https://www.marshaklein.com/unveiling daily 0.75 2023-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523571668155-9GTIGNKM4YQU10M1I3P1/Klein_Marsha_24.jpg Unveiling - Partially Veiled 2009 oils/canvas 48 x 60" Referencing Ancient Greek Sculpture, this is part of the Unveiling Series of paintings, created at a time when the image of veiled women was becoming more visible in our daily lives, continues the dialog of how we are veiled by circumstance, society, religion or fear. We limit and veil ourselves for modesty, mystery and protection. I created this series following my mother’s death. It is dedicated to her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523571668155-9GTIGNKM4YQU10M1I3P1/Klein_Marsha_24.jpg Unveiling - Partially Veiled 2009 oils/canvas 48 x 60" Referencing Ancient Greek Sculpture, this is part of the Unveiling Series of paintings, created at a time when the image of veiled women was becoming more visible in our daily lives, continues the dialog of how we are veiled by circumstance, society, religion or fear. We limit and veil ourselves for modesty, mystery and protection. I created this series following my mother’s death. It is dedicated to her. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/5ace51d60e2e72484fee278e/5ace51e46d2a73d1846d69d8/1523470820460/ Unveiling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523757854775-1X15E8XMIGAR3XC13SOI/Klein_Marsha_24.jpg Unveiling - Unveiling 2009 oils/canvas 48 x 60" Referencing Ancient Greek Sculpture, this series of paintings, created at a time when the image of veiled women was becoming more visible in our daily lives, continues the dialog of how we are veiled by circumstance, society, religion or fear. We limit and veil ourselves for modesty, mystery and protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523475097300-4LFB3WKY8IWP6Y7OU6EH/Klein_Marsha_21.jpg Unveiling - Ancient Remains 2008 oils/canvas 48 x 60" From the series that I called, "Our Lady of the Roses," to represent the essence of a divine healing realm, which contains relics of the past, ruins of civilization in counterpoint to nature. In this painting a translucent head of an Ancient Roman Sculpture floats or falls among translucent fortunes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523473562552-0DYZ6AGCDL60BZV88KIJ/Klein_Marsha_20.jpg Unveiling - Protectors 2007 oils/canvas 48 x 60" From the series that I called, "Our Lady of the Roses," to represent the essence of a divine healing realm, which contains relics of the past, ruins of civilization in counterpoint to nature. The cool white masculine figure is based on an Egyptian ram headed god. His fiery red feminine counterpart appeared as the painting progressed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670542426923-5NE1RH1R8PNI2HO2QSM9/image-asset.jpeg Unveiling - Roses with Fortunes 2008 oils/canvas 48 x 60" In this painting, which is from the "Our Lady of the Roses Series" I was aiming to capture the fragrance of the scent of roses, which is said to remain behind after a saint’s presence. The roses and fortunes are surrounding us with blessings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1584839881903-F0VPYT5FFW03I7NAMMAL/Lt.HeadFullRoses.48x60.web.jpg Unveiling - Headfull of Roses 2008 oils/canvas 48 x 60" From Our Lady of the Roses Series, I painted these large rose paintings after reading the book, Hummingbird’s Daughter. Based on the author, Luis Alberto Urrea’s great aunt, Teresita, a healer whose presence left behind the sent of roses. I wanted to capture the feeling of the scent of roses in these works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1674450355802-KLPM6H9FSB3BP3MPT015/image-asset.jpeg Unveiling - painting: Headfull of Roses in an interior setting this piece works well with earth tones and the garden shrubbery visible through the windows behind it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1584837355510-1AVWQQTK74OR1317J98J/HeartfullRoses.72.jpg Unveiling - Heartfull of Roses 2008 oils/canvas 48 x 60" From Our Lady of the Roses Series, I painted these large rose paintings after reading the book, Hummingbird’s Daughter. Based on the author, Luis Alberto Urrea’s great aunt, Teresita, a healer whose presence left behind the sent of roses. I wanted to capture the feeling of the scent of roses in these works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529187383323-AHBPJLPHBQ7F4YJYTW7C/Klein_Marsha_23.jpg Unveiling - Head of Athena 2008 oils/canvas 48 x 54" From the series that I called, "Our Lady of the Roses," to represent the essence of a divine healing realm, which contains relics of the past, ruins of civilization in counterpoint to nature. The river of roses here are in the form of a female body, behind the head of an Ancient Greek statue. I called this painting, “ Head of Athena,” with a feminist focus, on the Greek myth of Athena, who was born from the head of her father Zeus. Here the focus switches from Zeus to Athena and what sprang from her head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1584840681745-1OKI59QD11AH059XWIRW/11_KLEIN-Enwraptured-Our-Lady-of-the-Roses.jpg Unveiling - Enraptured / Our Lady of the Roses 2007 oils/canvas 48 x 60" A cocooned, fully wrapped figure plays counterpoint to a flowing body- of- roses figure. This begins my “Our Lady of the Roses” Series of 2007-08. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523472524904-0CBOEN54O1C9NSKBL66P/Klein_Marsha_18.jpg Unveiling - Dreamers#3 - unwrapping w. ribcage 2005 oils/canvas 68 x 52" Suspended in a dream state, the figures in the Dreamers series are in various stages of cocooning and unwrapping, surrounded by abstracted ribcages. Usually working in series, when I employ a reoccurring image, like the ribcage or roses, for example, I choose them for their literal and visual presence, and equally for what they symbolize. I use the ribcage for its butterfly-like shape, and its function as a cage for the heart. Simultaneously, it symbolizes the essential, the bare bones, as well as what remains behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523757939360-6VXZ4YYJ46HNRGXQD41C/Klein_Marsha_20.jpg Unveiling - Dreamers #4 - two shadowed figures 2005 oils/canvas 68 x 52" Suspended in a dream state, the figures in this series are in various stages of cocooning and unwrapping, surrounded by abstracted ribcages. Begun in 2005, I revisited the “Dreamers” in 2016-17. Usually working in series, when I employ a reoccurring image, like the ribcage or roses, for example, I choose them for their literal and visual presence, and equally for what they symbolize. I use the ribcage for its butterfly-like shape, and its function as a cage for the heart. Simultaneously, it symbolizes the essential, the bare bones, as well as what remains behind. https://www.marshaklein.com/lifeasmyth daily 0.75 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586118023294-VTXP74WZAX293QN90QCG/Klein_Marsha_40.jpg Life as Myth - Re-Membering - mother nature 2019 oils/canvas 68 x 54" Mother Nature as the ultimate artist, rooted, surrounded by the elements, presenting her offering. For this painting, I revisited two earlier works: Surrogate Mother - Our Lady of the Roses 2007 and Re-membering - two scrolls diptych 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586118023294-VTXP74WZAX293QN90QCG/Klein_Marsha_40.jpg Life as Myth - Re-Membering - mother nature 2019 oils/canvas 68 x 54" Mother Nature as the ultimate artist, rooted, surrounded by the elements, presenting her offering. For this painting, I revisited two earlier works: Surrogate Mother - Our Lady of the Roses 2007 and Re-membering - two scrolls diptych 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1674450124021-AH1U0SUEHW42GSU1B98I/image-asset.jpeg Life as Myth - Re-Membering- oils/canvas 68x54" in an interior setting This richly painted, textured piece goes well in this expansive setting, full of light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1543116793128-VQ6ONA8RYKYS1VDJM8M0/13_KLEIN-Surrogate-Mother.jpg Life as Myth - Surrogate Mother - Our Lady of the Roses 2007 oils/canvas 68 x 54" An early painting in “Our Lady of the Roses” Series, the transparent figures, a child clinging to a faceless but very rooted mother figure. Referencing early psychological studies done of monkeys with surrogate mothers made of wire or cloth. Behind them flows a river of roses. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/5acfe97370a6adbfd87c5967/5acfe97d0e2e72f68a2e0879/1523575165492/ Life as Myth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1530238437548-94ARYA4L5PCIZM2B0IF0/Klein_Marsha_40.jpg Life as Myth - Unexpected Performance Piece 2017 oils/canvas 60 x 66" Based on Charles Illgen’s photographs documenting our performance piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529187950462-R55XHTPENWVU6PGR4L5E/Klein_Marsha_18.jpg Life as Myth - Annunciation #2 - with Donkeys 2004 oils/canvas 48 x 60" The Annunciation Series was based on a dream I had, in which a voice told me that I was pregnant with seven babies. I protested, saying that I was past my childbearing years. The voice insisted and I said, in that case I will give them up for adoption. The voice said that I may want to reconsider as two of them are angels! The donkeys in this series are protectors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529954816676-QYX8BLU7722HAVIFK3BT/Klein_Marsha_17.jpg Life as Myth - Kouros Departure Altarpiece - quadriptych 2000 oils/canvas 10 ft. x 12 ft. Based on a self portrait done during my 1998 residency in New York City, combined with the Getty Kouros, the central figure is stepping forward between times, epochs, from darkness into light. In this 10 x 12 ft. four panel altarpiece I am conjuring up female images of strength and healing from traditional cultures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1530238134693-OC65G8P06B37W3F59EVH/Klein_Marsha_36+2.jpg Life as Myth - Tigerwoman # 2 - Kouros painted drawing 2011 oils/paper 40 x 24" Painted Drawing based on the quadriptych, Kouros Departure 2000. Figurative, expressive drawing, fantasy, organic, rooted figure, wearing tigerskin, winged figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1530238192236-WSOXWIA6XXCTKDR9JS42/Klein_Marsha_37+2.jpg