Focal Point: Brian Kliewer
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Other Artists Say:
I have just looked through your website and am blown away by your paintings. Your colors are unlike any others I've seen in their fidelity to mood, atmosphere, and place.
- Martha Marshall
I have to say that, while you are a self-taught artist, you did have a most excellent teacher! I maintain, again, that you have had one of the very best teachers, one who listens within as a well as sees from that perspective. How I wish more, or all artists were as honest as you. Meanwhile, your work is a tribute to life, for which I am grateful and inspired. 'Stay the course'- you and your works are blessings to us all.
- Dave Wilson
Artwork by Brian Kliewer
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Other Web Pages With Info About Brian Kliewer
Brian Kliewer's Main Artist Website
Art Galleries Representing Brian Kliewer
Geary Gallery
Darien, CT - 203-655-6633
Mars Hall Gallery
Tenants Harbor, ME - 207-372-9996
Mast Cove Galleries
Kennebunkport, ME - 207-967-3453
Overview
Click Here to go to the website for artist Brian Kliewer"Snow Storm" 5" x 4" oil on canvas © 2008
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The studio is within walking distance of the Farnsworth Art Museum, which features Andrew Wyeth originals. Visitors are welcome, but first call ahead please.
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What people are saying...
Brian,
I am just looking at "Down to The Sea" again - the color, the slight green that shows up in the middle upper right, above what looks like England and Scotland sort of, and on the left - and of course the dark blues with perfect highlights of white - both are so exactly perfect it feels like I'm standing there as I look at it. The depth looking down into the white foam - is genius. Andrew Wyeth was right, you've really got it.
Two weekends ago we were in Stockbridge, saw the Rockwells in the museum, and up to the Clark near Williams. I'm thinking your time will come.
Best regards,
- P. Kendrick
Brian, Your masterpiece arrived today. It's absolutely perfect. Brian, you are an incredible talent. I have January Thaw proudly hanging in a spot that I see often throughout the day. I look forward to your newsletter and visiting your website often. Perhaps, if I'm fortunate enough, another Kliewer will be hanging in my home someday. Thank you for sharing your God-given gift. - Steve Judy
I have just looked through your website and am blown away by your paintings. Your colors are unlike any others I've seen in their fidelity to mood, atmosphere, and place.
- Martha Marshall
I have to say that, while you are a self-taught artist, you did have a most excellent teacher! I maintain, again, that you have had one of the very best teachers, one who listens within as a well as sees from that perspective. How I wish more, or all artists were as honest as you. Meanwhile, your work is a tribute to life, for which I am grateful and inspired. 'Stay the course'- you and your works are blessings to us all.
- Dave Wilson
Brian,
Just a brief note to let you know how much everyone enjoyed the pencil portraits. My sister was especially thrilled. She thought that they were remakable likenesses of her pride and joys.
- Jim
"I brought it home, opened the box...and I am thrilled. It is more amazing than I imagined. The framing is just perfect. I will treasure it."
- Sarah Lopes
I visited your web site and looked at your paintings. You're amazing! I just love your oil paintings!
- Howie
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Biography
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Believability is very important to me in my work, not just in realism, but in the emotional, human connection I often feel toward the subject. I believe my personal circumstances have made me more aware of things. Growing up, health problems kept me from doing things others could do. As a result, my senses and appreciation for things have been sharpened. I feel a need to be as accurate to time of day, season and weather in my paintings as I possibly can. The changing seasons and cycles are so fleeting, I want to capture and record their subtle nuances and celebrate each in my work. Certain scenes and subjects evoke a personal response, to which I might highlight a color or passage that, in my mind is "felt" rather than seen. Have you ever noticed an autumn leaf fall into the waters of a quiet stream? Many times the most powerful images are those that are more difficult to see, being small or subtle. I want to use my heightened awareness to full advantage and give the viewer a deeper understanding.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Brian Kliewer was born and raised in Rockland, Maine. Early in childhood he showed an affinity for art, with drawing being a prime interest. During grade school, his teachers and family encouraged his interest. After being diagnosed with a disabling condition as a boy (a situation that would eventually see him leaving school before high school), this interest only grew stronger. Among those first impressed by the young artist's work was former United States President, Jimmy Carter. Kliewer was only fourteen years old when he gave the president a painting nearly five feet in length, depicting the Maine coast. When Mr. Carter saw it, he said, "It's hard to believe that anyone as young could produce work of such high quality." By the time Brian reached the age of eighteen he was getting praise for his work from many quarters. An art teacher saw his work for the first time and stated, "In more than thirty years of teaching, I've never seen anyone come so far on their own." The teacher suggested that the young artist enroll in a correspondence art course to further his interest, but that he should 'only take what he needed', since he was so far along with his work. Of the course, the artist now says, "It was a good one. It really emphasized drawing skills and it beefed mine up." This was evidenced by Kliewer's winning the school's President's Prize award twice for drawing in 1982. The contest, held monthly, featured the work of hundreds of students from the United States and its possessions, and Canada and Mexico. His winning efforts were in portrait/figure drawing and drapery. Already being so well advanced in his studies, he finished the two-year course in only nine months' time.
