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 [...]
The Flood is an autobiographical account of the 1973 flood in the Kersey, Colorado area. That April, there was a sudden breach in a local reservoir, which sent the town into pandemonium. News helicopters were [...]
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 [...]
“Everything happens for a reason, and part of that beauty of life is that we're not allowed to know those reasons for certain.” - Aron Ralston, American outdoorsman & mechanical engineer While in the [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
“In some odd way that you don't understand and can't begin to articulate your feelings and acquaintance with it- a familiarity on an unfamiliar level. Somewhere in the deep sediment of your being some long-dormant [...]