Life as Myth - Tigerwoman #5 - Kouros painted drawings oils/paper 2011 40 x 24" Oil Painted Drawing based on the strong central female figure of the quadriptych, Kouros Departure from 2000. Figurative, expressive drawing, fantasy, organic, rooted figure, wearing tigerskin, winged figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1539139576183-M17NKEJQLQF98RSOHV80/Klein_Marsha_16.jpg Life as Myth - Re-membering - two scrolls diptych 1999 mm/vellum 84 x 96" These are two separate vellum scrolls, overlapping, to get a vertical and horizontal view simultaneously. The transparency of this vellum allows the images underneath to be partially visible. The rooted figures were based on myself and my older son, the themes are: two out of one, and the cosmic flow of the life cycle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1674449900312-3RKE93EOTF7B0VEDTWNY/image-asset.jpeg Life as Myth - Re-Membering- two paper scrolls overlapping in an interior setting this large drawn and painted mural design does well in a well lit, expansive setting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523648811524-6Z9XDJOVOQ26LCTQLWO7/Klein_Marsha_12.jpg Life as Myth - Persephone - longing 1996 oils/canvas 48 x 60" Expressing entrapment and longing, like the mermaid in "Captive," Persephone is reaching out from her struggle with Hades, god of the underworld, who tricked her into leaving Demeter, her Earth Mother and staying with him for half of every year. a mythological explanation of the seasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1527206639508-CQFB0IEB76VQPIHG7Y91/Klein_Marsha_10.jpg Life as Myth - Trampoline 1995 oils/canvas 60 x 48" Wanting to get more movement into my paintings, this painting was based on photographs taken of me jumping on a trampoline. When I painted this piece, I was trying to visually capture the experience of jumping continuously through space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523648329069-2YSYVL1V5QYEU58UZVMB/Klein_Marsha_11.jpg Life as Myth - Embrace - the Furies become the Eumenides 1995 oils/canvas 48 x 48" While working with dance movement, I kept turning this as I painted it on this square format, so it can be viewed from any of the four sides. I observed the model from above looking down at her as she moved. Based on the Greek myth where the Furies evolve into the Eumenides, anger is pacified, transformed into creative energy. The upper more translucent figure represents a feminine healing presence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1524628776886-BWRK5B722XHO426MAVD6/13_KLEIN-Surrogate-Mother.jpg Life as Myth - Surrogate Mother 2007 oils/canvas 68 x 54" An early painting in “Our Lady of the Roses” Series, the transparent figures, a child clinging to a faceless but very rooted mother figure. Referencing early psychological studies done of monkeys with surrogate mothers made of wire or cloth. Behind them flows a river of roses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1584839087734-5WNSNUVPRG32MJZBZF4T/Klein_Marsha_08.jpg Life as Myth - Resurrection 1994 oils/canvas 48 x 60" One of my strongest early paintings, based on a very early female mummy discovery photographed in National Geographic Magazine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523647952572-GK36FGSHMFR903CLVVQE/Klein_Marsha_10.jpg Life as Myth - Captive- Roman Ruins 1994 oils/canvas 52 x 44" Also part of the series, "Roman Ruins" painted following my summer visit to Italy, this work was inspired by Michelangelo's sculptures, called Captive, where the figures are being released from the marble. The mermaid, also a captive, of the water, is drawn to the sculptured male figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523647401008-SONCUE67DXTD5Y7B326O/Klein_Marsha_9.jpg Life as Myth - Abandoned Madonna - Roman Ruins 1993 oils/canvas 52 x 44" From the Series called, "Roman Ruins" painted after spending the summer in Italy, visiting all of the art that I had previously only seen in photographs. The Great Earth Mother is releasing a blood curdling howl in response to the outrageous disrespect, which she is suffering at the hands of mankind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523471022939-0V0WGFW8EK6EC81YMRNS/Klein_Marsha_08.jpg Life as Myth - Female Trinity 1991 oils/canvas 44 x 52" Among my first paintings, I painted this during the Persian Gulf crisis in 1991. Black oil and red blood strewn across the canvas became a self portrait with mask, that expanded to include a skeletal figure. I saw it as mother, daughter and holy ghost, discovering in retrospect that centuries before the patriarchal trinity prevailed, a female trinity held the collective’s central position of spiritual strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523646895279-TOHQIXYL7WZOX7VRLXZC/Klein_Marsha_7.jpg Life as Myth - Sacrifice- Orpheus & Eurydice 1990 oils/canvas 52 x 44" One of my first paintings, based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, where Orpheus goes to the underworld to retrieve his beloved Eurydice. “Sacrifice” is a large theme, it can be tragic or holy or many things in between. The word history of sacrifice means to make sacred. For me the woman in these myth based paintings is also Mother Earth or Mother Nature, who is being sacrificed. My raw approach to painting presents an unexpected juxtaposition of images. As I edit, I allow essential elements from each layer to remain visible, in this painting, for example , the double male image. https://www.marshaklein.com/biomorphic daily 0.75 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670456183886-9KP0SNWC4ESWO6OA77TO/Extreme+Weather+%231-volcano.72.jpg Biomorphic - Extreme Weather#1- volcanic eruption. 2018 oils/canvas 66 x 60” The Fire Paintings of 2017-18 led into this volcano painting, marking a new series, Extreme Weather. My interpretations from National Geographic photographs, depicting, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, mass flooding, etc. For me, extreme weather seems like Mother Nature’s powerful response to the imbalance civilization has wrought. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670456183886-9KP0SNWC4ESWO6OA77TO/Extreme+Weather+%231-volcano.72.jpg Biomorphic - Extreme Weather#1- volcanic eruption. 2018 oils/canvas 66 x 60” The Fire Paintings of 2017-18 led into this volcano painting, marking a new series, Extreme Weather. My interpretations from National Geographic photographs, depicting, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, mass flooding, etc. For me, extreme weather seems like Mother Nature’s powerful response to the imbalance civilization has wrought. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1574815746782-V14LNYLNY7AGZEO7WADQ/DrawingFire.10.jpg Biomorphic - Facing Fire #10 - fractured 2018 inks, oil pastel on acetate 32 x 24” Wildfire piece, painted drawing, fractured, split face, expressive woodcut quality, black and red inks, resist technique https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1541808605341-D4R4Q59F8EEJNDEWNKNL/DrawingFire.8.jpg Biomorphic - Facing Fire #8 - fractured 2018 inks, oil pastel on acetate 24 x 32” Wildfire piece, painted drawing, fractured, split face, expressive woodcut quality, black and red inks, resist technique https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1541808572513-ZJKZYQ2XXNU751UKNTFC/FacingFire.DFB.4.jpg Biomorphic - Drawing Fire DFB #4 2018 inks, oil pastel on acetate 24 x 36" WildFire piece, red,black inks, resist technique, expressive, volcanic with spine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1541808547706-CXMNQQQ9838WMRHS9JXM/FacingFire.DFB.3.jpg Biomorphic - Drawing Fire- DFB #3 2018 inks, oil pastel on acetate 24 x 36" WildFire piece, expressive, painted drawing, resist technique, volcanic with spine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1558910608266-35E75MBVSXWQAFZS1P09/8.Painting+Fire.DFBdiptych.72.jpg Biomorphic - Dialogue: Facing Fire Diptych 2003, 2018 oils/canvas 60x 96" The primal experience of the wildfires surrounding our county in 2017, warranted nothing less than primal response, thus my Fire Series, which began ironically enough, the week before the fires started and continued throughout 2018. This was the final painting of the series, repainted from its 2003 origins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1674452190754-9G6T1KRTFQ42DMAHX9TP/image-asset.jpeg Biomorphic - Dialogue: Facing Fire Diptych oils/canvas 60x96" in interior setting powerful painting, this diptych is riveting in a large uncrowded space https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523672276393-MZZ33GWJ1Y5U07MZ4W81/Klein_Marsha_32.jpg Biomorphic - Heart of the Matter#2 - heart with eyes & floating ribcages 2015 oils/canvas 48 x 60" At this point, with the intent to synthesize the mediums, themes and images that have pervaded my lifetime of artmaking, I want to get to the essence of what it is that I have to say, to the heart of the matter, both literally and figuratively. This series, "Heart of the Matter," begun as a series of drawings in 2014, was my return, once again to painting, after four years of ceramics work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523756145620-NDF5J4YF8ZR7DZ5ENFBX/RibcageResurection.2013.jpg Biomorphic - Ribcage Resurrection 2015 oils/canvas 56 x 54" This series, "Heart of the Matter," began in 2014, as my return, once again to painting, after four years of ceramics work. Revisiting themes and images from the earlier biomorphic work, the ribcage and double fetus butterfly are central to this series. As in the series of drawings that preceded this painting, I have embedded text from forty years of dream journaling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1527208111310-N9KB56TK3914YUYSK1GR/Klein_Marsha_34.jpg Biomorphic - Three Rib Circus w. Heart 2015 oils/ canvas 48 x 60" This series, "Heart of the Matter", began in 2014, with 50 drawings, which was my return, once again to painting, after four years of focusing again on ceramics sculpture. Revisiting themes from earlier biomorphic work, just as I did in the new sculptural series, here are ribcages and translucent fortunes with a heart added as the central