Susan Klinger

Titles. Every painting should have one. It can help the viewer connect with the image. Some titles come easily. I occasionally know the title before the painting is off the easel. On rare occasions, I know the the title before the first pastel stroke hits the surface. But there are times when an interesting title for a newly completed painting seems elusive. I have written recently about my series of sky paintings. Many are of sunset or sunrise. I have attempted to be

Having worked in realism for the majority of my adult artistic life, my foray into abstraction for about a year and a half surprised not only my followers, but me as well. Yes, I had done the occasional abstract here and there to shake out the cobwebs in my creative brain, but I had never pursued it in depth for an extended period of time. So what birthed this total switch in style? Without risking the ‘too much information’ syndrome, let’s just say that my husband was deal