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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 5, 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...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Sep 14, 20201 min read
Miriam II - Color Study
Artist's Statement: This color study shows Miriam a little older than in the painting posted last Friday. She has now followed her baby...
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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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Carolyn Kleinberger
Sep 7, 20202 min read
Contemplation with a Twist
Oil on Canvas 20 x 16 in It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Sep 3, 20201 min read
The Scholar's Books
Artist's Statement: When I first started taking seriously the idea that I might be an artist, before I had taken any classes, I began to...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Sep 1, 20202 min read
Egyptian Princess - Head Study for Batiya
Artist's Statement: I have been working for seven years on a group of paintings entitled Strong Women of the Bible. In this head study, I...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Aug 24, 20201 min read
Edward
Artist's Statement: When I painted this portrait, the model was posing simultaneously for several artists. While ordinarily I determine...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Aug 20, 20201 min read
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 17, 20201 min read
Geneva
Artist's Statement: The subject of this portrait is the daughter of a friend of a friend. To me, the young woman is day dreaming, looking...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Jul 16, 20201 min read
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
May 15, 20201 min read
Fish and Swimming Lionfish
Fish Oil on Canvas If a cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air, then a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape.* Doris...
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