Statement

“As the People Pass By”, David Stewart Klein’s fifth solo exhibition embraces human beings the artist interacted with, engaged with, and finally interpreted in different parts of the world: Costa Rica, London, and Los Angeles, along with other characters of his creation. 

The collection of portraits was created in a way that allowed these people to breathe their natural life, without the concern of judgment, while their image was being captured.  Klein wanted each person to forget they were being observed to create a very intimate view, each painting being a completely unique moment in time, an impression. 

In a body of work made mainly in oil, gouache, and watercolor, Klein focuses deeply on the richness of individual characters, complimenting each portrait with a unique color palette. 

As the People Pass By, captures with each painting, an eternal moment in a singular image, a footprint of the soul of a person, and yet acknowledges that we are all limited, a fleeting breath of air.