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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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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...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Aug 6, 20212 min read
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Tulips and Ladybugs
Artist's Statement: If memory serves, my husband gave me these tulips. Two days later, I found myself distressingly anxious about a...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Jun 17, 20211 min read
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Stargazers
Artist's Statement: The Stargazer lily is a hybrid, created so that the petals look to the sky rather than curve downward. Various...
Carolyn Kleinberger
May 13, 20211 min read
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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...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Apr 29, 20211 min read
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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...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Mar 25, 20212 min read
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Thai Lions
Artist's Statement: This painting combines objects that originated 1500 miles apart. The two lions come from Thailand, a gift from my...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Mar 4, 20212 min read
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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...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Feb 11, 20211 min read
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Elegant Breakfast at the Drake Hotel
Artist's Statement: A few years ago a marvelous travel agent booked my husband and me into the Drake Hotel in London, where the service...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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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...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Nov 17, 20201 min read
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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...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Nov 13, 20201 min read
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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...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Nov 6, 20201 min read
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Pink Elf
Artist's Statement: This series of paintings of the odd, the curious, and the strange, shows items I came across in two curiosity shops...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Oct 27, 20202 min read
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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...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Oct 23, 20202 min read
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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...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Oct 16, 20201 min read
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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...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Oct 2, 20201 min read
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Portrait of a Young Girl - Charcoal
Artist's Statement: This posting is the second of three charcoals showing individual triplets, at the age of four, at moments of ...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Sep 29, 20201 min read
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Tree Nymph
Artist's Statement: The model for this painting is one of my very favorites – my daughter. She is an individual of remarkable depth, who...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Sep 22, 20201 min read
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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...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Sep 15, 20201 min read
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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...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Sep 11, 20202 min read
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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...
Carolyn Kleinberger
Sep 8, 20202 min read
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