Christine Klinger
Mixed Media – Painting/Photography/Sculpture
Christine’s art
interests are many and varied. She started her visual art career in
photography, making primarily documentary/photojournalism and Nature images
(later writing and photographing for newspapers, and teaching). “I like to make
photographs of Nature – human and otherwise,” she says.
Christine then spent about 10 years diving into (and later teaching) clay sculpture. “I had been searching for a medium that was more tangible, tactile – and clay met that need completely.”
These days Christine
may do or teach either photography or sculpture: “I make photographs often and I
occasionally sculpt. Although,” she adds,
“my current obsession is painting.” And when she paints, as expected, Christine
has a couple of different styles. “I may make expressionistic abstracts at
times, and more impressionistic, plein air landscapes at other times. Some say
I have a short attention span, which is probably true, but I simply like to make
art when and how the mood strikes me. I follow my bliss.”
Besides making art,
Christine was coordinator of Rosewood Gallery in Kettering, OH, for many years,
and former owner of Springs Gallery in Yellow Springs. She and her husband Jim
are residents of Yellow Springs. Jim Klinger is a musician, potter, sculptor,
and sometimes teacher. More of their work can be seen at: www.klingerart.com, www.klingerstudios.blogspot.com and, occasionally, on facebook. Christine can
be reached at cklinger@earthlink.net, through
the Village Artisans, 767-1209, or her studio, 767-2346.