1st in the Glen Show!

I attended the lovely opening reception for Glen Helen's 50th Anniversary Art Exhibit and Sale last night (7/2/10). I saw old friends and met new, enjoyed food, wine and music - and won First Place! I'm thrilled, especially since painting from observation is fairly new to me and I had a lot of great competition. Thank you Glen Helen - for everything!

Here (on the left) is a photo I made of one of the 3 paintings I have in the exhibit, titled, "Uphill Trail." It's a 12" x 9" oil on canvas panel and it's the one the jurors liked best. The Glen show will be up through Friday, July 16.

P.S. I also just learned that the Glen has accepted one of my photographs for their wall calendar - it's the one on the left, titled, "Fern Garden." Thanks again, Glen!

Busy with Summer Shows!

Jim is a raku madman with all the art fairs he has lined up this Summer. And I have been painting away and am currently represented in a number of gallery exhibits:

The View, which opens today and runs through 7/23. The photo shown here is of my piece in the show, titled, "Golden Day."
The Glen Helen 50th Anniversary Exhibit, which opens 7/2 and runs through 7/16,
and the DVAC members show, which opens 7/16 and runs through 8/19.

Hope you catch them!

SOLD - Last Chance to Catch It!

A very varied, and very nice, art exhibit (which I am in, ahem) is at the 48 High Street Gallery in Dayton. It's the Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors' Spring 2010 Open, Juried Show, and it's up through this Sunday at 5 pm. So if you still want to catch it - now's your chance. They are just open weekends, Saturday and Sunday, so after Sunday - it will be gone. (Shown here is one of my 2 pieces that got accepted into the show; it's titled "Blues Beach"). Blues Beach as sold, to a dear friend. Thank you!

The Stranger at WSU

Hay Market, Boston, 1972, Toshio Tamaki

Here's info. on a show I'm curating. Tamaki's exquisitely printed black and white documentary images are intriguing and reveal more every time you look at them. This is a great opportunity to see his work.

The Stranger--
Fine Art Photography of Toshio Tamaki
Student Union Art Gallery
April 3 through April 23, 2010
Artist’s Reception:
Saturday, April 3, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Pathfinder Lounge

Toshio Tamaki is a Japanese-born photographer who has been living in the United States since 1970. He makes images wherever he goes, always, he says, from an alien’s point of view. And although he has returned to his homeland of Japan a few times over the years, Tamaki feels himself a stranger there as well.

Learning and Having Fun

I just returned from a great painting workshop in Florida, thanks to my grant from Montgomery County. I learned a lot and had a great time doing it. Still so much to learn but I'm enjoying the process (but hey, that's what life's about - right?).

I'm posting one of my new pieces here. It's an 8" x 10" oil on linen titled Palm Day 2. Others can be seen now (and more soon) on our web site: www.klingerart.com. Enjoy!

Glen Helen Show

I have been selected to show and sell at the Glen Helen Nature Arts and Crafts show, this coming weekend: Sat., 11/21, 9am-5pm, and Sun., 11/22, 11am-5pm. Here is a piece I'll probably bring, titled "North Field, Fall." Come on out and enjoy the show!