Judith Klein
Judith Klein Art Gallery/Studio
508 965 7396
12julika@comcast.net
www.judithkleinart.com
 
STUDIO ADDRESS
Judith Klein Art Gallery
98 William St.
New Bedford, MA 02740
 
MEDIUM: Printmaking, gauache, and mixed media painting on canvas& wood paneland textiles.
 
"It is not my task to reproduce appearances, for that is the photographic plate. I want to reach the heart. Art does not reproduce the visible, it renders the visible" Paul Klee.  Klee's statement beautifuly expresses the way I feel about my art. In my wood cuts, linocuts, monoprints, I transfer my sketches from nature to the printed art form and paintings.Based on abstract but recognizable renderings of what I see I rely heavily on the power of color to express the mood and meaning of the finished piece. Perhaps this is why art critiques have categorized my work as "figurative abstract expressionist". The printing medium is itself very important to me. The texture of wood or the fine more lyrical lines of linoleum cuts are central to each work. These are given life by strong, basic colors I always attribute to my years living in Israel. Many of my themes of sun , moon, sky, ocean are reflective of my personal connection to nature. The female form represents life as we live it and feel it. The forms are eternal and the colors immediate. My influences other than Paul Klee are Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch and one can see much abstract expressionism in my work.