Anne Klar's Artist Profile
Anne Klar from Toronto, Bulgaria
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Anne Klar – Artist Statement I cannot think of anything more exciting then bringing a blank canvas to life. My 3D Paintings evolved from a love of working with my hands that I can trace back to childhood. My primary medium is Clay and I am forever finding new ways to make my paintings reach out beyond the canvas and touch the heart of the viewer. "Relief" which dates back to the ancient Greeks has a magical capacity to draw the viewer in. I often hear, "I feel so calm, it is as though I am in the painting", or "I feel as though I am right there." Those are immensely satisfying comments because that means that the dreams that I am painting are in essence universal dreams. Be it laundry hanging on a clothesline blowing in the wind, puffy quilts, an old barn, a field of flowers, colorful umbrellas, mother and child, a snowy night - all are made of Clay. It is a medium that has proven ever forgiving. It allows me to take it wherever my imagination leads me. My artwork often depicts a world gone by. Artwork reminiscent of a time when life was less frenetic. My art is about restoring the beauty of a bygone time. An artist is blessed with two lives. One is the routine and mundane. The other is the world you can create that is the antithesis of one's reality - a place of fantasy and escape. Therein lies the eternal love affair between art and artist.
Artist's Statement
Anne Klar – Artist Statement I cannot think of anything more exciting then bringing a blank canvas to life. My 3D Paintings evolved from a love of working with my hands that I can trace back to childhood. My primary medium is Clay and I am forever finding new ways to make my paintings reach out beyond the canvas and touch the heart of the viewer. "Relief" which dates back to the ancient Greeks has a magical capacity to draw the viewer in. I often hear, "I feel so calm, it is as though I am in the painting", or "I feel as though I am right there." Those are immensely satisfying comments because that means that the dreams that I am painting are in essence universal dreams. Be it laundry hanging on a clothesline blowing in the wind, puffy quilts, an old barn, a field of flowers, colorful umbrellas, mother and child, a snowy night - all are made of Clay. It is a medium that has proven ever forgiving. It allows me to take it wherever my imagination leads me. My artwork often depicts a world gone by. Artwork reminiscent of a time when life was less frenetic. My art is about restoring the beauty of a bygone time. An artist is blessed with two lives. One is the routine and mundane. The other is the world you can create that is the antithesis of one's reality - a place of fantasy and escape. Therein lies the eternal love affair between art and artist.
Anne Klar is currently signed with an Art Licensing Agency in the United States. In 2012 Anne Klar was selected as one of several designers/artists by Hewlett Packard to work on one of their new product launches. Toronto Artist Anne Klar's 3D Sculptural Paintings are made primarily of clay. With the ingenuity of her two hands coupled with her vibrant imagination she creates works of art that reach out off the canvas and touch the heart. Her original works of relief sculpture have been transferred into 2D Fine Art Prints which have an illusion of being 3D making them truly one-of-a-kind. Artist Anne Klar's wonderfully alive Three Dimensional Sculptural Paintings take you back to another time. The ingenuity of her two hands coupled with her vibrant imagination, come together to create 3D works of Art that reach out off the canvas and touch the heart. Working primarily in clay, Anne Klar magically breathes life into her creations. Creating texture upon texture, her innovative process exudes an energy that can only dazzle and excite the viewer. Anne's work experience with Reader's Digest Magazines and Kodak Canada allowed her to work in various creative areas. Currently Princess Margaret Hospital, one of the top five cancer research centers in the world, is fundraising with artwork donated by Anne Klar. Generating money through her artwork has always been an important goal. In 2009 Anne was selected "Artist In Focus" by Britain's Progressive Greetings Magazine. In 2008-2010, Groupe Pierre Belvedere, Canada's biggest Greeting Card publisher, selected certain artworks of Anne Klar to be featured in their "Canadian Collection". Her Artwork was published and distributed in Greeting Cards to over 200 retail outlets across Canada. Anne Klar's artwork has been featured in decor magazines.