Architectural Sculpture

Architectural Sculpture: Ancient Mikveh House in Sanaa

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 coloured glass inlay, and white […]

A Sea Song

    Magical Art of the Red Sea And now: A boy, who is a prince and a minstrel too, plays the flute by the shores of a desert sea – the Red Sea. Behind him, we see his boat floating above colourful fish in a turquoise-blue sea. A dolphin swims gently by, while in […]

Succot in Jerusalem

Succot in Jerusalem (detail of painting)

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 […]