RobertbenKline

LakeWorthArtLeague November 2011, new Gallery

2011-11-20T16:58:00.004-05:00

Exhibitions

2010-02-03T16:33:00.008-05:00

This is Edward Hoppers' painting, "Nighthawks" done in 1942.

Now showing at the Lighthouse Center for the Arts, see My version with Doxies done in 2009.

Lighthouse Center for the Arts

373 Tequestsa Drive, Tequessta, FL 33469

Hours: Monday-Saturday 10-4:30, Sunday 10-2

(561) 746-3101

The exhibit is titled "FORM and FIBER"

"Doxie Hawks"

A view from the customer's side of the counter

"Klezmer Camp" is also in this show

"W650", the Kawasaki motorcycle engine in clay also in this show.

Boynton Beach Library
208 South Blvd

Boynton Beach

The exhibit runs from February through May

Hours are M-Th 9-8:30 and F-Sa 9-5

Beach Findings:

Loxahatchee Nights:

Lake Worth Art League Gallery

2010-01-19T16:32:00.009-05:00

Here are my entries in the Gallery :

"Roll Over Doxie"

"Floaters"
This wood assemblage received an Honorable Mention Ribbon

"Fat Lady With Her Impossible Box"

Holiday Show at the Lake Worth Art League

2009-12-23T12:26:00.006-05:00

For the December '09 show, I am showing my soap stone sculpture "Heart" along with a small clay Chanukah menorah and a clay dreidle.

I am also showing two Chanukah themed assemblages that use holiday gift wrapping papers in their designs.

LAKE WORTH ART LEAGUE SHOW

2009-11-11T13:56:00.009-05:00

Reception for the Lake Worth Art League Gallery. November show.

November 8, 2009, I was awarded 2nd prize for my sculpture "DOG WALKER"

DOG WALKER - 12" x 8" x 13" - Mixed Media (glaxed clay, cooper wire, pine)

DOXIE #18 -STRIPED SHIRT - 12" x 6" x 7" - Eathenware

CARS - 19" x 16" - Assemblage Art

DEFINITELY K-MART - 19" x 16" - Assemblage Art

PLANE FUN - 30" x 17" - Wood

My Briny Breezes Office

2009-11-02T18:25:00.004-05:00

Here is the desk and chair I made and put to use at my Briny Breezes Office.

ARTSHOWS

2009-10-12T09:54:00.005-05:00

Rene Caovilla Exhibit, Palm Beach

Lake Worth Art League Show

AmTrust Bank Show

Recent Shows:

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Rene Caovilla , 150 Worth Ave., Palm Beach
exhibited Sculpture: “Girl with Shoe”

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AmTrust Bank, Wellington September 24
exhibited sculpture: “Secretary of State”

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Lake Worth Art League September 27 Reception

Show continues to October 30
exhibited assmblages: “Duck” and “Beach”

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Bookcase Door

2009-08-25T20:14:00.002-05:00

This book case is a sliding door. It is about three inches thick. The skirting on the bottom is open, allowing my 15 pound dachshund, Madison, to walk through. The books are actually cut to a depth of 2 inches. More books have been added since this picture was taken. The construction is pine board with dove tail corners. the shelves are fitted with sliding dove tail joints.The skirting has mitered edges. The back is oak faced quarter inch plywood (on the opposite side) with the back painted flat black ( as seen here) to aid the illusion that it is a real book case. The books are glue in place.

Woodworking projects

2009-08-02T09:45:00.004-05:00

I've been busy in my woodworking shop the past few months. Now I have somethings to show.

Here is my drop lid desk, a colonial style piece. Above, an angle view with the lid closed and below, with the lid open. Note the interior was designed to hold a notebook computer. Slides pull out to support the lid when open. The lower drawer holds hanging file folders. Except for the hinges, I fabricated every part in the shop including the drawer knobs.

Ceramic League Show at Palm Beach Gardens City Hall

2009-04-20T08:31:00.009-05:00

The Ceramic League Art Show at Palm Beach Gardens City Hall is currently on exhibit. Here are pictures from the opening ceremony Wednesday April 15th.

