$90.00 – $175.00
Print on canvas
In this richly coloured artwork, the people of Israel are seen as they are about to enter the Promised Land. The procession snakes over the orange-gold hills and boulders of the desert.
Different size prints available:
Large 50cm x 70cm (20″ x 27 1/2″) plus blue coloured border, 3cm wide (1″).
Medium 40 x 56 cm (15″ 3/4 x 22″) plus blue coloured border, 3cm wide (1″).
Small 30 x 42cm (11″ 3/4 x 16″ 1/2) plus blue coloured border, 3cm wide (1″).
Not framed. Delivered rolled in a tube. Shipping cost is the same for each size because the tubes are all in the same weight category.
UK buyers please note: You’ll be required to pay Import VAT and a customs clearance fee before you can receive your package from the Post Office.
Further details below in Description tab.
When I started working on it, this painting showed the modern-day road going down to the Dead Sea from Jerusalem (see below). At that point I was planning to include cars on the road, and radio masts on the hills. But somehow, the more I worked on it, the more it tried to become a Biblical scene. Eventually, all remnants of modernity disappeared completely.
Biblical pictures so often seem to appear in my work, in spite of my initial vision being otherwise. Perhaps it is because, whenever I am involved with the ancient landscape of Israel, I feel deeply drawn to a feeling of timelessness, to a connection with ancient history, and to a connection with G-d.
This painting was also inspired by a painting hanging in Rehovot, in the house of the first president of the State of Israel, Chaim Weizmann. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to trace the painting in question, but as soon as I visit the Weizmann house, I’ll post details.