images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523757326037-SXSIEJDZEM4M8KQX49P1/Klein_Marsha_24.2013.a.jpg Biomorphic - Scapula/Wing - bones and roses 2008 oils/canvas 48 x 60" This painting was an overlap of the Roses Series of 2007-08 with the abstracted bones of the Wailing Pelvis Series. So we have a glowing pelvis, two scapulae, and abstracted ribs all floating in the healing realm of Our Lady of the Roses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529610719209-9MG8SPQ0QARRBQUWS4VX/12_KLEIN-Enwraptured-Interior.jpg Biomorphic - Enraptured - Interior view 2007 oils/canvas 36 x 36" A biomorphic, abstract, transparent figure reveals her inner workings. Her winglike arm is wrapping around her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523471528497-QDUD43KHQ69Z7W8T7XTD/Klein_Marsha_17.jpg Biomorphic - Body and Soul #2- torso with ribcage on blue 1998 oils/canvas 48 x 60" This piece was a culmination of my Ribcage Butterfly series, which responded to considerable changes in our natural environment and our personal lives. Physically it presents layers of our existence. Symbolically, the bones represent what is essential and what remains behind. The pelvis represents creativity, reproduction, fertility, Mother Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523652047115-ECLKKQX1LRNXWVKNYCCR/Klein_Marsha_16.jpg Biomorphic - Body and Soul #1 w. expanding ribs 1998 oils/canvas 60 x 48" The wailing pelvis with attached ribcage expands further in this piece with the ribs floating out to enclose the whole composition, including a muscled torso, all very expressively painted. It was first called Torso with Ribcage, but felt so powerful it needed a deeper title, thus: "Body and Soul." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1524623803269-CZFE3ZRSQW1CM40YY7NJ/Klein_Marsha_14.jpg Biomorphic - Releasing My Butterflies 1998 gouache/paper 38 x 24" Playful dance of my biomorphic figures, humorous, colorful, expressive, organic. Also an example of the different treatment of a subject or image when done in water color on paper as opposed to most of my paintings done with oil on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529955130186-77HSU8VEBJLBNBL5037X/Klein_Marsha_15.jpg Biomorphic - Releasing My Butterflies - diptych 1997 oils/canvas 60 x 96" This diptych is a biomorphic symphony! It followed "Double Fetus Butterfly" with the backbone of that piece now expanded into a whole ribcage and the wailing pelvis divided, encircling the double fetus butterfly. An example in my work of the personal shifting into the universal is the Wailing Pelvis and Double Fetus Butterfly images, which came to me when I was painting my sorrow, as my grown sons were leaving home. However, as I painted, it became something much deeper, a wailing Mother Earth grieving for the loss of her children and the destruction of her environment. This ‘double fetus butterfly’ image that appears in much of my work, may have been a premonition of the vanishing butterflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1567114340096-6QLHTC7WLIPXS14EJ135/Klein_Marsha_12.jpg Biomorphic - Dbl. Fetus Butterfly w. Wailing Pelvis 1997 oils/cnvs. 60 x 48" Using the body as metaphor to address the human psyche, my work is rich in content with strong archetypal and biomorphic images. Although my initiating impetus is often rooted in the personal, the completed works speak to the universal, reflecting larger concerns with the soul of humanity and our severely impacted natural environment. An example in my work of the personal shifting into the universal is the Wailing Pelvis image (1995-97) which came to me when I was painting my sorrow, as my grown sons were leaving home. However, as I painted, it became something much deeper, a wailing Mother Earth grieving for the loss of her children and the destruction of her environment. The wailing pelvis image represents fertility, Mother Nature and her horror at the abuse and neglect of earth and the environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1669936799767-A5J2J76IGPRW8KNZ1VGR/image-asset.jpeg Biomorphic - Wailing Pelvis #1- Kali's Dance 1997 oils/canvas 60 x 48" The Wailing Pelvis Series expresses deep longing and horror, representing the Great Earth Mother, furious at the abuse of her environment. An example in my work of the personal shifting into the universal is the Wailing Pelvis image (1995-97) which came to me when I was painting my sorrow, as my grown sons were leaving home. However, as I painted, it became something much deeper, a wailing Mother Earth grieving for the loss of her children and the destruction of her environment. The wailing pelvis image represents fertility, Mother Nature and her horror at the abuse and neglect of earth and the environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1524593241011-IKH6A864T3KJ79E6DQC1/Klein_Marsha_13.jpg Biomorphic - Wailing Pelvis #2 - raging fire 1997 oils/canvas 48 x 60" The Wailing Pelvis Series expresses deep longing and horror, representing the Great Earth Mother, furious at the abuse of her environment. An example in my work of the personal shifting into the universal is the Wailing Pelvis image (1995-97) which came to me when I was painting my sorrow, as my grown sons were leaving home. However, as I painted, it became something much deeper, a wailing Mother Earth grieving for the loss of her children and the destruction of her environment. The wailing pelvis image represents fertility, Mother Nature and her horror at the abuse and neglect of earth and the environment. https://www.marshaklein.com/dreamersblue daily 0.75 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1674446399588-UIMJQYIBA6AT7VD9C3BD/Klein_Marsha_40.jpg Dreamers Blue - Bodyscape #4- Unwinding Dream 2017 oils/canvas 60 x 72." A combination of Unexpected Performance Piece and Bodyscapes #3 - Night Sky. The spiraling shape, superimposed on the figures is reminiscent of our spiraling movements in the Unexpected Performances, as well as of under sea life, and Australian Aborigines’ dreamtime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1674446399588-UIMJQYIBA6AT7VD9C3BD/Klein_Marsha_40.jpg Dreamers Blue - Bodyscape #4- Unwinding Dream 2017 oils/canvas 60 x 72." A combination of Unexpected Performance Piece and Bodyscapes #3 - Night Sky. The spiraling shape, superimposed on the figures is reminiscent of our spiraling movements in the Unexpected Performances, as well as of under sea life, and Australian Aborigines’ dreamtime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1530239191657-N9YVSE94J7FSF8FIL9W3/Klein_Marsha_39.jpg Dreamers Blue - Body and Soul #4-Blue Angel 2017 oils/canvas 60 x 72" This image appeared before my eyes as I was working the background and I brought it out whole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523572253804-WXZHBIJJI3UTIGR2ILU9/Klein_Marsha_38.jpg Dreamers Blue - Bodyscape # 3- scroll of cocoons 2017 oils/canvas 94 x 52" This is a canvas scroll of biomorphic dreamer figures in a continuous procession. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523572210555-A033RYF6GLSSA7L0STI3/Klein_Marsha_37.jpg Dreamers Blue - Bodyscape #2 - continents 2017 oils/canvas 54 x 68" The Bodyscapes Series evolved from the last Dreamers paintings, similar in that they are figurative but more organically abstracted, biomorphic. They also appear to be continents on a global map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523572019990-4CO8ONFJ3J5AIU5SJOCW/Klein_Marsha_36.jpg Dreamers Blue - Dreamers #9-unveiling 2017 oils/canvas 54 x 68" This piece is a culmination of the Dreamers Series of 2005 revisited in 2015-17 in synthesis with the Unveiling Series of 2009. Two opposite facing heads continue the imagery of suspended and transparent figures unwrapping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1674449636749-UABMWL2PI39ICL3NS34X/image-asset.jpeg Dreamers Blue - Dreamers #9 in an interior setting the warm earth tones of the room work well with the blues of this painting. Calm ethereal image in a quiet setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523577863068-VZZVFFPLI13EFP7DAUCV/Klein_Marsha_35.jpg Dreamers Blue - Dreamers #8-transp. figure w. wire cocoons 2016 oils/canvas 66 x 61" The figure's and the cocoons’ transparent bodies are drawn with charcoal and with oil pastels, so all layers become visible. I see the cocoons here as wire figures of neon light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523571992579-2RHNIT91C9N6XZTH8DXH/Klein_Marsha_33.jpg Dreamers Blue - Dreamers #6 - transparent figure 2015 Oils/canvas, 68 x 54” Done in 2015, revisiting and expanding on the 2005 Dreamers Series. The figures’ transparent bodies are drawn with charcoal, so all layers remain visible. This recent series captures the synthesis that I intended, of the mediums, themes and images that have pervaded my lifetime of artmaking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523572003771-P6H9KCBUSAN7LB9DDKAM/Klein_Marsha_34.jpg Dreamers Blue - Dreamers #7- cocoons 2016 oils/canvas. 