Artist: Chris Kling, American

Title: Old City Beauty

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Size: 10.5” x 13.5” Unframed; 16.5” x 19.5” Framed

Kling’s plein air oil painting of an arched doorway is an impressionistic study in ochres and pinks. The Florida sunshine deftly illuminates the doorway whilst the lush foliage dominates the foreground. Areas of shadow interplay with the colors to create an interesting tableau. It is signed lower right and finished with a beautifully simple taupe frame.

Chris states “Being an artist is not just my career. It is an integral part of who I am and is something that I am compelled to do. I work in oil primarily in a contemporary impressionistic style. Color sings to me and I try to use its harmony to evoke an emotional connection with others. I love to paint plein air which helps my studio work retain an authenticity that only comes from observation from life. Painting, to me, is reaching out to find the common emotional connection between all of us.”

Ms. Kling has received numerous awards from shows for her landscapes and portraiture throughout the southeastern region of the United States and with the Portrait Society of America.