The "Doxie with Red Slippers" is playing basketball. Note that not only was he successful in getting the ball in the basket, but he is also dressed in Chasidic garb. Hand built ceramic with underglazes and clear glossy glaze.

"Kabbala Camp" features LARGE headed figures in a 1953 Chevy convertible tow truck and tear drop trailer driving through a grassy field. Hand built ceramic with underglazes and acrylic gloss finish.

PASSOVER ORTHODOXIE

2009-04-07T17:58:00.004-05:00

PRESENTING

The very ortho - doxie Madison Dachshund-Ayn-Nu

( ORTHODOXIE) parting the sea.

Ceramic, 8 x 6 x 15 inches high
I have been looking for ways of portraying Madison as a Chabadnick. For those who think he should be sporting a beard, please! He is only seven years old. Here he is leaving Egypt thousands of years ago: A scene from “Doxies in History.” This story just now being written by me in clay.

LAKE WORTH ART LEAGUE SHOW

2009-03-25T10:55:00.004-05:00

SHOW AND TELL FINALE EXHIBIT

March 23, 2009 thru April 27, 2009
Robert ben Kline is receiving the

First Place Award

for his sculpture

“Mini-Me”
Please join us for the Artist Reception

which will be held Sunday, March 29, 2009

3-5pm ~ Awards ceremony at 4pm.

Refreshments will be served & Admission is FREE!
http://www.photoshow.com/members/RobertbenKline/all
Gallery Hours are Monday - Friday - Noon to 4 PM

Also, the gallery is open on the First & Third Friday Evenings 7 - 9 PM in conjunction with the City's "Evening on the Avenue" event.

The Show is located in

the Lake Worth City Hall Annex
Corner of Lake Avenue and Federal Highway
Enter the Gallery on the west side of the building
416 Lake Avenue
Lake Worth, Florida 33460
(561) 586-8666

CLAY ENERGY

2009-03-06T13:10:00.004-05:00

CLAY ENERGY Art Show

March 6 – 14, 2009

A Scholarship Fundraiser by

The Ceramic League of the Palm Beaches

Eaton Fine Art
435 Gardenia St.
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Gallery phone # 561-833-4766

Directions: I 95 exit 70 at Okeechobee Blvd
East on Okeechobee Blvd., pass the Kravis Center and City Place,
Turn left on South Quadrille Blvd.
Turn Right on Gardenia Street.
The Eaton is at the corner of Quadrille Blvd. and Gardenia Street.

Reception : Thursday, March 12, 2009
5 – 8 PM

Sculptures by Robert ben Kline in the show:

Madame F Rides

Secretary of State

MY PERSPECTIVE Show

2009-02-23T13:58:00.014-05:00

Robert ben Kline received an honorable mention cash award again from the Lake Worth Art League.

The reward was given for the diorama: “Hotel” – a three dimensional depiction and interpretation of the Edward Hopper painting of 1931

The award was given this time in the gallery exhibit: “MY PERSPECTIVE,” at the Reception Sunday February 16, 2009. The show continues through March 23rd.

Pictures of art, artists and guests

The Street Painting Festival was also held that day with stage
entertainment, food venders and chalk artists.

LAKE WORTH ART LEAGUE SHOW

2009-02-17T17:19:00.009-05:00

Robert ben Kline will receive an honorable mention award at
the Lake Worth Art League “MY PERSPECTIVE” show
for his sculpture “Hotel.”

The award will be presented at 4PM on Sunday, February 22nd, 2009 at the artist reception.

The reception is between 3 and 5 PM and will include food and beverages.

Location: Lake Worth Art League Inc.,
426 Lake Avenue
Lake Worth, Florida 33460.

(Please note: This date is the 2nd day of the Street Painting Festival and streets will be closed between US1(Dixie) and Federal Highway, and include Lake and Lucerne Avenues.)

Robert ben Kline has 2 sculptures in this show.

