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 [...]
"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 [...]
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 [...]
Abstract artist Jim Klein is a fourth generation Coloradoan. His grandfather came over in covered wagons and settled with his family in Colorado. His family is a long line of hardy farmers and prime examples [...]
“All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow." ~ Grant DeVolson Wood, American painter Bosco Jondy Long-time readers will recall that contemporary [...]
Jim Klein's largest painting, "Corn", has found its home in the heart of corn country. A massive agriculture corporation has recently purchased one of Jim Klein's largest pieces of artwork. The combined 144-inch wide, double-canvas [...]