November 1, 2024 - "What About the Women?" Solo Show - Ferleman Gallery, Cumberland, Maryland
December 1 - 30, 2024 - Ocean City Art League Member's Juried Show, Ocean City MD. FIRST PLACE AWARD - "Two Jobs"
January 2 - 25, 2025 - Blue Mountain Gallery Juried Show, New York, NY
February 15, 2025 - International Society of Experimental Artists Making Our Marks - FOURTH PLACE AWARD - "Presence"
March 1 - March 31, TAG Gallery "Being Seen" Juried Show, Frederick MD
May 9 - June 8, 2025 - Rehoboth Art League Solo show, Rehoboth DE
June 14 - 28, 2025- Ada,ms County Juried Show, Gettysburg PA
July 5, 2025, St. Peter's Art Show, Lewes DE
July 18 - August 7, 2025 - Gallery 50 Solo Show, "The Center Cannot Hold" artwork inspired by the poetry of William Butler Yeats, Rehoboth DE
August 1,2, 8 and 9, Rehoboth Art League Outdoor Show, Rehoboth DE 


ARTIST STATEMENT for "The Center Cannot Hold"
“The Center Cannot Hold” – Artwork Inspired by William Butler Yeats
During my time in college, I majored in Art and minored in English—two fields that satisfied both my passion for visual creation and my deep love of literature and poetry. Among the many poets I studied, William Butler Yeats stood out. His work made a lasting impression on me.
Yeats’ poetry is rich with symbolism and layered themes—bird imagery, mysticism, spiritualism, war, love, and nature. Many of his lines feel hauntingly relevant today, despite having been written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Recently, I returned to his work, beginning with The Second Coming. That poem, particularly the following lines, became the seed for this series:
“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
In this body of work, I allowed myself to deeply explore the emotional weight of Yeats’ poetry, letting it move through me and shape the visual expression that emerged. Each piece is titled with an excerpt from his writing, echoing the themes and tone reflected in the art.​

Kim Klabe is an artist from Rehoboth, Delaware. She is a graduate of University of Delaware with a major in Painting
and the Antonelli Institute of Art and Photography.
See my work at the Ferleman Gallery in Cumberland, Maryland, River Gallery in Chatanooga Tennessee, and Gallery 50 in Rehoboth, Delaware. 
See the upcoming shows above for juried shows, festivals and gallery representation.
Thanks for visiting!
​Contact me at [email protected] or visit my Facebook page @KimKlabeFineArt

People have nightmares about my paintings sometimes. It pleases me enormously.
-Donald Baechler (1956 - )

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