The Sky Tells
October 31, 2013
ב"ה
Rachel's Tomb
October 30, 2013
On the Road to the Rebbe
October 29, 2013 11:39 AM
Lech Lecha
October 27, 2013
Hallelujah - Psalm 51
October 25, 2013
Mixed media acrylic and ink on stretched canvas
Artist’s Statement: Psalm 51 is one of the penitential psalms that King David set to music.
All psalms praise the L-rd. They have remained popular readings throughout the ages because King David's themes were universal. He expressed the burden of humanity in his sacred testimonies.
Psalm 51, one of the most famous psalms, speaks of repentance and recovery. This image is an expression of the desire to have one's words of praise reach Adonai through authentic intention of kavanah.
Prayer Field
October 24, 2013
36 Expressions of Simcha (Joy)
October 23, 2013
Acrylics, Indian Ink & pencils 50 cm X 35 cm on canvas paper 2013
Artist’s Statement: The numerical value of the letters in the Hebrew word Simcha—“joy”—is 36. In this painting I depict human positions that express joy, using the forms that those letters allow. I used India ink to facilitate the hand movement, as we see in Chinese art. The result is 36 figures with bones full of joy.
Noah's Ark
October 22, 2013
Colored Pencil and Ink on Bristol Board
Artist’s Statement: The biblical story of Noah's Ark has always been a popular subject in art. There are countless paintings depicting the subject, but the vast majority of them only feature the beginning and end of the story, meaning the pairs of animals marching into the ark, and then the ark sitting on a mountain under a rainbow. But what about the storm itself?
Also, a lot of the images that depict Noah's Ark are in the category children's art, which bothered me, considering that the storm must have been wild, scary, and chaotic. So I wanted to draw a scene depicting the beginning, middle, and end of the story, and on top of that, I wanted it to have no semblance to "children's art."
The mass of circles represents the pairs of animals, the scene surrounding the ark represents the turbulent storm, and the rainbow circle at the top of the image has a dove in it, referencing the end of the story.
Prayer
October 21, 2013
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"The primary talent of an artist is his ability to step away from the externalities of the thing and, disregarding its outer form, gaze into its innerness and perceive its essence, and to be able to convey this in his painting.This is how an artist can serve his Creator." — The Rebbe
"The primary talent of an artist is his ability to step away from the externalities of the thing and, disregarding its outer form, gaze into its innerness and perceive its essence, and to be able to convey this in his painting.This is how an artist can serve his Creator." — The Rebbe
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