66 x 60.” Suspended in a dream state, the figures in the Dreamers series from 2005, and in the revisited Dreamers Series of 2016-17, are in various stages of cocooning and unwrapping. This image feels nautical and luminescent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1673483242628-Z26QC18UKLSSWS6YF4B5/image-asset.jpg Dreamers Blue - Dreamers #1 - floating figures with shadows 2005 oils/canvas 54 x 46” This is the first painting in the Dreamers Series of cocooned figures suspended in dream states based on the previous series of Shadows and Dreams. https://www.marshaklein.com/new-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2025-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1752884700877-S3MZEW8VWZNF0OEB57Y0/image-asset.jpg New Gallery - Artist in Her Studio. Marsha Klein with her paintings, Re-Membering and Dreamers#8 (in background) Photo Portrait by CM Illgen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1752884700877-S3MZEW8VWZNF0OEB57Y0/image-asset.jpg New Gallery - Artist in Her Studio. Marsha Klein with her paintings, Re-Membering and Dreamers#8 (in background) Photo Portrait by CM Illgen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670732039362-KD1YW1DLMKX6FHD4TAN8/image-asset.jpeg New Gallery - Skyscape # 4 - Procession of Spirits 2022 oils/canvas 48 x 60” From the most recent paintings in my sky series, To Shiver the Sky. An environmental statement, as well as a celebration of the joy of watching clouds forming a "skyscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670731962650-CTA8F4MO1CMK0QNK4B3P/image-asset.jpeg New Gallery - Autumn Nocturne #2 -2020 oils/canvas 60 x 72” Created during the peak of Covid 19 shutdown as we were approaching the winter solstice. a streak of Northen Lights, aurora borealis, appears across the dark night sky, figures barely visible below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670452937448-SVPNLEMC7AS3W6B0SMIL/image-asset.jpg New Gallery - Autumn Nocturne #1-a shiver in the sky 2020 oils/canvas 60 x 72” This series was created during the peak of Covid 19 shutdown, as we were approaching the winter solstice. a streak of Northen Lights, the aurora borealis, appears across the dark night sky, bringing stunning light into the darkness, mysterious figures are barely visible below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1558920688307-A4X64D7HLJN6EY3QEPGS/ExtremeWeather.thunderstorm.72.jpg New Gallery - Extreme Weather- thunderstorm 2019 oils/canvas 60 x 72" The Fire Paintings of 2017-18 led into this new series, “Extreme Weather,” interpretations from National Geographic photographs, depicting, volcanoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, mass flooding, etc. For me it always seems like Mother Nature’s powerful response to the imbalance civilization has wrought. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586117962224-VCJOB6RXHLXY3JE4OIBX/Klein_Marsha_40.jpg New Gallery - Re-Membering - mother nature 2019 oils/canvas 68 x 54" Mother Nature as the ultimate artist, rooted, surrounded by the elements, presenting her offering. For this painting, I revisited two earlier works: Surrogate Mother - Our Lady of the Roses 2007 and Re-membering - two scrolls diptych 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670723688541-ANJBWZB5TOIHJBSIQ0A0/image-asset.jpeg New Gallery - Bodyscape #4- Unwinding Dream 2017, 2019 oils/canvas 60 x 72." A combination of Unexpected Performance Piece and Bodyscapes #3 - Night Sky. The spiraling shape, superimposed on the figures is reminiscent of our spiraling movements in the Unexpected Performances, as well as under sea life, and Australian Aborigines’ dreamtime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1541807772708-IUELA6K4HR9BFJ8DW2SB/FacingFire.DFB.3.jpg New Gallery - Drawing Fire, Facing Fire - volcanic w. spine 2018 ink/acetate 24x36" Painted Drawing on Paper, inks, oil pastel on acetate paper, culmination of a years worth of images, done following the big devastating wildfires in Sonoma & Napa County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1584662987666-ZDKQBL7UDX0115OV5VWO/Klein_Marsha_36.jpg New Gallery - Dialogue: Facing Fire Diptych -2003, 2018 oils/canvas 60x 96" The primal experience of the wildfires surrounding our county in 2017, warranted nothing less than primal response, thus my Fire Series, which began ironically enough, the week before the fires started and continued throughout 2018. This was the final painting of the series, repainted from its 2003 origins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1565471078557-9JVGVOSTBSSHP9KG7AN0/Klein_Marsha_36.jpg New Gallery - Dreamers #9-unveiling 2017 oils/canvas 54 x 68 This piece is a culmination of the Dreamers Series of 2005 revisited in 2015-17 and a synthesis with the Unveiling Series of 2009, continuing the imagery of suspended and transparent figures unwrapping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586117003437-RV9SEGEIAQV9R19U6XGP/image-asset.jpeg New Gallery - Dreamers #7 - two cocoons 2016 oils/canvas 66 x 60" Suspended in a dream state, the figures in the Dreamers series from 2005, and in the revisited Dreamers Series of 2016-17, are in various stages of cocooning and unwrapping. This image feels nautical and luminescent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586116664173-RH047OLCWPHOLY34OJL2/image-asset.jpeg New Gallery - Dreamers #6 -transparent body 2015 oils/canvas 68 x 52" Revisiting and expanding on the 2005 Dreamers Series. The figures’ transparent bodies are drawn with charcoal, so all layers remain visible. This recent series captures well the synthesis that I intended, of the mediums, themes and images that have pervaded my lifetime of artmaking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586117580000-B7A0BR1B4EL7QSZ573OM/image-asset.jpeg New Gallery - Ribcage Resurrection 2015 oils/canvas 54 x 46" This series, "Heart of the Matter," began in 2014, as my return, once again to painting, after four years of ceramics work. Revisiting themes and images from the earlier biomorphic work, the ribcage and double fetus butterfly are central to this series. As in the series of drawings that preceded this painting, I have embedded text from forty years of dream journaling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1599093239444-6RUHW0E0154T2FJSV5Q5/Klein_Marsha_35.jpg New Gallery - Heart of the Matter #2 - heart w. eyes- 2015 oils/canvas 48 x 60.” At this point, with the intent to synthesize the mediums, themes and images that have pervaded my lifetime of artmaking, I want to get to the essence of what it is that I have to say, to the heart of the matter, both literally and figuratively. This series, "Heart of the Matter," begun in 2014, was my return, once again to painting, after four years of ceramics work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1541806193220-TWD5AIJOYTF1DZU2ZJHF/Klein_Marsha_30.jpg New Gallery - Painted Torso - lg. rose, cactus 2012 stoneware 15 x 11 x 5" This is from a series of painted and glazed torsos done in 2012, which followed a series of raw, white porcelain “Ektoskeletal Torsos done in 2011, at Womens Studio Workshop, Artist Residency in Hudson Valley, N. Y. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1541806223277-6J061GMPL3DWIQCQIJ7K/Klein_Marsha_27.jpg New Gallery - Interior Design #15 stoneware- hand of fortune w. fetus 2011 13 x 10 x 4" This was the culmination of a new series, “Interior Designs.” Revisiting earlier ceramic sculpture from 1994. “Fetus-Phoenix,” I expanded further on these earlier themes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1540351516987-KZ4LWQS0ZY2S7PT089CU/Klein_Marsha_30.jpg New Gallery - Ektoskeletal Torso- lg. open heart w.roses 2011 porcelain 18 x 12 x 6" My intent now being to synthesize the mediums, themes and images that have pervaded my lifetime of making art, to get to the essence, to the skin and bones of my vision, both literally and figuratively. Thus, at my NY artist residency, I created white porcelain bonelike "Ektoskeletal Torsos," which developed into painted torsos in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1594847614538-LEMY5MRJ9CLAK9K29QB2/Fernurture%233.jpg New Gallery - Fernurture #3 stoneware- unwrapping 2011 16 x 16 x 5" In the tradition of revisiting earlier work, in this case, the ceramic sculpture of 1986, Brackenfern Mask and expanding further on these earlier themes, this piece is part of the 2011 series, that I called “Interior Designs.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586115485625-1QPZMDHX1I13AKQJZAT0/image-asset.jpeg New Gallery - Unveiling- 2009 oils/canvas 48 x 60" Referencing Ancient Greek Sculpture, this series of paintings, created at a time when the image of veiled women was becoming more visible in our daily lives, continues the dialog of how we are veiled by circumstance, society, religion or fear. We limit and veil ourselves for modesty, mystery and protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1539312059488-SWBPQMMSQU41RA71CK68/Klein_Marsha_24.jpg New Gallery - Partially Veiled 2009 oils/canvas 48 x 60" Referencing ancient Greek sculpture, this is part of the Unveiling Series of paintings, created at a time when the image of veiled women was becoming more visible in our daily lives. It continues the dialog of how we are veiled by circumstance, society, religion or fear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1539311836491-M5UYOUMOBMEU9LY5HPP7/Klein_Marsha_36.jpg New Gallery - Dreamers #6 Dreamers #6 2015-16 oils/canvas 68 x 52" Revisiting and expanding on the 2005 Dreamers Series, the figures’ transparent bodies are drawn with charcoal, so all layers remain visible. This recent series captures well the synthesis that I intended, of the mediums, themes and images that have pervaded my lifetime of artmaking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1539312035859-AE83W6LJZ52B645PG17I/Klein_Marsha_21.jpg New Gallery - Ancient Remains 2008 oils/canvas 48 x 60" From the series that I called, "Our Lady of the Roses," to represent the essence of a divine healing realm, this piece contains relics of the past, ruins of civilization in counterpoint to nature. In this painting a translucent head of an ancient Roman sculpture floats or falls among translucent fortunes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523473562552-0DYZ6AGCDL60BZV88KIJ/Klein_Marsha_20.jpg New Gallery - Protectors 2007 oils/canvas 48 x 60" From the series that I called, "Our Lady of the Roses," to represent the essence of a divine healing realm, which contains relics of the past, ruins of civilization in counterpoint to nature. The cool white masculine figure is based on an Egyptian ram headed god. His fiery red feminine counterpart appeared as the painting progressed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586116044465-IG5LRQC4C1DT5VXRV6XA/image-asset.jpeg New Gallery - Dreamers #4- two shadowed figures 2005 oils/canvas 68 x 52" Suspended in a dream state, the figures in this series are in various stages of cocooning and unwrapping, surrounded by abstracted ribcages. Begun in 2005, I revisited the “Dreamers” in 2016-17. Usually working in series, when I employ a reoccurring image, like the ribcage or roses, for example, I choose them for their literal and visual presence, and equally for what they symbolize. I use the ribcage for its butterfly-like shape, and its function as a cage for the heart. Simultaneously, it symbolizes the essential, the