Mt. Washington Valley Arts Association’s will show its first retrospective exhibition of Rebecca Klementovich, the painteress. With over 350 paintings, this show will have a hand full of her work showing the transition of her realism to abstract. The show will give examples of abstracting the landscape. This opens Sept 2011.
What are lesser known about Klementovich’s work are the hundreds of fashion illustrations, textile design, and graphics that influenced her painting. In New York City she worked with designers from Diesel and Joan Vass. This work can be seen at http://klementovichfashion.blogspot.com/
Here work has been in galleries and private collections along with a list of patrons. However, what she feels is most important is the reaction she sees from people viewing her work. Many times people have some unresolved emotions that get activated from the abstracted shapes and emotionally charged titles. The most impressive reaction to her work was a woman who saw a tumor drawn in the painting. She went to the doctors to find out she had a small cancer tumor that was found in its early stages. Art has a language all its own.
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