Welcome! My goal is to be a light into the process of creativity. In my opinion, creativity is the key to saving our planet....

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My paintings are primarily abstract expressionistic. My feelings & thoughts are expressed on canvas. Some are more obvious than others.

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Growing up in the 50’s in Houston Texas, I took art lessons at the Houston Art Museum. Fast forward to college at University of Colorado Boulder where I majored in Psychology. After graduation in 1975 (BA & S) I worked in social services & psychology for a few years in Boulder and earned half a Masters in Counseling. But my visual creativity was bursting to get out.

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In 1978 I went back to school to get another (Bachelor of Arts) degree in Interior Design. I interned and then was hired by Gensler and Associates to do commercial office design and then Victor Huff Associates in Denver to do hotel design.

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 In 1986 I moved to LA and for many years I worked at some of the top commercial interiors firms both in interior design and business development. Artistically I was inspired by many fine artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Ed Moses, & Laddie John Dill to name a few fine artists whose work I was showing to our interior design clients.

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In the mid 90’s I went out on my own - Edwina Klein Interior Design- doing very custom residential interiors and furniture design. I was painting in my spare time and found that my design clients loved  my large abstract paintings and several purchased them.

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I  began to show my paintings locally in 2005 with FOLA- Foundation of Local Artists in Manhattan Beach and several of my pieces are now in private collections in both Texas and Southern California.

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The rich texture of many of my paintings tells a greater story, several paintings show the history of painting beneath. It’s part of my process and I am a believer of trusting the process as inspired by Shawn McNiff’s book (Trust the Process) See blog.

In 2013 I retired from my interior design practice. Since then I practice my art with creative projects, play tennis and volunteer with children & teens now at Indivsible Arts in Hermosa Beach.

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Please feel free to  contact me for more information/pricing on my paintings or for a custom painting.

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I hope you enjoy my site!