| Ray Kleinlein | ||
| Birth Date: 1969 |
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| Perhaps Ray Kleinlein best describes his own work by the following statement: “The subjects are seemingly unremarkable objects which we encounter daily but tend not to notice. My paintings celebrate the simple act of looking at the overlooked and the pleasures derived from seeing ordinary things in an extraordinary way. As affirmations of the serene beauty of humble objects, the paintings enthusiastically embrace human culture and the material world while suggesting a life-affirming optimism, reverence, and underlying spirituality”.
Kleinlein attended the Columbus College of Art and Design as an undergraduate and Ohio University as a graduate student. At The Columbus College of Art and Design he mastered the style of Baroque still life paintings complete with a stage-like setting and dramatic lighting. In graduate school Kleinlin threw out old-master-inspired props in favor of humble and unremarkable objects in our everyday life.
Kleinlein in explaining “Blue & Gold (Hoegaardens)” said: “The first painting of beer bottles was two Red Striped bottles. I was struck by the design of the Red Stripe logo. After that painting I began noticing bottles of all kinds. These paintings are not about beer, per se, but about color, shape, light, design, etc. The beer bottles are just a vehicle for those formal qualities."
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