily is a hybrid, created so that the petals look to the sky rather than curve downward. Various...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- May 6, 2021
- 1 min
Purple Crocuses
Artist's Statement: Purple – for some time in Ancient Rome, reserved to the Emperor. Purple – given an entirely different meaning by...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- May 6, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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