bare bones, as well as what remains behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1543984600324-FJK36ZL6LE9I3R6GHTI5/Klein_Marsha_18.jpg New Gallery - Dreamers#3-unwrapping figure w. ribcage 2005 oils/canvas 68 x 52" Suspended in a dream state, the figures in the Dreamers series are in various stages of cocooning and unwrapping, surrounded by abstracted ribcages. Usually working in series, when I employ a reoccurring image, like the ribcage or roses, for example, I choose it for its literal and visual presence, and equally for what it symbolizes. I use the ribcage for its butterfly-like shape, and its function as a cage for the heart. Simultaneously, it symbolizes the essential, the bare bones, as well as what remains behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1530238134693-OC65G8P06B37W3F59EVH/Klein_Marsha_36+2.jpg New Gallery - Tigerwoman # 2 - Kouros Drawings 2011 oils/paper 40 x 24" Painted Drawing based on the quadriptych, Kouros Departure 2000. Figurative, expressive drawing, fantasy, organic, rooted figure, wearing tigerskin, winged figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1584666280623-VZNIFQCIDQ16YIJ1Z2GO/Klein_Marsha_17.jpg New Gallery - Kouros Departure-quadriptych 2000 oils/canvas 10 ft. x 12 ft. Based on a self portrait done during my 1998 residency in New York City, combined with the Getty Kouros, the central figure is stepping forward between times, epochs, from darkness into light. In this 10 x 12 ft. four panel altarpiece I am conjuring up female images of strength and healing from traditional cultures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1539312109545-GDMVIJB2VCLNNMW3JDL7/Klein_Marsha_16.jpg New Gallery - Body and Soul #1 1998 oils/canvas 60 x 48" The wailing pelvis with ribcage expands further in this piece with the ribs floating out to enclose the whole composition, including a muscled torso, all very expressively painted. It was first called Torso with Ribcage, but felt so powerful it needed a deeper title, thus: "Body and Soul." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1599094539269-DGPDSR6OTF9C0S38XA5Y/Klein_Marsha_17.jpg New Gallery - Body and Soul #2- torso with ribcage on blue 1998 oils/canvas 48 x 60" This piece was a culmination of my Ribcage Butterfly series, which responded to considerable changes in our natural environment and our personal lives. Physically it presents layers of our existence. Symbolically, the bones represent what is essential and what remains behind. The pelvis represents creativity, reproduction, fertility, Mother Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670805231776-9BFS0IE1GD6NZYAK9YXL/Klein_Marsha_11.jpg New Gallery - Releasing My Butterflies Diptych 1997 60 x 96" oils/canvas This diptych is a biomorphic symphony! It followed "Double Fetus Butterfly" with the backbone of that piece now expanded into a whole ribcage and the wailing pelvis divided, encircling the double fetus butterfly. An example in my work of the personal shifting into the universal is the Wailing Pelvis and Double Fetus Butterfly images, which came to me when I was painting my sorrow, as my grown sons were leaving home. However, as I painted, it became something much deeper, a wailing Mother Earth grieving for the loss of her children and the destruction of her environment. This ‘double fetus butterfly’ image that appears in much of my work, may have been a premonition of the vanishing butterflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1553217038585-T3CGWAH6KVG9HNMJLSLY/Klein_Marsha_12.jpg New Gallery - Dbl. Fetus Butterfly w. Wailing Pelvis 1997 oils/cnvs. 48 x 60" This stunning image began with a personal loss, taken to my painting it developed into addressing a universal loss. The wailing pelvis image as well as the “double fetus butterfly” represents fertility, Mother Nature and her horror at the abuse and neglect of earth and the environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523647401008-SONCUE67DXTD5Y7B326O/Klein_Marsha_9.jpg New Gallery - Abandoned Madonna - Roman Ruins 1993 oils/canvas 52 x 44" From the Series called, "Roman Ruins" painted after spending the summer in Italy, visiting all of the art that I had previously only seen in photographs. The Great Earth Mother is releasing a blood curdling howl in response to the outrageous disrespect, which she is suffering at the hands of mankind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586118803589-RM5JF0CCQI0ARXW49FPJ/image-asset.jpeg New Gallery - Trinity 1991 oils/canvas 44 x 52" Among my first paintings, I painted this during the Persian Gulf crisis in 1991. Black oil and red blood strewn across the canvas became a self portrait with mask, that expanded to include a skeletal figure. I saw it as mother, daughter and holy ghost, discovering in retrospect that centuries before the patriarchal trinity prevailed, a female trinity held the collective’s central position of spiritual strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1584667620532-GDMMCUYNB506HPZ122BV/Klein_Marsha_6.jpg New Gallery - Fossil Woman Torso Vessel 1989 oils on stoneware 24 x 17 x 12" This was part of the last series of ceramic sculpture that I created before switching my focus to painting for two decades. This purposely heavy piece is richly textured with sea shell impressions. my intention was to make a series of large, weighty pieces that were very obviously of the earth before ascending into painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1539316345116-0LCFESZ1T29WKI69BJYV/Klein_Marsha_3.jpg New Gallery - Cigar Soul Indian Facescape 1986 earthenware 22 x 20 x 4" Influenced by the Bay Area Figurative focus on bodies in connection with nature, I interpreted this literally, with heads, feet, arms, and torsos sprouting leaves, flowers, roots, wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1541806152134-TAEYV2KY4XIGEPLIYD38/Klein_Marsha_01.jpg New Gallery - Hardened Heart 1979 glazed earthenware 17 x 16 x 9" Influenced by the Bay Area Figurative focus on bodies in connection with nature, I interpreted that literally with heads, feet, arms, torsos each sprouting leaves, flowers, roots, wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1553207444723-M1NKU2EI7UJ1I3AVGYXW/Klein_Marsha_02.jpg New Gallery - Kali Lily Bodyscape 1980 earthenware 36 x 36 x 12" A modular sculpture, for wall or pedestal. Influenced by the Bay Area Figurative focus on bodies in connection with nature, I interpreted that literally with heads, feet, arms, torsos sprouting leaves, flowers, roots, wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1539311478596-XGELW10CAFRJ8OUCYGAD/Klein_Marsha_01.jpg New Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1539311873920-JWZT635ODRZG2TRKESEA/Klein_Marsha_36.jpg New Gallery - Dreamers #6 2015-16 oils/canvas 68 x 52" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1543362816183-O7NE7JP5OCHY1GN5E350/Klein_Marsha_36.jpg New Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1543364135185-GSGCX5X0N7FM6LFZ39B5/Klein_Marsha_36.jpg New Gallery https://www.marshaklein.com/blog daily 0.75 2023-05-27 https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/2023/5/26/exhibit-commentary-life-as-myth-women-artists-convenings monthly 0.5 2023-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/4f221061-13b8-4dd0-a213-25e8447b9986/IMG_6630.jpeg BLOG - Exhibit Commentary- Life As Myth- Women Artists Convenings - Make it stand out Marsha Klein-painter, ceramic sculptor, LinMarie deVincent- shamanic drummer, poet, Mia Lobel-ceramic sculptor, poet presenting at the exhibit closing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/448be541-0e62-4cf3-94c6-cb7b5f74ffc1/group.sm.jpeg BLOG - Exhibit Commentary- Life As Myth- Women Artists Convenings - Make it stand out Convening Artists: Leta Davis, Marsha Klein, Lori Goldman, Lin Marie DeVincent, Nora Russo, Kaeti Bailie, Margaret Hatcher, Barbara Jacobsen, Brigitta McReynolds, Mia Lobel, Christine MacDonald, Selma Aslin, Susan Heeringa-Pieper https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/2023/1/11/awarded-grant-yerba-buena-center-for-the-arts monthly 0.5 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1c265d95-edfc-41a9-aaf0-b1677a08c5df/mk.conv.72.jpg BLOG - AWARDED GRANT- YERBA BUENA CENTER for the ARTS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/2023/1/11/storytelling-through-images-painting-my-way-insideout monthly 0.5 2023-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/720b3fe7-c3a8-4a12-8592-e84cb50336a1/9.Trmpoln_9.+jpg.jpg BLOG - Storytelling Through Images- pt.3 Painting my Way: Inside/Out - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/c6dadf17-c71d-4819-863a-903ba1f3b8d1/WailingPelvis%232.72.jpg BLOG - Storytelling Through Images- pt.3 Painting my Way: Inside/Out - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/2023/1/11/storytelling-through-images monthly 0.5 2023-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/03c7665c-20c0-4808-ae79-1d5398dda79b/A71AA363-BE62-402C-82BE-C8610A51861C_1_201_a.jpeg BLOG - Storytelling through Images-pt. 2 Teaching Art to Children / Country Life - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/f9d47719-5dd9-4099-9569-f00ce25250a4/2BB98ED0-16EF-44E1-B6D7-4482F861AA83_1_201_a.jpeg BLOG - Storytelling through Images-pt. 2 Teaching Art to Children / Country Life - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/2023/1/4/storytelling-through-images monthly 0.5 2023-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1c3e17de-ef40-4159-8465-2250d33aef26/Klein_Marsha_2.