“Hotel” is an interpretation of Edward Hopper’s 1931 painting “the Hotel”. His painting depicts a woman sitting on a bed reading a letter, her shoes and suitcases on the floor next to an upholstered chair. Robert’s sculpture depicts it as a seedy place with a dirty floor, yellow stains on the walls and graffiti on the outside wall, also placing a rat behind the suitcases.

“Metamorphosis” illustrates Franz Kafka’s short story “The Metamorphosis.” The main character, Gregor, had been the sole support for his parents and sister until one morning he awoke to discover that he had been transformed into a dung beetle. As the other family members grow to despise him, they also transform into productive contributors to the household.

Lake Worth Art League Show

2009-01-20T09:09:00.016-05:00

The Lake Worth Art League Inc. held its “MASTERING COLOR” show at the organization’s gallery at

416 Lake Avenue on January 18, 2009.

Robert ben Kline was award a cash prize for his sculpture “Secretary of State.”

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Here are pictures from the show:

SECRETARY OF STATE

2009-01-14T09:23:00.009-05:00

This sculpture has received an honorable mention ribbon and cash prize in the

"MASTERING COLOR"

show at the

LAKE WORTH ART LEAGUE.

The reception is Sunday Jan 18, 2009 from 3 to 5 PM

Refreshments will be served.

Gallery Hours are Monday - Friday

Noon to 4 PM

Also the gallery is open on the First & Third Friday Evenings 7 - 9 PM in conjunction with the City's "Evening on the Avenue" event.

The Show is located in the

Lake Worth City Hall Annex

Corner of Lake Avenue and Federal Highway

Enter the Gallery on the west side of the building

416 Lake Avenue

Lake Worth, Florida 33460

(561) 586-8666

Chanukah Presents

2008-12-25T13:25:00.002-05:00

HAPPY CHANUKAH

This Blog had only featured my clay sculptures. Now I am presenting my paintings and collages.

This is a 3-D collage constructed of plywood, had cut and sculpted wood blocks and strips, gift wrapping and acrylic paint. Size 19 ½ “ x 15 ½ “.

Title: Chanukah Presents

ART SHOW

2008-11-19T16:09:00.009-05:00

These Faces are size 2 x 4 x 7 inches and are designed to be hung on the wall. Each displays a unique expression. These and several other sculptures will be on exhibit at the

Craft Gallery,

The address is 911 South Dixie Highway (between Forest Hill and Southern Blvds., next to Carvel Ice Cream and behind Hair Harbor).

The show times are

Friday November 21 10am to 8 pm

Saturday November 22 10am to 5 pm

Reception Friday Evening 5 - 8 pm

there will be demonstrations, music, refreshments and Great Art!!!

Lady On A Unicycle Garden Fountain

2008-11-12T16:56:00.005-05:00

This clay sculpture is 46 inches tall, kiln fired twice and has a glaze finish. You see it situated in my front garden. I've always been facinated with wheels and had been a unicycle rider. This clay unicycle rider is intened to be a water fountain. I am assembling the parts for that purpose.

My next art show will be with The Ceramic League of the Palm Beaches ast their 2008 Holiday Exhibit and Sale. The day and times are
Fri., and Sat.
Nov. 21- 10 PM - 8PM
Nov.22- 10 AM - 5 PM

The Reception Friday Evening
5:00-8:00 PM

Thre will be demonstrations, music, refreshments and GREAT ART!!!!

The location is:

The Craft Gallery
5911 South Dixie Hwy., West Palm Beach, FL, 33405 (561)-585-7744
(Next to the Carvel Ice cream, between Forest Hill Blvd and Southern Blvd)

Show at the Studio Theatre in Wellington, Florida

2008-09-14T17:49:00.004-05:00

Hanging Sculpture Art Exhibit : Presumptuous Punim

The “Presumptuous Punim” exhibit features five wall mounted clay heads. These studies in facial features and expression attempt to display attitudes: The “Schrier” cries out loud; “Abashed” is chagrined and self-conscious; “Ingratiate” wants so much to be your friend; “Disgust” reacts as if to a fetid odor or perhaps an offence to his moral sensibilities; and the “Big Macher” - he looks down on them all!

