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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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
- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
Thai Lions
Artist's Statement: This painting combines objects that originated 1500 miles apart. The two lions come from Thailand, a gift from my...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Feb 18, 2021
- 1 min
Globes of Light
Artist's Statement: This painting depicts the large, ornate antechamber of a house of worship, and, like the painting posted last week,...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Oct 16, 2020
- 1 min
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 13, 2020
- 1 min
Bright Eyes and Hats with Ribbons
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 9, 2020
- 1 min
Beautiful Hats and Colors Rule
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
- Sep 11, 2020
- 2 min
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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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Aug 21, 2020
- 1 min
Esther
Artist's Statement: This painting is a portrait of Esther, my daughter’s first and best friend from a tumultuous year at the Smithsonian...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Aug 14, 2020
- 1 min
Carol's Portrait
Artist's Statement: The subject of this portrait is a good friend, in whom strength and calm inhabit beauty. Oil on Panel 19 x 23.5 in I...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Aug 11, 2020
- 1 min
Young Woman with Flowers
Artist's Statement: The model for this painting is now a fashion model in Chicago. While still in the Twin Cities, she posed for me for...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 31, 2020
- 1 min
Liza
Artist's Statement: Liza is the daughter of close friends of mine. My husband and I have watched her grow up into an extremely...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 28, 2020
- 1 min
Jamaican Horseman
Oil on Canvas 50 x 38 in The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 24, 2020
- 1 min
Pelican: Who's Looking at Who?
New Release! As an interlude, below is one of my most recent works, finished just last week – a pelican I saw on a pre-Covid visit to...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 21, 2020
- 1 min
By The Seaside
Artist's Statement: For the most part, my paintings seek to identify and accentuate the beauty in ordinary subjects. In this way, I hope...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 17, 2020
- 1 min
The Rowboat
Artist's Statement: Oil on Belgian Linen 24 x 30 in Time is more complex near the sea than in any other place, for in addition to the...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 14, 2020
- 1 min
Bubbling Fountain in London
Oil on Canvas 24 x 36 in A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. Washington...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 10, 2020
- 1 min
Jellyfish
Oil on Canvas 38 x 19.5 in Soul mates. They really call themselves that, which makes sense, because I guess they are . . . They have no...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
- Jul 6, 2020
- 1 min
The River Nymph
Oil on Panel 26 x 20 in And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace A nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace Of finer form or lovelier face. Walter Scott...
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