+jpg..jpg BLOG - Storytelling through Images-pt.1 Early Inspirations - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/56c695ef-aa0a-497c-b7d9-c9866abae423/1.jpg BLOG - Storytelling through Images-pt.1 Early Inspirations - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/2020/4/20/re-membering-mother-nature monthly 0.5 2023-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1587423059928-UJV8I4VCVZ4H5QVHZJ85/Klein_Marsha_16.jpg BLOG - Re-Membering - Mother Nature Re-Membering 1999 two overlapping scrolls - mixed media on vellum 84 x 96” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1587423566123-1Z4JSFKGT1BJ77WVJ1BJ/13_KLEIN-Surrogate-Mother.jpg BLOG - Re-Membering - Mother Nature Surrogate Mother - Our Lady of the Roses Series 2007 oils/canvas 68 x 54” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1587422855324-BG88DAPA0ANR9XOUBECX/Re-Membering.oil.sm.jpg BLOG - Re-Membering - Mother Nature Re-Membering - Mother Nature 2019 oils/canvas 68 x 54” https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/2019/5/26/extreme-weather monthly 0.5 2023-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1558913071820-Q0G0DRDHGPJAUW9ONXH1/ExtremeWeather.thunderstorm.72.jpg BLOG - Extreme Weather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1558913149590-1RX0PMXGP813791LXJ25/Klein_Marsha_40.jpg BLOG - Extreme Weather https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/category/Sonoma+Valley+Art monthly 0.5 https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/category/Artists+Stories monthly 0.5 https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/category/Women+Artists monthly 0.5 https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/tag/feministart monthly 0.5 https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/tag/expressive+figurative monthly 0.5 https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/tag/women+artists monthly 0.5 https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/tag/Sonoma+Valley+Artists monthly 0.5 https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/tag/magicalrealism monthly 0.5 https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/tag/environmentalart monthly 0.5 https://www.marshaklein.com/blog/tag/Yerba+Buena+Center+Artist+Power+Convenings+Grant monthly 0.5 https://www.marshaklein.com/skyscapes daily 0.75 2025-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670457578170-DOF7Q62C549WSRSZJ74C/Klein_Marsha_29.jpg Skyscapes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1760150970214-N19GAI2PHGPSL3GLMV2A/Holding+up+the+Sky.sm.JPG Skyscapes - HOLDING UP THE SKY - 2025 oils/canvas 72 x 60" The dragon blood trees have morphed into beings, their branches became hands. I painted this piece rotating it between sessions. So essentially it could be a ceiling piece or a wall piece that can be rotated for different views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1760151328755-HW97JSND6RHD064U975M/DBTree+%2Bhands.sm.jpeg Skyscapes - Dragon Blood Tree #2 with hands 2025 - Installation INSTALLATION: working image combining the trees with hands holding up the sky to take me to the next creation in the Holding up the Sky series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1760832932448-KPTUT7A30UBR7V2O0ZL7/image-asset.jpeg Skyscapes - Dragon Blood Tree #2 2024 oils/canvas 48 x 60" Expanding the sky imagery, this piece was a departure in mediums as well. I used dry pastels to gently capture the feeling of the tree. When the pastels didnt adhere to the oil painted layer beneath, I took some cadmium yellow oil paint to detail the trees edges and a wash of oil medium over the pastels. I looked away from the canvas for a while, watching the strong rain surrounding my windowed studio. When I returned to the canvas, the whole painting was running down the surface, essentially painting itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670538722032-I5FPYFFND07LY9C8IZXH/image.jpg Skyscapes - Skyscape # 4 - Procession of Spirits 2023 oils/canvas 48 x 60” Culmination of my skyscape series, To Shiver the Sky. An environmental statement, as well as a celebration of the joy of watching clouds forming a "skyscape." The clouds transformed into figures, forming a procession in the sky of biomorphic figures connecting back to my figurative work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670453414840-WNOIJGQ7GDERASX9K7D3/image.jpg Skyscapes - Skyscape #3- to shiver the sky 2022 oils/canvas 48 x 60” From my sky series, To Shiver the Sky. An environmental statement, as well as a celebration of the joy of watching clouds forming a "skyscape." This was taken from photos I took recording these wonderful clouds. They have a hind of the figurative work that follows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670452715419-2VWKT6WTDWMBTFAWSEJL/Skyscape%25231.72.jpg Skyscapes - Skyscape#1 - To Shiver the Sky. 2021 oils/canvas 60 x 48" Surreal, Abstract figures formed by clouds in a springtime sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670452473018-BB0UA3P812KDNTBQ5TS3/cloudswept.72jpg.jpg Skyscapes - Skyscape #2 - To Shiver the Sky. 2021 oils/canvas 48 x 60" Expressive, dancing feathery clouds across a bright blue sky. The sky felt like a refuge during Covid 19 shutdown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670374156010-0I10H35BH674X3JGJAL4/Klein_Marsha_39.jpg Skyscapes - Autumn Nocturne #2. 2020 oils/canvas 60 x 72" 2020 oils/canvas 60 x 72” Created during the peak of Covid 19 shutdown as we were approaching the winter solstice. a streak of Northen Lights, aurora borealis, appears across the dark night sky, figures barely visible below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1674448282828-2FBUT2IJR45ZRN5EJL9G/image-asset.jpeg Skyscapes - Autumn Nocturne #2 in an interior setting Autumn Nocturne painting in an interior setting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670452937448-SVPNLEMC7AS3W6B0SMIL/image-asset.jpg Skyscapes - Autumn Nocturne #1-a shiver in the sky. 2020 oils/canvas. 60 x72" 2020 oils/canvas 60 x 72” This series was created during the peak of Covid 19 shutdown, as we were approaching the winter solstice. a streak of Northen Lights, the aurora borealis, appears across the dark night sky, bringing stunning light into the darkness, mysterious figures are barely visible below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670374753252-M9V496D00C10K0A8EL28/AutumnNocturne%233.sm.jpg Skyscapes - Autumn Nocturne #3. 2020. oils/canvas 60 x 72" 2020 oils/canvas 60 x 72” Created during the peak of Covid 19 shutdown as we were approaching the winter solstice. a streak of Northen Lights, aurora borealis, appears across the dark night sky, figures barely visible below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1558907500914-0QODFFFW5ZWCEB7ZMQ3S/ExtremeWeather.thunderstorm.72.jpg Skyscapes - Extreme Weather # 2 -Thunderstorm 2019 oils/canvas 60x72" The Fire Paintings of 2017-18 led into this new series, Extreme Weather. My interpretations from National Geographic photographs, depicting, volcanoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, mass flooding, etc. For me, extreme weather seems like Mother Nature’s powerful response to the imbalance civilization has wrought. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1584659960323-0OZ9XJIJ370U6R2H19FN/Klein_Marsha_39.jpg Skyscapes - Extreme Weather #3 -SeaStorm 2019 oils/canvas 54 x 68” From the Extreme Weather Series expressing the chaos of climate change https://www.marshaklein.com/new-gallery-2 daily 0.75 2025-10-08 https://www.marshaklein.com/home daily 1.0 2020-09-25 https://www.marshaklein.com/ceramics-sculpture daily 0.75 2023-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529620677820-6XGTSC02MCJ4J4JCWGCL/Brackenfern+Mask+1986 CERAMICS / early sculpture Brackenfern Mask 1986 earthenware 18 x 17 x 4" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529958622912-9NC8NVJUIZEAYSHF7EKV/FlyingSandalLandscape1976.jpg CERAMICS / early sculpture Flying Sandal Landscape 1976 glazed earthenware 42 x 17 x 14 " https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529963505564-SQHF1FD14KR86BPBKOD3/WildBirdVessel.jpg CERAMICS / early sculpture Wild Bird Vessel 1988 stoneware 20 x 18 x 4" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529963037497-3ID4CTC7PZXQPZO22P4T/FossilVessel.jpg CERAMICS / early sculpture Fossil Woman Vessel - flesh/grey 1989 stoneware 24 x 17 x 12" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529960098848-A6K97L7V7ICEDWPCH1L1/FetusPhoenix1984.jpg CERAMICS / early sculpture Fetus Phoenix 1984 earthenware 18 x 9 x 4" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529620214252-IGSK3CGG9P373UAN9M1Y/Klein_Marsha_2.jpg CERAMICS / early sculpture Kali Lily Bodyscape 1980 earthenware 36 x 36 x 12" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529620353129-O0X14Y81FQ146PNIAEFY/Klein_Marsha_3.jpg CERAMICS / early sculpture Cigar Soul Indian Facescape 1986 earthenware 22 x 20 x 4" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529955335048-FOQTPYLOPWR32A1Y4U2I/HardenedHeart1979.jpg CERAMICS / early sculpture Hardened Heart 1979 glazed earthenware 17 x 16 x 9" https://www.marshaklein.com/ceramics-interiorsinsideout daily 0.75 2023-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529965667280-7KUWWFR20R6PRPP3AQT2/Fernurture%233.jpg CERAMICS / interiors - inside-out Fernurture #3 stoneware. 2011 16 x 16 x 5" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529965775801-0AOWPM0NJ8ZPGDRWZJLB/IntDes%2315.jpg CERAMICS / interiors - inside-out Interior Design #15 stoneware 2011 13 x 10 x 4" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529966131750-OZSZ23BS8QAKK5E73DM9/PtdTorso-lg.rose.jpg CERAMICS / interiors - inside-out Painted Torso - ferns w.rose 2012 stoneware 17 x 15 x 5" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529965871061-NBEZZ2WIA83EB3UAI4SD/EktoTorso-snakes.jpg CERAMICS / interiors - inside-out Ektoskeletal Torso - snakeroots 2011 porcelain 14 x 12 x 4" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529965930473-MCMO40FBC7S7LF0LCZ2O/EktoTorso-cactus.jpg CERAMICS / interiors - inside-out Ektoskeletal Torso - lg.cactus 2011 porcelain 17 x 13 x 5" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529965985097-591X2EEDXVE1JJHIPV4G/EktoTorso-lgHrt.jpg CERAMICS / interiors - inside-out Ektoskeletal Torso- lg. open heart w.roses 2011 porcelain 18 x 12 x 6" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529966067866-X5DIZ7D6WMZ0FTRBPGUG/PtdTorso-lgRose.jpg CERAMICS / interiors - inside-out Painted Torso - lg. rose, cactus 2012 stoneware 15 x 11 x 5" https://www.marshaklein.com/performance-unexpected daily 0.75 2018-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529969294088-0K8ZHPSUH3JLGL6FWVCL/M.honneur.jpg PERFORMANCE / unexpected Legion of Honor, San Francisco CA 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1530038437191-CGRZV9HPEXQMPGOFUA02/M.utopia2.jpg PERFORMANCE / unexpected Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco CA 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529968715690-W3CQS9ARKFPFSM4MFPMD/M.Uex.SVMA.1.jpg PERFORMANCE / unexpected Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, CA 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529968758636-SAG1NN92GM2FQL9BBJNX/M.crane+copy.jpg PERFORMANCE / unexpected San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1529968891386-S1QMUZ3D97GWQ4HQ0MTZ/M.Unex.diRosa.2.jpg PERFORMANCE / unexpected diRosa Preserve 2012 Napa CA https://www.marshaklein.com/paperworks-shields daily 0.75 2022-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1544406457636-9G3AVW5ECDG3YBGWDFIT/thumbnail_IMG_2206.jpg PAPERWORKS / shields of dreams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1544406073100-UBBCTNB5JNTZQ6ZGY4L3/thumbnail_IMG_2193.jpg PAPERWORKS / shields of dreams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1544406198290-0YPAL179QTOSZ8B9NPWY/thumbnail_IMG_2199.jpg PAPERWORKS / shields of dreams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1544406172561-1OG2QA6UY25RBLQT2650/thumbnail_IMG_2214.jpg PAPERWORKS / shields of dreams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1530396780658-IR0KBZFC9QL4EKNLWSJH/M.Shields.Install.jpg PAPERWORKS / shields of dreams Ribcage Shields Installation 2012 at Sonoma Community Center Gallery 212, handmade paper stretched over aluminum wire 'ribcages.' