This original oil painting shows Moses standing before the Burning Bush. The landscape is taken from a mountain valley in the Sinai Desert, where I came across a walled garden set among enormous boulders. Beautiful fruit trees were growing, and there was a pool of cool water for the animals. In the painting, I imagine the fiery bush of G‑d at night, with Moses looking on, a tiny figure dwarfed by the enormity of the Divine Presence as revealed in the fire. In the distance, there is a campfire, and its denizens are unaware of the miracle taking place across the valley.
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Darius Gilmont has lived in Israel since 1993. He began working as a professional illustrator while still in high school, when he illustrated a book about Modern Jewish History, but he didn't regard art as a viable career and went on to study architecture at university. Later, after moving from London to Israel, he spent a summer in the Sinai desert, a powerful experience which led to making art on Biblical themes, which continues to be his main artistic preoccupation.
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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
About Darius Gilmont
Darius Gilmont has lived in Israel since 1993. He began working as a professional illustrator while still in high school, when he illustrated a book about Modern Jewish History, but he didn't regard art as a viable career and went on to study architecture at university. Later, after moving from London to Israel, he spent a summer in the Sinai desert, a powerful experience which led to making art on Biblical themes, which continues to be his main artistic preoccupation.
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