A Dream World in Tel Aviv My name is Uri Gera and I live with my wife Yael in Tel-Aviv, Israel. We know Darius for many, many years and we always enjoyed his art. We are lucky to be his friends, so when he starts working on a new painting
Jewish-themed art This is the story sent to me by Pegge. I got to know her through various emails related to purchases of Biblical art for the home and, even though I’ve never met her and her husband, feel that through our correspondence, we’ve become good friends. Greetings, my name
Sean Cribbin lives in Connecticut with his wife and three children. A couple of years ago he contacted me, and bought four original works: Art for a prayer room. There was a large oil painting of Moses on Mount Sinai, two smaller paintings, and a wooden wall-sculpture. Because of the
A Torah Painting on Creation, Hebrew Letters, and Renewal After a very difficult year, here’s me with the art of Genesis, finally starting afresh. This is a return to the beginning — a new Torah painting centered on the opening verses of Bereishit, the Book of Genesis. For Jews and
Choosing the perfect gift is difficult. The great sages have always known this. The Buddha alluded to it in the First Noble Truth where he poignantly states: “there is suffering (dukkha) in life.” Some commentators, like Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, France, 1040 – 1105), are so traumatized by the subject that
This summer has been, so far, a difficult one. The war in Gaza is ongoing, and we’ve also had a war with Iran – a war which I’d been fearing, and preparing for, for quite a while. Below I’ve posted a short video from that particular episode. The current situation
Key Points The symbolism of the olive tree is about peace, endurance, and spiritual transformation in Jewish, Sufi, and Christian traditions. Olive oil is often a symbol of divine illumination and of blessing. The pressing of olives symbolizes spiritual refinement through hardship. Recipe: How to make your own olives. (Traditional
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 in the shadow of
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
