Paintings

Contact Information

tel: 267-506-6714
e-mail:
johnklinkose.weebly.com
Please contact artist or gallery for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement

Blue; my world is variations of blue. I fell in love with sky and water at an early age. In the past I have been a pilot, sailor and swimmer. I paint against the background of these experiences. To float or fly is to be free or apart from the world, to be in defiance of gravity. My paintings are populated with airplanes and swimmers defying gravity. History, Science and Politics are important to my world view but, there is something more, something transcendent about sailing out of sight of land, flying solo in a small plane or night swimming under the stars. On the edge that can only be viewed when loose or free of the normal moorings. This is what I try to paint about. Paint as an exploration of the transcendent.

Education

2001
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Certificate

1987
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
BS

Professional Experience

2001 – present
Sculpture and Architectural Conservationist, Kreilick Conservation, LLC, Oreland, PA

Publications

2001
Cover, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts brochure, Recent Student Works

Bibliography

2006
Montgomery News, August, 2006

University City Review, August 2, 2006

Rosof, Libby, “Summer in the City: American Idyll at LaPelle“, artblog, August 10, 2006

Selected Exhibitions

2011
Sketch Club of Philadelphia, Small Paintings Show

2010
Big Hat Art,  Indianapolis, IN,  Solo show

Sketch Club of Philadelphia, Small Paintings Show,  Honorable Mention Award

2009
Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Artists House, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Bill Scott

Summer Group Show, Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA

2008
Summer Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

USArtists: American Fine Art Show, Philadelphia, PA

2007
New Talent, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

USArtists: American Fine Art Show, Philadelphia, PA

2006
American Idyll: Seven Painters, Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA

66th Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Juried Exhibition, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA

64th Annual Awards Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA

September Exhibition, Crooked Frame, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2005, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Juror: Kathryn Calley Galitz, Ph.D, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Summer Exhibition, Crooked Frame, Philadelphia, PA

2004
15 Exposures, National Juried Exhibition of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Alumni Traveling Exhibition

USArtists: American Fine Art Show, Philadelphia, PA

Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ

Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA

Art Association of Harrisburg Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA
Juror: Stephen B. Phillips, Curator, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

In-Depth II, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

Small Worlds Exhibition, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
First Prize, Judged by Rodger LaPelle

Woodmere Art Museum 64th Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Decorators’ Show Home, Indianapolis, IN

140th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2002
Arts in Motion show, Detroit Opera House, Detroit, MI

Art Association of Harrisburg Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA
2nd Prize, Judged by Tracey Bashkoff, Assistant Curator, Guggenheim Museum

139th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Other

2004, 2005
POST, Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, Philadelphia, PA