Currently showing at The Studio Theatre of Wellington
11320 Fortune Circle G-7, Wellington, FL, 33414

Medium: Clay

Items:
Schrier 7” x 5” $125
Abashed 7” x 5” $125
Ingratiate 7” x 5” $125
Disgust 7” x 4” $125
Big Macher 12” x 12” $225

Artist’s statement:

The most identifying characteristic of a person is the face (or Punim). The shape of the mouth, the way the cheeks, nose, eyebrows and forehead are tweaked, wrinkled, or stretched, tells much. Without a word spoken, we can discern mood and temperament. The face contains the sum total of nature and nurture. It reflects ones ancestors and life experiences. I present five moody faces to ponder.

“Sculptor Robert ben Kline of Briny Breezes, Florida favors figurative clay pieces ranging from 9 inches to 30 inches. He refers to his style as “Dreamism” – figurative story ideas placed in a dream world setting and, often, offering a humorous juxtaposition of people, places and pets.
Most of his sculptures are fashioned with painterly under-glaze and a mix of glossy and flat finishes, and are mounted on his handmade wood bases.” – The Palm Beach Post

FACES, FACES ALL OVER THE PLACES

2008-08-17T11:33:00.011-05:00

Robert ben Kline is a feature artist at the Craft Gallery

5911 South Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, Florida

The Craft Gallery is located North of Forest Hill Boulevard, Next door to Carvel Ice Cream.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday or by appointment. Call (561) 585-7744.

The "Faces, Faces all over the Places" show runs from August 19 through August 30th.

Robert's sculptures in the show are:

My Pants Are Too Big! $1,250.00
A crying water fountain, Created at a Craft Gallery workshop

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Hil: This is a Political Cartoon $1,250.00
In her underwear, squatting on a wood pedestal

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Hillary - a Hell of a Gal $1,250.00
Refer to H. Bosch's "Garden of Earthy Delights"

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Kabballah Camp for (Everyone) Redneck $1250.00
Truck and teardrop trailer

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Car Dream - race car $250.00
The little car tries so hard to get up the hill

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Car Dream #2 $250.00
The sensible car goes up the hill

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Face - large $125.00
Created at a Craft Gallery workshop

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Face - small, worried $125.00
A study in facial expression

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Face - small, discontent $125.00
A study in facial expression

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These sculptures can be found in this blog.

Locate them through the archive.

MY Britches Are Too Big

2008-07-04T16:59:00.004-05:00

This Water Fountain is 2 feet tall. The water pours out of his crying eyes (mostly his right) and drips down his chin, behind his folded hands and down to the bottom to be pumped back up.

Kabbalah Camp For Everyone

2008-05-19T11:02:00.012-05:00

Kabbalah is Jewish theology. The principal book of Kabbalah, the Zohar, was written by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai about 1800 years ago. He died on Lag b’Omer (that day is commemorated this year on Friday May 23, 2008) His grave in Meron, Israel is visited each year on that day and bonfires are lit in his memory. The Zohar gives answers to basic questions such as: Who and what is man and why we are here?
For further information, I recommend: “Kabbalah for Dummies” by Arthur Kurzweil, Wiley Publishing, Inc. As to who may study Kabbalah, I will quote from his book”
“Of course, you don’t have to be Jewish to study Kabbalah. On the contrary, in today’s world, the wisdom of the great spiritual traditions is, for the first time, universally available. In the past, you may have been able to find a book here or there or spend some time with an occasional teacher from a religious or spiritual tradition that wasn’t your own. But now books , Web sites and ease of travel afford the opportunity to encounter the world’s great religious and spiritual traditions. There’s certainly nothing wrong with wanting to nourish oneself at the watering hole of any source of wisdom.

The sculpture represents my dream of a Kabbalah camp ground for every man.
This hand built fired clay sculpture is, 18” wide x 12” deep x 12” high, and is decorated with under glazes, acrylics and ribbon.

