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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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
May 6, 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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Apr 29, 20211 min read
Penzance Bouquet
Artist's Statement: Penzance is a port town on the southern side of the English county of Cornwall, about three miles north of the town...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Mar 25, 20212 min read
Egyptian Princess
Artist's Statement: Passover begins in two days, on the evening of March 27, 2021. The holiday marks the beginning of a people's travel...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Mar 11, 20211 min read
China in a Box
Artist's Statement: While looking for art supplies during a visit to Beijing, I came across a number of beautiful boxes intended merely...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Feb 11, 20211 min read
Curious Cat in a Carpet Shop
Artist's Statement: One small, curious cat sitting inside a brown cabinet. A seemingly endless number of folded carpets in a shop in...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Dec 4, 20202 min read
A Natural High
Artist's Statement: Since I first started working as an artist (initially in charcoal only), I have been fascinated with the interplay...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Nov 24, 20201 min read
English Breakfast in Cornwall
Artist's Statement: In a time of minimalist breakfasts and the rushing about they connote, here is a blast from the past, a gift to the...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Nov 22, 20202 min read
Oyster Dinner in Mexico City
Artist's Statement: At the other end of the day from the breakfast in Tuesday's painting, and across an ocean and a gulf from Cornwall -...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Nov 20, 20201 min read
Always Room for Cheesecake
Artist's Statement: Cheesecake is my favorite dessert, edging out even pumpkin or pecan pie. Charry topping is my favorite topping for...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Nov 17, 20201 min read
Winter Trees II
Artist's Statement: This painting, and the one posted last Friday, show the view from a kitchen (more precisely - standing at the kitchen...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Nov 13, 20201 min read
Winter Trees I
Artist's Statement: This painting, and the one to be posted next, show the view from a kitchen (more precisely - standing at the kitchen...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Nov 10, 20201 min read
Guideposts Upwards - Trees After Leaf Fall
Artist's Statement: Fall has left very few leaves in these trees; despite the still-green moss, the emptiness connotes loneliness. At the...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Nov 6, 20201 min read
Colorado Aspens
Artist's Statement: This painting is the one the bride and groom actually selected to be imprinted on their chuppah. The trees are in the...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Nov 3, 20201 min read
The Journey Begins
Artist's Statement: This painting was one of two offered to a Jewish bride for her fall wedding, to be printed on the chuppah – the...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Oct 22, 20202 min read
Lonely Monkey Puppet
Artist's Statement: This series of paintings of the odd, the curious, and the strange, shows items I came across in two curiosity shops...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Oct 15, 20201 min read
Masked Model with Plume and Bow
Artist's Statement: This series of paintings of the odd, the curious, and the strange, shows items I came across in two curiosity shops...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Oct 1, 20201 min read
Shy Little Boy and His Older Cousin - Charcoal
Artist's Statement: This posting is the third of three charcoals showing individual triplets, at the age of four, at moments of...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Sep 17, 20201 min read
Mr. Cool and His Eyes
Artist's Statement: Coelho’s statement fits the eyes of my son, who was the model for both of these portraits. As for the passage from...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Sep 10, 20202 min read
Young Miriam Confronting Her Parents
Artist's Statement: To think of the story of Moses as focused solely on men (e.g. Moses, his brother Aaron) is to miss the remarkable...
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