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SUMMARY:What About the Woman: Work by Kim Klabe
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DESCRIPTION:“My evolution as an artist has taken me through many mediums 
 and\nstyles over the course of my life. As a child\, you would find me\ndr
 awing constantly\, many times on surfaces I should not be drawing on\,\nwh
 ich would invite judgement/correctional measures to stop me from\ndoing so
 . As I funneled my creativity into more acceptable surfaces\nsuch as paper
  and canvas\, the artistic expression remained without\nfinding myself in 
 deep water with teachers or parents. As I struggled\nto find my place as a
 n artist\, I worked with charcoal\, pastel\,\nwatercolor\, ink\, oils\, ma
 rkers and even wine and beer. For a long\nperiod of time\, I felt that bei
 ng a representational artist was the\nonly way to be truly accepted in the
  art world. An ocean must look\nlike an ocean\, a tree must look like a tr
 ee. I unfortunately believed\nthat it was important to create something th
 at could hang over a couch\nor fireplace in order to be a legitimate artis
 t. With age and\nexperience\, that belief fell away\, and a desire and wil
 lingness to\ntake risks became the new understanding. My current body of w
 ork\nexplores the expression\, beauty\, and challenges of women\, both in\
 ntoday’s world and in our history. This work is a mixed media\ncollectio
 n that utilizes wood panels\, heavy watercolor paper\, rice\npaper\, smudg
 y charcoal\, pastel pencils\, house paint\, liquid watercolor\nand cut pap
 er. Don’t hold me to just those\, as the collection of\ntools and medium
 s grows with each day. Many layers are built up\,\nreduced\, and built up 
 again. These images invite the viewer to\n“feel” the challenges these 
 women have experienced\, some of those\nchallenges being suggested with th
 e title\, the blurry words behind\ntheir faces or the expressions on their
  faces. Sometimes\, all the\nabove. This work has a depth and richness and
  is rough and dirty – a\ncontrast to the beauty of the faces looking out
  at you. This is about\nfreedom of expression\, working through pain and g
 rief\, and the\nstrength that comes from the experience of being broken an
 d\nrebuilt.” -Kim Klabe Kim Klabe is an artist from Rehoboth Beach\nDela
 ware who works in mixed media. She has shown her work as a solo\nartist as
  well as within group shows and has been the recipient of\nawards within t
 he United States and Canada for her artwork. Kim is a\ngraduate of the Ant
 onelli Institute of Art and Photography in York\, PA\nand the University o
 f Delaware\, with a B.A. in painting. She invites\nyou to visit her websit
 e at kimklabe.com. Venue: Rehoboth Art League.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:“My evolution as an artist has taken me thro
 ugh many mediums and styles over the course of my life. As a child\, you w
 ould find me drawing constantly\, many times on surfaces I should not be d
 rawing on\, which would invite judgement/correctional measures to stop me 
 from doing so. As I funneled my creativity into more acceptable surfaces s
 uch as paper and canvas\, the artistic expression remained without finding
  myself in deep water with teachers or parents. As I struggled to find my 
 place as an artist\, I worked with charcoal\, pastel\, watercolor\, ink\, 
 oils\, markers and even wine and beer. For a long period of time\, I felt 
 that being a representational artist was the only way to be truly accepted
  in the art world. An ocean must look like an ocean\, a tree must look lik
 e a tree. I unfortunately believed that it was important to create somethi
 ng that could hang over a couch or fireplace in order to be a legitimate a
 rtist. With age and experience\, that belief fell away\, and a desire and 
 willingness to take risks became the new understanding. My current body of
  work explores the expression\, beauty\, and challenges of women\, both in
  today’s world and in our history. This work is a mixed media collection
  that utilizes wood panels\, heavy watercolor paper\, rice paper\, smudgy 
 charcoal\, pastel pencils\, house paint\, liquid watercolor and cut paper.
  Don’t hold me to just those\, as the collection of tools and mediums gr
 ows with each day. Many layers are built up\, reduced\, and built up again
 . These images invite the viewer to “feel” the challenges these women 
 have experienced\, some of those challenges being suggested with the title
 \, the blurry words behind their faces or the expressions on their faces. 
 Sometimes\, all the above. This work has a depth and richness and is rough
  and dirty – a contrast to the beauty of the faces looking out at you. T
 his is about freedom of expression\, working through pain and grief\, and 
 the strength that comes from the experience of being broken and rebuilt.
 ” -Kim Klabe Kim Klabe is an artist from Rehoboth Beach Delaware who wor
 ks in mixed media. She has shown her work as a solo artist as well as with
 in group shows and has been the recipient of awards within the United Stat
 es and Canada for her artwork. Kim is a graduate of the Antonelli Institut
 e of Art and Photography in York\, PA and the University of Delaware\, wit
 h a B.A. in painting. She invites you to visit her website at kimklabe.com
 . Venue: Rehoboth Art League.
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