Chabad Doxie Basketball Team

2008-04-02T09:33:00.004-05:00

I pictured my not so athletic dachshund, Madison as a basketball player. I figure that with his long body, a jump shot is no big deal. He can slam-dunk that ball into the basket. But he is not major league material. I picture him starting on a Chabad team. My dog is devout. Look at him with his black hat and coat, with the tzitis sticking out from his waistband.

This is a political cartoon

2008-03-23T10:46:00.004-05:00

Clay on wood base

Size: width 15" x depth 12" x height 22"

FACES

2007-12-30T17:20:00.000-05:00

FACES.
People are intrigued by faces. We love to look at others. However we are embarrassed to be caught staring.
Here are some sculptures of faces designed to be hung on the wall.
They are Ingratiate, Sad,

Abashed, Shout,

and Disgust.

The Metamorphosis

2007-11-20T13:40:00.000-05:00

Franz Kafka wrote stories of people in impossible situations. His subject matter was the absurd, alienation and entrapment. His themes reflected his own situation. He has tuberculosis eighty years ago. At that time there was no cure. He was a Jew in central Europe after the end of the First World War. Two decades later, if he had lived that long, he would have been killed by his neighbors. He grew up in Prague, studied in schools that taught in the German language. Before the war, Prague was part of the German speaking Austrian Empire. After, it was the capital of Czechoslovakia. The local language was Czech. He of course, wrote in German
The two principal characters are Gregor, who wakes up one morning to find that he has changed into a dung beetle, and his sister Greta who cares for him, though less so as the dynamics between parents, the sister and Gregor evolved.
I selected the singer Madonna to model Greta. I pictured her wearing a traditional German dirndl dress.

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Gregor, I made as a rather colorful if not fanciful dung beetle.

In the story, his father throws apples at Gregor, to force him back into his room. One of the apples gets stuck in his back between the shell sections, where his is unable to remove it. the family finds him so disgusting that no one would touch him, much less remove the apple.

Hillary, A Hell fo a Gal

2007-09-17T13:48:00.000-05:00

She is running for President. She wants to get back to her old address on Pennsylvania Avenue. Good for her!

Be that as it may, this is a three dimensional political cartoon in clay.
The reference for this sculpture is the Garden of Earthly Delights by H. Bosch. Hieronymus Bosch 1450 – 1516, a resident of the Netherlands, who had a successful career as a painter of religious visions. There are three panels to this painting. The panel on the right was a depiction of hell. While many of the tortures of hell are depicted as musical instruments (husband Bill’s saxophone might fit in), I picked another figure. That is the hollow body supported by two trees growing out of two boats floating in water.

IMUS: Do you like my NAPPY HOSE?

2007-07-17T13:31:00.000-05:00

Funny how you can miss hear things. When the news broadcast the story about Imus and his "nappy headed ho's" remark, I was only half listening.

Even though she does not appear to be ready for the Rutgers womens basketball team, this sculpture pictures what I thought I heard.

Is it Fish eating man or man-easting fish?

2007-06-11T10:58:00.000-05:00

So, Nu? What is it: Man-eating fish or fish eating man?
This is a series of three sculptures, designed to hang on the wall, showing that situation.

The first is an imaginary fish eating a diver.

The second is an elaboration of the first. They are now in a sea of waves, the dive flag floats on the surface. Bright colors and some white water distinguish this from the rest.

The last depicts a real fish, a goldfish. Of course the fish is bigger than the man. Murky colors depict the depths of the sea. At once we see the sea shells on the ocean floor and the giant wave of water on the surface about to overtake them.

MADAM F

2007-05-08T12:03:00.000-05:00

The sculptor Constantin Brancusi had favorite subjects that he sculpted. One was "Mademoiselle Pogany." I have my favorites as well. Here is "Madam F." Notice the curvature of her head with the short hair style and the big upper eye lids. Here she is driving on that scary road of the road racer, on hills not seen in South Florida.

