A few words about my work
What is art - what makes a person an artist?
I’ll never forget the words of one of the artists who taught me at the Avni Institute of Art in Tel-Aviv.
“Dear students, he said, “I cannot teach you how to paint. I'll teach you how to use your sight, and how to understand what you see. Not just glance around but how to learn and feel what is revealed before your eyes. I want you to see the "empty" space between objects you are looking at - to feel and listen to the frequencies of forms and objects.
The subject matter that will be chosen will include models - such as landscape, the human body, the composition of objects, and so on. Turn your mind's eye - looked through the third eye. Only artistic vision will teach you to how to draw and paint. Before you dare to create abstracts I need you to prove to yourself that you have the ability to draw figuratively. “Creating abstract picture needs (for me) different musical frequencies - for my vision and hearing of the acquired spectrum.
While working in my studio, I am listening mainly to classical music – the sounds of music are translated in my mind into different colors and shapes.
I have never forgot his lesson – I’m looking and seeing the world with trained eyes that explore it otherwise – Out of the perception in my mind, I give Veneers - with my special technique with fabrics. Fabrics speak to me. I have a dialogue with this wonderful substance. They are my friends. And they are my partners as an artist.
My figurative tapestries are inspired mostly by observing the movement of the human body - in dance, sports, or portraiture.
I like to give homage (with a twist of humor) to paintings of the great masters that I love such as Picasso, Matisse, and others. enjoyIng adding my own wink and nod to each of them.
Some of their most famous work has stimulated my sense of humor.
Above all, my creations as an artist are reflections of my social and political positions, and the concept of the artist as protestor. One of my most important works, The Never Ending Horror Story, reflect that sense of protest. Other works, such as Looking Beyond the Uniform, are a tribute to the Israel Defense Forces.
I’ll never forget the words of one of the artists who taught me at the Avni Institute of Art in Tel-Aviv.
“Dear students, he said, “I cannot teach you how to paint. I'll teach you how to use your sight, and how to understand what you see. Not just glance around but how to learn and feel what is revealed before your eyes. I want you to see the "empty" space between objects you are looking at - to feel and listen to the frequencies of forms and objects.
The subject matter that will be chosen will include models - such as landscape, the human body, the composition of objects, and so on. Turn your mind's eye - looked through the third eye. Only artistic vision will teach you to how to draw and paint. Before you dare to create abstracts I need you to prove to yourself that you have the ability to draw figuratively. “Creating abstract picture needs (for me) different musical frequencies - for my vision and hearing of the acquired spectrum.
While working in my studio, I am listening mainly to classical music – the sounds of music are translated in my mind into different colors and shapes.
I have never forgot his lesson – I’m looking and seeing the world with trained eyes that explore it otherwise – Out of the perception in my mind, I give Veneers - with my special technique with fabrics. Fabrics speak to me. I have a dialogue with this wonderful substance. They are my friends. And they are my partners as an artist.
My figurative tapestries are inspired mostly by observing the movement of the human body - in dance, sports, or portraiture.
I like to give homage (with a twist of humor) to paintings of the great masters that I love such as Picasso, Matisse, and others. enjoyIng adding my own wink and nod to each of them.
Some of their most famous work has stimulated my sense of humor.
Above all, my creations as an artist are reflections of my social and political positions, and the concept of the artist as protestor. One of my most important works, The Never Ending Horror Story, reflect that sense of protest. Other works, such as Looking Beyond the Uniform, are a tribute to the Israel Defense Forces.