This is a post about three paintings: A view of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, a Jaguar E-type sports car, and a Kung Fu lesson in the park. But first, a few ruminations about what’s been going on in Israel. The recent release of hostages has been very emotional for
I want to try to explain, from my point of view, what it feels like to be living here in Israel in these critical and dangerous times. One of the friends I’ve made through my art, who lives in Oregon, wrote me this: “………How are you in Israel REALLY doing?”
I’ve just spent many, many hours rebuilding my website. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, but never actually forced myself to make the many decisions involved, to learn new computer-things, and to go through the agonies of setting it all up. But basically it’s done, it
7 October in Israel was a nightmare made real. And the nightmare continues, on both sides of the fence. I can’t let this period pass without some kind of reference to it here. So: A few thoughts about the unthinkable and sketches about the unsketchable. Thoughts Enough is being written
This small architectural sculpture depicts a Yemenite house with a Mikveh (Jewish ritual purification pool) on the roof. It’s an imaginative piece based on the architecture of Yemen, as well as the aesthetic of mud brick construction in general. Measuring about 12cm high, it is of fired clay, with a
Red Sea coral is under threat from various sources, and this painting was made after spending a few days near Eilat this summer. (We stayed in Kibbutz Elifaz, which is in the Arava, in the desert near the spectacular Timna.) South of there, at the Red Sea, the beautiful coral
A Colourful Landscape of the Jerusalem Hills This new painting depicting the Jerusalem hills emerged quite quickly and spontaneously. I think the energy comes across in the brushwork. I really enjoyed doing this painting because of just that flowing feeling. It’s far less technical than a lot of my work
2 Kings 2: As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven. Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel
A new visual presentation at the visitor’s centre at Beit El in Samaria will be using my Jacob’s Ladder painting, among works by many other artists, including several very famous ones, I think. I’ll post pictures, and maybe video, of the actual thing when they have the opening (not sure
In April I made this small painting – a view from our balcony at night. It shows our dog Shula, the park behind our building, and the similar apartment buildings opposite ours. It’s a clear night with stars, and my geraniums and petunias are doing well…..(apologies but the blue looks
I find gold leaf painting very beguiling. It’s because of the sheen and reflectivity, the layers and the textures that you can achieve. Sometimes it can take years to finish a painting like this. Each time I come back to it, I add another layer, until the encrusted agglomeration of
Special Trail-Running Art. Tommy Rivers Puzey, amazing person and ultra-runner, is in intensive care with lung cancer. This painting, which I’ve made specially, has now been sold at auction here to help raise money for his ongoing medical care and for his family. I’ve called it Upward over the Mountain