W650

2007-04-29T16:50:00.000-05:00

My motorcycle is a 2000 Kawasaki W650. This is a 7/8th scale model of its engine.

Franz Kafka The Metamorphosis (1916)

2007-04-29T16:12:00.000-05:00

THE METAMORPHOSIS
Written by Franz Kafka

Paperback, 224 pagesBantam Classics Fiction - Classics February 1972 $5.95 978-0-553-21369-0 (0-553-21369-5)

Franz Kafka was born in Prague in 1883. His parents sent him to schools that taught in the German language. Consequently, he wrote his stories in that language. He was well educated, earning a law degree in 1906 and was employed in the insurance industry. He contracted tuberculosis which restricted his physical activities. After writing The Metamorphosis, he brought it to his writers club where everyone had a good laugh. Soon after he had it published.

The Metamorphosis

“One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. “
He lived with and supported his parents and younger sister Greta, by his employment as a traveling salesman. Since he could no longer work, the other members of the family declared, “What a calamity has befallen us!” Now they had to work and earn a living! When the “monstrous verminous bug” finally died, they realize that it is they that have metamorphed ... ... ... into productive people with better futures ahead.

DIORAMA

2007-04-22T15:27:00.000-05:00

Edward Hopper (1882-1967

Edward Hopper American realist of the inter-war period, once said: "The man's the work. Something doesn't come out of nothing."

He is best known for his late night diner painting, "Nighthawks."

He was intensely private, solitude and introspection were themes in his paintings.

My version of Edward Hopper's 1931 painting, Hotel Room, is a rundown seedy place. Grafiti covers the back wall. The interior walls are dirty. The bed sheets and carpet are stained. There are cracks in the walls. Not seen in Hopper's painting, there is a rat lurking behind her suitcase.

DOXIE PLAYS THE TUBA

2007-04-14T20:48:00.000-05:00

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2007-04-02T12:46:00.000-05:00

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The Rebbe

2007-03-23T10:25:00.000-05:00

The Lubavitcher Rebbe

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn was born April 18th, 1902 (the 11th of the Hebrew month of Nissan). In the Ukrainian town of Nikolaiev, he received rabbinical ordination from Rabbi Yosef Rosen. He also studied mathematics at Yekaterinoslav University and at a university in Berlin. In 1928, he married Chaya Mushka Schneerson. In 1933 he and his wife moved to Paris. There, he studied engineering and received a diploma in electrical engineering with a license to practice. In 1941 he left France, arriving in America. He soon found work as an engineer at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
He became active in his father in law’s religious movement, Chabad, also known as the Lubavich Hasidim movement. A year after his father in law, Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn died in 1950, he was named the successor to lead the Lubavich movement.
The Rebbe organized an outreach baal teshuva program. His followers sought out non-affiliated Jews to return to the faith. Many of his group also engaged in secular studies and professions in the sciences and engineering just as the Rebbe had. Others became ordained rabbis and religious teachers. They traveled all over the United States and throughout the world seeking to bring Jews closer to the faith.
At the “Lubavich World Headquarter” building at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, people would come from around the world. They would ask and receive his advice and blessing on personal matters. He would give out a dollar to each person to be used for charity. An insurance agent in Israel related to me in 1982 how he had flown to New York, taken a cab to the 770 building and met with the Rebbe for advice. He then returned directly to the airport by cab and flew home. The insurance agent did not stay overnight or see any more of American than the view from the taxi window.
The crowds of visitors grew so large that, from 1986, the Rebbe began greeting people in a receiving line. He continued to hand out a dollar to each visitor. After his wife pass away in 1988, he moved into the “Lubavich World Headquarter” building at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn.
In 1992 he suffered a serious stroke. He was paralyzed on his right side and unable to speak. His health continued to deteriorate. During the last two years of his life, some of his followers declared him the moshiach. They further claimed that he acknowledged agreement by the movement of his hand and head. His ability to communicate at this point was minimal He died June 12th 1994. A successor has not been chosen. They believe that he is still their leader.

