Artwork in this series joins the past with the present, nature resides with technology, and graphite does a graceful dance with collage. We are all a culmination of all our experiences and with Art I enjoy bringing it all into balance. Many of these pieces incorporate parts of older works joined with the new to culminate everything I have gained from a life in the arts up to today. 

These pieces are all mounted on wood panels and finished with satin varnish, ready to hang.  No framing required. 

Learning to Fly Series

The Dissecting Gravity Series dives beneath the surface to encompass all that is above and below us. Nature reveals geometric shapes in the earth, sea and forests. This transparent imagery that is executed with watercolors and highlighted with graphite shading, embarks to transcend the obvious.  Texture is rendered with collaged pieces of litter and junk mail to recycle trees back into imaginary forests. Some work from this series also includes  recycled wood scraps from the workshop of the Artist's husband. Recycle reuse!

Dissecting Gravity Series

In the Just Breath Series I have uniquely formulated a new method for distinctly layering  watercolors to create greater texture, depth and dimension. This series maintains my quest to recycle materials, yet casts a more tonal and alluring mood. 

Just Breathe Series

Indigenous people, animals and plants are all fighting to not become extinct in a world where the politics that govern ourselves and the planet become less and less transparent. I look to nature for guidance and a sense of well being. The process for this series begins with photographing nature around me. The rich texture of the trees is created with collaged bits of images of bark & litter that I clean up off of scenic highways, as a gentle reminder that if we do not stop trashing the planet, trees will not grow from our garbage in the future. Layering watercolor, collage and graphite pencil work, I work to create an aesthetically alluring landscape with a hidden message about protecting our forests. 

Indigenous Transparency 

For the love of trees! This series, created from bits of images of trash and bark, serve as a gentle reminder that if we don't clean up after ourselves, trees won't grow from our trash.
Watercolor, collage and graphite form these colorful and dimensional semi-abstract tree-scapes. 
All mounted on wood panels & sealed with archival satin varnish for a contemporary, yet natural feel. No framing needed.
Custom colors available on commission. 

Splintered Wisdom Series

The world of drawing presents a great opportunity to explore my leaning towards realism, yet allows me to cross the "lines" a bit into something more expressive. 

Portraits & Drawings

You are so much more than your physical appearance. Time Capsule Portraits use icons of everything that make you tick to create a still life that tells the story of who you are. Commissioned works, Graphite on Paper. The perfect gift! 

Time Capsule Portraits 

I love to play in the places between realism and abstract. To find ways to exercise my inborn ability to draw realism, which feels very technical like a paint by number, and to synthesize a new reality into it. Reaching for a more interesting version of my chosen subjects that still 'works', provides a greater challenge to my intelligence and creativity.  Hence, a more exciting journey.  My goal always is that in the end I have created a more attractive and compelling image of the simple objects from which I began. Even in this modern age, I still equate beauty with art. 



Organic Blueprints

Using leaves to experiment and study shapes and colors with watercolors. 

Leaf Studies

Abstract Watercolor backgrounds highlighted with trees created from recycled newspaper. Wood panel mounted with two coats archival varnish. 

The Tree Chronicles Series

Authors paint pictures with words. Creating a 'Time Capsule Portrait'(TM) from great books that inspire me has been a tremendous pleasure. Often I listen to the audio book as I create the drawing. Several Authors own the first print of their book from this series. 

Linda Klein's Art Collections