I'm a Village Artisan!

I'm pleased to report that I have been selected to join Village Artisans cooperative in Yellow Springs, in the 100 Corry St. building. I am joining as a mixed media artist, as I will show and sell photography, paintings and sculptures. I even have mixed styles of paintings: above and to the left are examples of my more abstract and impressionistic styles of paintings. I am happy and proud to join this great group of artists. If you're in the area - stop into the gallery for a visit and/or click on the link to our site on the right!

At Grandview show - Poppies in Summer SOLD

I was told that my large painting (2' x 4') titled "Poppies in Summer" has sold. It's currently hanging off the lobby of Grandview Medical Center in Dayton as part of their 90th anniversary "heART month celebration." My 3 paintings will remain up (2 are available) until the end of the closing reception, community open house and health fair, which is this coming Sunday, 2/28/16, 1 - 4 pm. It's free and open to the public, and it looks like a good time!

"It's Still Life" runs through 3/13/16; Workshop 3/6, 2-5 pm

My 22" x 28" oil, entitled "Matisse Homage" (above) won an honorable mention award at the YSAC still life show opening reception last night. It will remain up, along with "Sunflower Bouquet," below, until the show ends on 3/13. It IS a fun show. Hope you can catch it!

P.S. The Dayton Daily News and the Dayton City Paper did stories on the show.

P.P.S. I'm doing a workshop on capturing the simple still life. It will be held Sun., 3/6, 2-5 pm at the AC. I'll bring some possible subjects and materials, and participants may bring their own too. We'll play around and see what happens. For more info. go to the YSAC site. Hope you can join us!

Painting Away!

I know I haven't posted in awhile - but that doesn't mean I'm not working (or playing). Here's one of my newest. It's a 24" x 18" oil on canvas I call "Sunflower Bouquet." And there's lots more where that came from; check out our site, if inclined: www.klingerart.com. Enjoy!

On Down the Road...

Something's cooking out here at Klinger Studios. Thanks for your patience to date and lots more is needed. We had to put things on hold for awhile, but life is getting back to normal (whatever that is).

And so far, informally, we've hosted a jewelry workshop, a sculpture class, a creative writing group, and musical jams - and more activities are in the works. There is much work to be done in preparation for any kind of official opening but we promise to keep you posted on our future plans, dreams and activities out here.

Above is a photo I made awhile back of the lane leading to (or actually from) Klinger Studios. Stay tuned!

All Sunflowers All the Time! - Sunflower Art at the YS Arts Council

The Yellow Springs Arts Council, at 111 Corry St. in Yellow Springs, is hosting a show of sunflower art - much of it created at a "sunflower paint-out" coordinated by the Tecumseh Land Trust late last year. The owners of the land (the former Whitehall Farm) plant a field of sunflowers every year and entrusted their land to the Tecumseh Land Trust to keep it safe and sound, in perpetuity. That's what they do. For more info. on this great organization, check them out at: http://tecumsehlandtrust.org/.

My photo, above, is of my painting, "Sunflowers 2." The piece is a 20" x 16" oil on canvas. It is a vertical, as shown here, not a horizontal as shown in the current Dayton City Paper. Oh well, I guess there's no such thing as bad publicity. Anyway, I hope you can catch the YSAC show, which runs Sept. 19 - Oct. 11, 2015, with an artists' reception this Sunday, 9/27/15, 2 - 4 PM. It is free and open to the public. Good people will be there, good art will be shown and sold, and good food will be served! P.S. And a good percentage of artwork sales goes to the TLT.
P.P.S. Oh, that's me at that paint-out in the photo on the right!

The Body Electric

Here's a 2014 painting I currently have in the Dayton Visual Arts Center's Member Show, July 10 - August 15, 2015. The piece is an 18" x 24" oil titled "Blue Nude." The show, with a theme of, "The Body Electric," opens with a public reception on Friday, 7/10, 5-8 PM. It's free and open to all.