Completely self-taught in painting, Kliewer began showing his work at The Pine Tree Shop & Bayview Gallery in Camden, Maine, in the autumn of 1988. The following year, artist Edward Hergelroth saw Kliewer's work for the first time and said, "It's hard to believe that anyone this young and with so little formal training could produce such an incredible sense of drama and atmosphere in his work." Collectors were soon taken with his paintings and the gallery dedicated an entire show to his work at its Portland, Maine location early in 1991. His show of Maine landscapes was a near sellout. In 1995 the Camden gallery offered "Brian Kliewer-A Full Perspective" to its audience and the show nearly sold out on its first weekend! Another successful show followed in 1996. In 2001, Kliewer showed in "Two Views of New England," a two-man show at Mast Cove Galleries in Kennebunkport, Maine. In 2005 the artist was selected by curator, Margaret Bodell, to have his first show in New York City.
COLLECTIONS
Kliewer's work is in many private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Europe. Included among these: MBNA America (more than 30 paintings), Bank of Ireland, The Fort Worth Star Telegram, Preti Flaherty Beliveau and Pachios LLC, and Pierce Atwood, to name a few.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2008...Solo Show, Mars Hall Gallery, Tenants Harbor, Maine.
2007..."Maine to Manhattan," Mars Hall Gallery, Tenants Harbor, Maine. 2006...Juried Exhibition, Studio Connections - Annual Juried Art Show, MPBN.
2005...New Americana, E3 Gallery, New York, NY.
2005...ARTview 2005, City Museum of Washington, D.C.
2005...Two Man Show, Northeast Fine Art & Design, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
2005...Juried Exhibition, Studio Connections - Annual Juried Art Show, MPBN.
2001...Two Views of New England, Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, Maine.
1999...Open Studio, Rockland, Maine.
1996...Brian Kliewer: A Passing of Seasons, Bayview Gallery, Camden, Maine.
1995...Brian Kliewer: A Full Perspective, Bayview Gallery, Camden, Maine.
1995...One Man Show, Miles Memorial Hospital, Damariscotta, Maine.
1991...One Man Show, Bayview Gallery, Portland, Maine.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2007..."Maine to Manhattan," Mars Hall Gallery, Tenants Harbor, Maine.
2007..."The Artist's Choice," Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, Maine.
2006....Umbrella Arts, New York, NY.
2006....Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, Maine.
2006....Mars Hall Gallery, Tenants Harbor, Maine.
2006....Art at the Bridge, West Cornwall, Connecticut.
2005....ARTview 2005, City Museum of Washington, D.C.
2005....Geary Gallery, Darien, Connecticut.
2005....Mars Hall Gallery, Tenants Harbor, Maine.
2005....Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, Maine.
2004....Year-round, Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, Maine.
2004....Mars Hall Gallery, Tenants Harbor, Maine.
2003....Year-round, Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, Maine.
2002....Year-round, Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, Maine.
2001....Year-round, Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, Maine.
2000....Year-round, Harbor Square Gallery, Rockland, Maine.
2000....Year-round, Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, Maine.
1999....Year-round, Harbor Square Gallery, Rockland, Maine.
1999 ...Year-round, Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, Maine.
1998....Year-round, Harbor Square Gallery, Rockland, Maine.
1998....Year-round, Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, Maine.
1997....Year-round, Harbor Square Gallery, Rockland, Maine.
1997....Year-round, Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, Maine.
1996....Year-round, Harbor Square Gallery, Rockland, Maine.
1995....Year-round, Bayview Gallery, Camden, Maine.
1994....Year-round. Bavview Gallerv, Camden, Maine.
1993....Year-round. Bavview Gallerv, Camden, Maine.
1992....Year-round. Bayview Gallery, Camden, Maine.
1991....Year-round, Bayview Gallery, Camden, Maine.
1990....The Summer Art Gallery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
1990....The Maine Landscape, Bayview Gallery, Camden, Maine.
1990....Art Boston, Boston Park Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts.
1989....Invitational Wildlife Art Show, Bayview Gallery, Camden, Maine.
1989....The Naturalists, Bayview Gallery, Camden, Maine.
1988....Invitational Wildlife Art Show, Bayview Gallery, Camden, Maine.
BENEFIT AUCTIONS: 2006....MPBN Great TV Auction Juried Exhibition, Portland, Maine. 2005....Lincoln Street Center for Arts and Education Art Auction, Rockland, Maine. 2005....MPBN Great TV Auction Juried Exhibition, Portland, Maine. 2004....Maine Artists at Maine Audubon, Falmouth, Maine. 2003....Maine Artists at Maine Audubon, Falmouth, Maine.
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100 Paintings In 100 Days11/10/2008-2/18/2009
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Other Web Pages that Brian Kliewer Recommends you visit
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Bayview Press
Belted Galloway Society
Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth Center
Lincoln Street Center for Arts & Education
Maine Info Tourism Resource Guide, MaineInfo.net
Painter's Keys
Picture Frames
Portland Museum of Art
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