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Israel was my home

Untitled, Oil on Wood, 20"x16", 2007-09

Untitled, Oil on Wood, 20"x16", 2007-09

After years of traveling I came back

Faith, Oil on Canvas, 36”x28”, 2008

Faith, Oil on Canvas, 36”x28”, 2008

I learned that these paintings are a recreation of my ancestors’ memories

Trumpet, Acrylic and Collage on Paper, 12”x20”, 2011

Trumpet, Acrylic and Collage on Paper, 12”x20”, 2011

Outsiders, if you will, they are foreign to their own origins

Guitar Player, Oil on Wood, 20"x16", 2009-10

Guitar Player, Oil on Wood, 20"x16", 2009-10

Now they seek to represent a perspective
in contemporary Diaspora

Hesitation, Mixed Media on Paper, 6"X4", 2011

Hesitation, Mixed Media on Paper, 6"X4", 2011

No permanent home, just personal stories
and inspiration of others that I meet on the way

The King's Wedding, Oil on Canvas, 35"X34", 2011

The King's Wedding, Oil on Canvas, 35"X34", 2011

“Four generations lie in this sepulcher,
as poor as the hovel of a water carrier,
and tablets, moss-green tablets,
sing of them in Bedouin prayer.”
-- Isaac Babel, from Red Calvary.

Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, 6"X4", 2011

 

“I want to become like one of those who drive through the night with
wild horses, with torches, which like unloosened hair blow in the great wind
of their pursuit.” -- Rainer Maria Rilke from the poem The Boy.

Lev, Oil on Wood, 20"x16", 2010

Lev, Oil on Wood, 20"x16", 2010

"Sometimes breathing deep hurts and straight lines divert." -- Loch Hame, from the song Heart and Hand

Untitled, Acrylic on Cement Wall, 15'X4', 2011

Untitled, Acrylic on Cement Wall, 15'X4', 2011

"In all my pictures the theme of roots
was always of great importance:
links with family house, childhood, country, Earth."
-- Andrei Tarkovsky, from 'Sculpting in Time'

Untitled, Mixed media on Paper, 9"x6", 2012

Untitled, Mixed media on Paper, 9"x6", 2012