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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 7, 20201 min read
A New Hamlet, An Old Question
Artist's Statement: In Shakespeare’s tragedy of Hamlet, the young prince confronts death, its causes, consequences , and meanings several...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Aug 3, 20202 min read
Dreaming of Beijing
Artist's Statement: During my visit to Tsinghua University in Beijing, a student gave me a tour of the grounds and further, off campus,...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Jul 30, 20201 min read
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 27, 20201 min read
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 23, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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 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
Jul 13, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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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Carolyn Kleinberger
Jul 3, 20201 min read
Hidden with a View
Oil on Canvas 32 x 22 in There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Kenneth...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Jun 30, 20201 min read
Calming Waves
Oil on Belgian Linen 30 x 24 in Very comforting a seascape. It was eternal, and completely unaffected by humans and human wars and human...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
May 28, 20201 min read
HaKallah and Wedding Boutonniere
Oil on Belgian Linen 20 x 16 in Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. Love is not love which alters when it...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
May 7, 20201 min read
Eye of the Tiger and The Younger Cat
Eye of the Tiger Oil on Wood Panel 5 x 5 in There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. Albert Schweitzer...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
May 4, 20201 min read
Hafuz, The Younger Canine
Oil on Wood Panel “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” Will Rogers American entertainer, early...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Apr 16, 20201 min read
A View of the Regatta
Oil on Canvas 30 x 20 in I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Apr 14, 20201 min read
Orange Zinnia Bouquet
Oil on Wood Panel 30 x 24 in With freedom, flowers, books and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy? Oscar Wilde De Profundis Art as...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Apr 13, 20201 min read
Wine Tasting
Oil on Wood Panel 16 x 12 in Wine is sunlight, held together by water. Galileo Galilei Wine is the only artwork you can drink. Luis...
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Carolyn Kleinberger
Apr 6, 20201 min read
Swimming with Turtles
Oil on Canvas 54 x 41 in We write for the same reason that we walk, talk, climb mountains or swim the oceans - because we can. We have...
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