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1544406254338-FDX52RPYGYVBEVM4C4YG/thumbnail_IMG_2192.jpg PAPERWORKS / shields of dreams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1530396910917-QIB7QXAN7VOG44UURD54/M.Shield.7.jpg PAPERWORKS / shields of dreams https://www.marshaklein.com/about daily 0.75 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/e1065ecc-8651-466d-8284-1716da3ebf10/image-asset.jpeg ABOUT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1559514227954-C24IFYSI04H3Y4PAM3RQ/SenseofWonder+2.jpg ABOUT "Sense of Wonder" portrait of Marsha Klein by CM ILLGEN https://www.marshaklein.com/studioslideshow daily 0.75 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1752884700877-S3MZEW8VWZNF0OEB57Y0/image-asset.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Artist in Her Studio. Marsha Klein with her paintings, Re-Membering and Dreamers#8 (in background) Photo Portrait by CM Illgen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670732039362-KD1YW1DLMKX6FHD4TAN8/image-asset.jpeg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Skyscape # 4 - Procession of Spirits 2022 oils/canvas 48 x 60” From the most recent paintings in my sky series, To Shiver the Sky. An environmental statement, as well as a celebration of the joy of watching clouds forming a "skyscape https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670731962650-CTA8F4MO1CMK0QNK4B3P/image-asset.jpeg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Autumn Nocturne #2 -2020 oils/canvas 60 x 72” Created during the peak of Covid 19 shutdown as we were approaching the winter solstice. a streak of Northen Lights, aurora borealis, appears across the dark night sky, figures barely visible below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670452937448-SVPNLEMC7AS3W6B0SMIL/image-asset.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Autumn Nocturne #1-a shiver in the sky 2020 oils/canvas 60 x 72” This series was created during the peak of Covid 19 shutdown, as we were approaching the winter solstice. a streak of Northen Lights, the aurora borealis, appears across the dark night sky, bringing stunning light into the darkness, mysterious figures are barely visible below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1558920688307-A4X64D7HLJN6EY3QEPGS/ExtremeWeather.thunderstorm.72.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Extreme Weather- thunderstorm 2019 oils/canvas 60 x 72" The Fire Paintings of 2017-18 led into this new series, “Extreme Weather,” interpretations from National Geographic photographs, depicting, volcanoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, mass flooding, etc. For me it always seems like Mother Nature’s powerful response to the imbalance civilization has wrought. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586117962224-VCJOB6RXHLXY3JE4OIBX/Klein_Marsha_40.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Re-Membering - mother nature 2019 oils/canvas 68 x 54" Mother Nature as the ultimate artist, rooted, surrounded by the elements, presenting her offering. For this painting, I revisited two earlier works: Surrogate Mother - Our Lady of the Roses 2007 and Re-membering - two scrolls diptych 1999 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670723688541-ANJBWZB5TOIHJBSIQ0A0/image-asset.jpeg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Bodyscape #4- Unwinding Dream 2017, 2019 oils/canvas 60 x 72." A combination of Unexpected Performance Piece and Bodyscapes #3 - Night Sky. The spiraling shape, superimposed on the figures is reminiscent of our spiraling movements in the Unexpected Performances, as well as under sea life, and Australian Aborigines’ dreamtime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1541807772708-IUELA6K4HR9BFJ8DW2SB/FacingFire.DFB.3.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Drawing Fire, Facing Fire - volcanic w. spine 2018 ink/acetate 24x36" Painted Drawing on Paper, inks, oil pastel on acetate paper, culmination of a years worth of images, done following the big devastating wildfires in Sonoma & Napa County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1584662987666-ZDKQBL7UDX0115OV5VWO/Klein_Marsha_36.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Dialogue: Facing Fire Diptych -2003, 2018 oils/canvas 60x 96" The primal experience of the wildfires surrounding our county in 2017, warranted nothing less than primal response, thus my Fire Series, which began ironically enough, the week before the fires started and continued throughout 2018. This was the final painting of the series, repainted from its 2003 origins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1565471078557-9JVGVOSTBSSHP9KG7AN0/Klein_Marsha_36.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Dreamers #9-unveiling 2017 oils/canvas 54 x 68 This piece is a culmination of the Dreamers Series of 2005 revisited in 2015-17 and a synthesis with the Unveiling Series of 2009, continuing the imagery of suspended and transparent figures unwrapping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586117003437-RV9SEGEIAQV9R19U6XGP/image-asset.jpeg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Dreamers #7 - two cocoons 2016 oils/canvas 66 x 60" Suspended in a dream state, the figures in the Dreamers series from 2005, and in the revisited Dreamers Series of 2016-17, are in various stages of cocooning and unwrapping. This image feels nautical and luminescent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586116664173-RH047OLCWPHOLY34OJL2/image-asset.jpeg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Dreamers #6 -transparent body 2015 oils/canvas 68 x 52" Revisiting and expanding on the 2005 Dreamers Series. The figures’ transparent bodies are drawn with charcoal, so all layers remain visible. This recent series captures well the synthesis that I intended, of the mediums, themes and images that have pervaded my lifetime of artmaking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586117580000-B7A0BR1B4EL7QSZ573OM/image-asset.jpeg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Ribcage Resurrection 2015 oils/canvas 54 x 46" This series, "Heart of the Matter," began in 2014, as my return, once again to painting, after four years of ceramics work. Revisiting themes and images from the earlier biomorphic work, the ribcage and double fetus butterfly are central to this series. As in the series of drawings that preceded this painting, I have embedded text from forty years of dream journaling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1599093239444-6RUHW0E0154T2FJSV5Q5/Klein_Marsha_35.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Heart of the Matter #2 - heart w. eyes- 2015 oils/canvas 48 x 60.” At this point, with the intent to synthesize the mediums, themes and images that have pervaded my lifetime of artmaking, I want to get to the essence of what it is that I have to say, to the heart of the matter, both literally and figuratively. This series, "Heart of the Matter," begun in 2014, was my return, once again to painting, after four years of ceramics work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1541806193220-TWD5AIJOYTF1DZU2ZJHF/Klein_Marsha_30.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Painted Torso - lg. rose, cactus 2012 stoneware 15 x 11 x 5" This is from a series of painted and glazed torsos done in 2012, which followed a series of raw, white porcelain “Ektoskeletal Torsos done in 2011, at Womens Studio Workshop, Artist Residency in Hudson Valley, N. Y. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1541806223277-6J061GMPL3DWIQCQIJ7K/Klein_Marsha_27.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Interior Design #15 stoneware- hand of fortune w. fetus 2011 13 x 10 x 4" This was the culmination of a new series, “Interior Designs.” Revisiting earlier ceramic sculpture from 1994. “Fetus-Phoenix,” I expanded further on these earlier themes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1540351516987-KZ4LWQS0ZY2S7PT089CU/Klein_Marsha_30.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Ektoskeletal Torso- lg. open heart w.roses 2011 porcelain 18 x 12 x 6" My intent now being to synthesize the mediums, themes and images that have pervaded my lifetime of making art, to get to the essence, to the skin and bones of my vision, both literally and figuratively. Thus, at my NY artist residency, I created white porcelain bonelike "Ektoskeletal Torsos," which developed into painted torsos in 2012. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1594847614538-LEMY5MRJ9CLAK9K29QB2/Fernurture%233.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Fernurture #3 stoneware- unwrapping 2011 16 x 16 x 5" In the tradition of revisiting earlier work, in this case, the ceramic sculpture of 1986, Brackenfern Mask and expanding further on these earlier themes, this piece is part of the 2011 series, that I called “Interior Designs.