In this case are the carvings by my father,
Charles Frederick Klein, Jr.
He was disciplined and precise in his methods,
an inspiration indeed.
He told me:
“if you don’t build castles
in the air,
you’ll never build them
anywhere”.
“The Big Apple Machine”, Graphite on Paper.
New York, the subject for all my “castles in the air”.
Education
1996 - 1998
1978 - 1979
1975 - 1978
1974 (Summer)
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Painting
Art Students League, New York, New York, Studied Painting with David A. Leffel
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Studied Painting in Florence, Italy, with the University of Northern Colorado
Paintings are the sum of their surface:
There is the canvas/linen or board, the gesso, a drawing or grid, the light undercoating of paint, sometimes the surface covered entirely in white, with just the smallest amount of oil added. The second layer is added, more medium is used (wax and/or oils) along with the pigments, and depending on the painting, more layers may be added. The pigments are organic, synthetic and mineral; they are pre-mixed and powder. When the paint is completely dry, the varnish is applied, then the frame.
Art Exhibited
October 2019, Demonstration of a Gift, Brooklyn, Solo Exhibit, New York
March 1997, 21rst Annual Student Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, New York
1990’s, Group Shows, Abney Gallery, New York, New York
October 1992, 96th Exhibition of the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Arts Club, New York, New York
June 1992, The Willow Gallery, Solo Exhibit, New York, New York
1982-1988, Painting in the Lobby of the Hotel Chelsea, New York
Drawing of “Civic Fame” the twenty foot statue
on top of the Municipal Building.
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Watercolor of “60 Wall Tower”
downtown Manhattan.
Drawing, colored pencil, of the “Empire State Building”.
(These three are samples of my “notes” —- simple images so as not to forget. Advice taken and cherished from former instructors. I have made use of them even twenty to thirty years on!)