Memories of Sweden | Behind the Canvas
Åtta by Jim Klein “En arbetsam människa är bättre än en hop dagdrivare.” (A hard-working man is better than a crowd of loafers.) - Classic Swedish saying, author unknown In the [...]
Åtta by Jim Klein “En arbetsam människa är bättre än en hop dagdrivare.” (A hard-working man is better than a crowd of loafers.) - Classic Swedish saying, author unknown In the [...]
"White Out" by Jim Klein| 20x16 | Acrylic “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so [...]
"When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization." - Daniel Webster, American lawyer and statesman There are so many experiences we go through in life that we [...]
Pony by Jim Klein “No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.” Herman Melville, American novelist As we make our way through life we come into contact with countless people, [...]
Art and music feed the heart and soul. - Julie Garwood, American writer As summer brings long days and sunshine along the front range of Colorado, abstract contemporary artist Jim Klein finds himself with [...]
“Sculpture is like archaeology: You dig in and you find something.” — George Baselitz, German painter, sculptor and graphic artist. Farmer with horse-drawn plow, ca. 1930-1939.The Ohio History Connection SC 1425, AL00587 from [...]
“If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, composer, poet, writer On Sunday, October 24th, Jim Klein and Ian Jaimison’s compositions will be performed as [...]
Disruptor by Jim Klein “The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.” – Julia Cameron, teacher, artist, and author of The Artist's Way Many professional artists advise developing habits and disciplining [...]
“I can tell a good cowboy by the way he approaches a cow.” - Henry Green, English author Rewind to 1974; before contemporary artist Jim Klein professionally set brush to canvas, he was working as [...]
Shadow and Betsy's Garden “I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” - Claude Monet Nature, especially flowers, has always captured the [...]