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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.

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)...

Sep 10, 20211 min read

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...

Aug 13, 20212 min read

Artist's Statement: In previous posts discussing the way I use charcoal sketches as prototypes, I have mentioned that sometimes a...

Jul 30, 20211 min read

Artist's Statement: In last week's post I described my experience drawing in charcoal and explained how currently I use charcoal almost...

Jul 15, 20212 min read

Artist's Statement: When I first started working seriously in art, before I made the jump to full-time, professionally guided study, I...

Jul 9, 20212 min read

Artist's Statement: A single rose, painted on the smallest of surfaces. The background purposely indistinct: no stems, no leaves, no...

Jul 1, 20212 min read

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...

Nov 3, 20201 min read

Artist's Statement: This series of paintings of the odd, the curious, and the strange, shows items I came across in two curiosity shops...

Oct 29, 20202 min read