The Temple, the Jaguar & the Kung Fu Lesson
This is a post about three paintings: A view of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, a Jaguar E-type sports car,
Recently I rediscovered this, rolled up and covered in dust, in my store-room: A painting of a High Priest. Based on an etching of a turbaned gentleman in Egypt, by the wonderful Mexican artist Francisco Zuniga (1912 – 1998), I abandoned it several years ago – possibly because I didn’t know how to deal with its directness. Zuniga’s etching is so striking and geometrically designed. I hope my version captures some of the dignity and strength in it. In any case I’m now reworking it, and aiming to finish it soon….(Oil on canvas, 46 x 38cm).
This is a post about three paintings: A view of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, a Jaguar E-type sports car,
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?”