My Three Wheeler and I

2007-03-12T18:56:00.000-05:00

Driving a shiny new car can give one a swell head.

2007-03-12T18:43:00.000-05:00

I dreamt that I drove a car up a hill. It got so steep I could not go further. My three wheeled car of many colors, ran its wheels off!

CAR RACE DREAM

2007-03-12T15:45:00.000-05:00

There was a road in Swoyersville. At my uncle Jake Ganz’s store the road was level, but soon began to climb. It climbed straight up a mountain side. At the top , it ended at a perpendicular street. You would expect a stop sign there. Instead, the other street had stop signs. I was told this was because if you stopped your car on that hill in winter ice and snow, you would have no traction. You would have to slide backward down to where the hill was level.

I have a fascination with wheels.

2007-03-04T14:12:00.000-05:00

The motorized unicycle. It lacks a rider tall enough. Big saddle mounted over a v-twin engine above the wheel: No need for handle bars here! Ideas don't come from nowhere. So, some one help me here: There was an underground comic book in the late 1960's with a bearded superhero who fought against a gang of lesbian dyke riders of full dress harley unicycles. What was the name of that comic book? Or was that just a dream?

I have a fascination with wheels.
On cars on motorcycles on bicycles and on unicycles!

Ah, to be one with your wheel. Feet as pedals, Body embracing fender and wheel. Your head like a steering wheel in the wind. You are not enclosed in the cab of a car, but flying at near ground level. Open to the elements, the smell the temperature and the peering eyes of the world.

2007-03-01T15:21:00.000-05:00

She was so quizzical. She is big. Even as a child she was big. She always was self centered. It’s all about her. She was the ugly duckling and never found herself a man. She is smart. Brilliant. She is a name dropper. And what does she display in her pudgy hands? It is a 3-D representation of M.C. Escher’s impossible box!

2007-03-01T15:17:00.000-05:00

My nephew Jake is a tuba player. He has a master’s degree, M.A. with a specialty in music performance. He is in a doctorial program and is traveling in Europe, searching for orchestral jobs and seeking out musical instrument manufacturers. He also has two cats, and it is I who envisions them playing Jake’s tuba.

Roger Conrad is a stock analyst specializing in utility and income investments. His publisher sends out a brochure. There, a picture of a mouse wearing a helmet and he is going for the cheese in a trap. They claim that this picture is an apt description of Mr. Conrad’s methodology . I upgraded the mouse to a rat. Thus, an “Ode to Roger Conrad.”

2007-02-28T09:04:00.000-05:00

Jake's Cat

Safety First!

Dreamism
Can you see it? Can you feel it? It looks like it’s there, but something is off. Something isn’t quite right. My dog registers for a financial products show and gets his picture taken there with Mr. Clean! My nephew’s cat plays the tuba! The seated fat lady in black shows off her “impossible box.” My securities advisor is a rat wearing a helmet. The unicycle is part person, or is ridden as two unicycles; one with the handle bars the other with the seat.
Perhaps in Dreamism, I can’t get it right, but I hope I get it funny or interesting.

2007-02-25T10:46:00.001-05:00

ART OF THE DOXIE

My dog is five years old and his name is Madison. His hobby is shopping at the Wellington Mall and Festival Flea Market. He usually goes shopping with his mother. She takes him in his stroller. His profession is real estate investing. He was a recent registered attendee at the Orlando Money Show. Here he is pictured with Mr. Clean at the Proctor and Gamble booth.

Robert ben Kline, Dreamism, Art of the Doxie

2007-02-24T18:55:00.000-05:00

Robert ben Kline
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Biography:

Robert ben Kline has studied sculpture with Scot Buccina and attended classes at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. He is a member of the Wellington Art Society, the Riverbridge Art League and the Ceramic League of the Palm Beaches. His sculptures have been exhibited at the Palm Beach Gardens City Hall in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, the Craft Gallery and the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, and the Riverbridge Community Center in Greenacres, Florida.
He is founder of the realist based school of "Dreamism."

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