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586115485625-1QPZMDHX1I13AKQJZAT0/image-asset.jpeg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Unveiling- 2009 oils/canvas 48 x 60" Referencing Ancient Greek Sculpture, this series of paintings, created at a time when the image of veiled women was becoming more visible in our daily lives, continues the dialog of how we are veiled by circumstance, society, religion or fear. We limit and veil ourselves for modesty, mystery and protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1539312059488-SWBPQMMSQU41RA71CK68/Klein_Marsha_24.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Partially Veiled 2009 oils/canvas 48 x 60" Referencing ancient Greek sculpture, this is part of the Unveiling Series of paintings, created at a time when the image of veiled women was becoming more visible in our daily lives. It continues the dialog of how we are veiled by circumstance, society, religion or fear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1539312035859-AE83W6LJZ52B645PG17I/Klein_Marsha_21.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Ancient Remains 2008 oils/canvas 48 x 60" From the series that I called, "Our Lady of the Roses," to represent the essence of a divine healing realm, this piece contains relics of the past, ruins of civilization in counterpoint to nature. In this painting a translucent head of an ancient Roman sculpture floats or falls among translucent fortunes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523473562552-0DYZ6AGCDL60BZV88KIJ/Klein_Marsha_20.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Protectors 2007 oils/canvas 48 x 60" From the series that I called, "Our Lady of the Roses," to represent the essence of a divine healing realm, which contains relics of the past, ruins of civilization in counterpoint to nature. The cool white masculine figure is based on an Egyptian ram headed god. His fiery red feminine counterpart appeared as the painting progressed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586116044465-IG5LRQC4C1DT5VXRV6XA/image-asset.jpeg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Dreamers #4- two shadowed figures 2005 oils/canvas 68 x 52" Suspended in a dream state, the figures in this series are in various stages of cocooning and unwrapping, surrounded by abstracted ribcages. Begun in 2005, I revisited the “Dreamers” in 2016-17. Usually working in series, when I employ a reoccurring image, like the ribcage or roses, for example, I choose them for their literal and visual presence, and equally for what they symbolize. I use the ribcage for its butterfly-like shape, and its function as a cage for the heart. Simultaneously, it symbolizes the essential, the bare bones, as well as what remains behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1543984600324-FJK36ZL6LE9I3R6GHTI5/Klein_Marsha_18.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Dreamers#3-unwrapping figure w. ribcage 2005 oils/canvas 68 x 52" Suspended in a dream state, the figures in the Dreamers series are in various stages of cocooning and unwrapping, surrounded by abstracted ribcages. Usually working in series, when I employ a reoccurring image, like the ribcage or roses, for example, I choose it for its literal and visual presence, and equally for what it symbolizes. I use the ribcage for its butterfly-like shape, and its function as a cage for the heart. Simultaneously, it symbolizes the essential, the bare bones, as well as what remains behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1530238134693-OC65G8P06B37W3F59EVH/Klein_Marsha_36+2.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Tigerwoman # 2 - Kouros Drawings 2011 oils/paper 40 x 24" Painted Drawing based on the quadriptych, Kouros Departure 2000. Figurative, expressive drawing, fantasy, organic, rooted figure, wearing tigerskin, winged figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1584666280623-VZNIFQCIDQ16YIJ1Z2GO/Klein_Marsha_17.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Kouros Departure-quadriptych 2000 oils/canvas 10 ft. x 12 ft. Based on a self portrait done during my 1998 residency in New York City, combined with the Getty Kouros, the central figure is stepping forward between times, epochs, from darkness into light. In this 10 x 12 ft. four panel altarpiece I am conjuring up female images of strength and healing from traditional cultures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1539312109545-GDMVIJB2VCLNNMW3JDL7/Klein_Marsha_16.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Body and Soul #1 1998 oils/canvas 60 x 48" The wailing pelvis with ribcage expands further in this piece with the ribs floating out to enclose the whole composition, including a muscled torso, all very expressively painted. It was first called Torso with Ribcage, but felt so powerful it needed a deeper title, thus: "Body and Soul." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1599094539269-DGPDSR6OTF9C0S38XA5Y/Klein_Marsha_17.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Body and Soul #2- torso with ribcage on blue 1998 oils/canvas 48 x 60" This piece was a culmination of my Ribcage Butterfly series, which responded to considerable changes in our natural environment and our personal lives. Physically it presents layers of our existence. Symbolically, the bones represent what is essential and what remains behind. The pelvis represents creativity, reproduction, fertility, Mother Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1670805231776-9BFS0IE1GD6NZYAK9YXL/Klein_Marsha_11.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Releasing My Butterflies Diptych 1997 60 x 96" oils/canvas This diptych is a biomorphic symphony! It followed "Double Fetus Butterfly" with the backbone of that piece now expanded into a whole ribcage and the wailing pelvis divided, encircling the double fetus butterfly. An example in my work of the personal shifting into the universal is the Wailing Pelvis and Double Fetus Butterfly images, which came to me when I was painting my sorrow, as my grown sons were leaving home. However, as I painted, it became something much deeper, a wailing Mother Earth grieving for the loss of her children and the destruction of her environment. This ‘double fetus butterfly’ image that appears in much of my work, may have been a premonition of the vanishing butterflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1553217038585-T3CGWAH6KVG9HNMJLSLY/Klein_Marsha_12.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Dbl. Fetus Butterfly w. Wailing Pelvis 1997 oils/cnvs. 48 x 60" This stunning image began with a personal loss, taken to my painting it developed into addressing a universal loss. The wailing pelvis image as well as the “double fetus butterfly” represents fertility, Mother Nature and her horror at the abuse and neglect of earth and the environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1523647401008-SONCUE67DXTD5Y7B326O/Klein_Marsha_9.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Abandoned Madonna - Roman Ruins 1993 oils/canvas 52 x 44" From the Series called, "Roman Ruins" painted after spending the summer in Italy, visiting all of the art that I had previously only seen in photographs. The Great Earth Mother is releasing a blood curdling howl in response to the outrageous disrespect, which she is suffering at the hands of mankind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1586118803589-RM5JF0CCQI0ARXW49FPJ/image-asset.jpeg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Trinity 1991 oils/canvas 44 x 52" Among my first paintings, I painted this during the Persian Gulf crisis in 1991. Black oil and red blood strewn across the canvas became a self portrait with mask, that expanded to include a skeletal figure. I saw it as mother, daughter and holy ghost, discovering in retrospect that centuries before the patriarchal trinity prevailed, a female trinity held the collective’s central position of spiritual strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1584667620532-GDMMCUYNB506HPZ122BV/Klein_Marsha_6.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Fossil Woman Torso Vessel 1989 oils on stoneware 24 x 17 x 12" This was part of the last series of ceramic sculpture that I created before switching my focus to painting for two decades. This purposely heavy piece is richly textured with sea shell impressions. my intention was to make a series of large, weighty pieces that were very obviously of the earth before ascending into painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1539316345116-0LCFESZ1T29WKI69BJYV/Klein_Marsha_3.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Cigar Soul Indian Facescape 1986 earthenware 22 x 20 x 4" Influenced by the Bay Area Figurative focus on bodies in connection with nature, I interpreted this literally, with heads, feet, arms, and torsos sprouting leaves, flowers, roots, wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1541806152134-TAEYV2KY4XIGEPLIYD38/Klein_Marsha_01.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Hardened Heart 1979 glazed earthenware 17 x 16 x 9" Influenced by the Bay Area Figurative focus on bodies in connection with nature, I interpreted that literally with heads, feet, arms, torsos each sprouting leaves, flowers, roots, wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1553207444723-M1NKU2EI7UJ1I3AVGYXW/Klein_Marsha_02.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW - Kali Lily Bodyscape 1980 earthenware 36 x 36 x 12" A modular sculpture, for wall or pedestal. Influenced by the Bay Area Figurative focus on bodies in connection with nature, I interpreted that literally with heads, feet, arms, torsos sprouting leaves, flowers, roots, wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ace4cb71aef1d36b457f085/1565470139890-Z40E2FYBTMPBJLMMFABH/M.Launch.cover.72.jpg STUDIO SLIDESHOW https://www.marshaklein.com/lifeasmythtext daily 0.75 2023-01-04 https://www.marshaklein.com/dreamers-blue-text daily 0.75 2020-09-25 https://www.marshaklein.com/biomorphictext daily 0.75 2020-08-14 https://www.marshaklein.com/unveiling-text daily 0.75 2023-01-04 https://www.marshaklein.com/contact-inquire daily 0.75 2025-12-10