Another work in progress: A Temple City
A Temple City – a very colourful new painting under way – oil and gold leaf on canvas board – to be mounted on wood panel later – 60 x 72 cm.
Author: Darius Gilmont
Artist - Biblical and Jewish Religious Symbolism
Equus
Work in progress: Oil and gold leaf on wood panel; circular; diameter 58cm
Citadel
This is not a perfect, but nevertheless a reasonable reproduction of my new painting, entitled Citadel, painted in oil upon gold leaf, on a rather weighty wood panel base. I felt like a Greek Orthodox icon painter! I find the forms and symbolism of ancient walled cities fascinating. This is not a depiction of any […]
Succot in Jerusalem
I just rediscovered this painting, showing the festival of Succot in Jerusalem. I made this artwork a few years ago. It’s small and compact and rich in both colour and detail. It shows the ancient city of Jerusalem, with the mountains of Edom in the distance, at the time of the great pilgrimage festival. Thousands […]
Peacock sitting in gold-leaf tree
Detail of a new oil and gold-leaf tree painting, showing a peacock sitting pretty in said tree. Some prints of mine are now on view (and for sale) at the Fuchsberg Center for Conservative Judaism, Jerusalem.
The Night Meeting, Oil on Canvas, 60cm x 80cm
To celebrate the ceasefire agreement just announced between Israel and Hamas, it seems I have just sold this new painting to a private collector in Tel Aviv. Very pleased! (Especially pleased at the ceasefire)!
Strange world
More warplanes flying overhead this evening, despite talk of a ceasefire. My wife’s relatives in Beersheva had their windows blown out today by a rocket landing nearby. They are all OK. Also a rocket hit a bus in Beersheva today. The bus was empty. (They hit a school yesterday – also empty). In Syria today […]
Bus Bomb in Jerusalem
I thought this picture was relevant to what’s been going on. It’s the only war-related picture I’ve done. We are holding our breath, so to speak, for what may be to come in this latest bout. Hopeful that it will calm down asap. Meantime – still painting as and when I have time – and […]
Inspiration from Russia and the Himalayas
This is a painting by me, in oils on canvas, measuring 1.40cm x 1.60cm). It’s a copy of a work called “Remember,” painted in 1924 by Russian artist, writer, traveller and spiritual guru Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947). The original painting made a great impression on me when I came […]
Abbas Pasha
Sinai Dawn, Oil on Canvas, 1.40cmx1.60cm This is a painting I made in 2002, which is probably my favourite picture. Inspired by the magnificent view from the top of a mountain in Sinai called Abbas Pasha, I called it Sinai Dawn, to evoke the spiritual significance of […]