My paintings are an expression of the beauty and mystery that I sense all around in this world.   I sense the hand of a more powerful being behind the physical world that surrounds us.   The mysterious landscapes of Monterey and the jubilant sunflower fields of Umbria, though so different to each other, are one and the same expression of this greater power.

The portraits are representative of my portrait paintings of peoples of the world.   Whether my subject is from Asia, Africa or America, they are each an expression of the potential in each man to a better world of peace and brotherhood.

I consider myself primarily a Judaic artist.   A very large part of my work is inspired and driven by my Jewish heritage.   Judaism and its culture inspire me and are very much the fabric of my life.

In an art world that is fast becoming exclusively abstract, the viewer sometimes needs a jolt of reality to face the world that surrounds him.   I feel that my paintings do fall under the category of realism, but much more than that, I feel that I have important things to say to the world through my paintings.   I delve into deep meanings of the universe and confront the beauty and miseries that surround us in our every day world.

Artist Resume

Education

1969 –1973   B.A. – University of Cape Town, South Africa

 Career

1987 – 2002 Art Teacher – Solomon Schechter Academy, Dallas.

1991 Waldman Teacher of the Year Award

 Exhibitions

2006 Yitzhak Exhibit – Munster Indiana

2006 Yitzhak Exhibit – Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio

2005 International Yitzhak Exhibit Participant – Akko, Israel

2004 RCA Juried Art Exhibit

2003 RCA Juried Art Exhibit – Eisman Center

2003 Jewish Art Fest Dallas

2002 Jewish Art Fest, Dallas, TX

2001 Jewish Art Fest, Dallas, Texas

2001 RCAS Membership show

2001   Group exhibition  - Art Encounter, Dallas

RCAS – chosen to participate in juried Art Show

2000    RCAS – chosen to participate in juried Art Show

DVAC – Membership show

2000 Jewish Art Fest, Dallas, T x

1998        Jewish Art Fest, Dallas, Texas

1997   Solo Exhibition, Art Encounter, Dallas

Jewish Art Fest, Dallas, Texas

1996      Jewish Art Fest, Dallas, Texas

1987 - 1991    Trammell Crow Annual Sculpture Exhibitions, Dallas, Texas

 Awards

2003 RCA Juried exhibition – first place in Oil Painting.

2004 RCA Juried exhibition – second place in Oil Painting

                                                                     Commissions

Private Collections

Congregation Shearith Israel

Solomon Schechter Academy –

2002 Outdoor bronze sculpture unveiled January

2002 Jewish Federation Lion of Judah Recognition Watercolors

2003 Jewish Federation Pomegranate Recognition Watercolor

2003      Solomon Schechter Recognition Watercolor

2004      Jewish Family Service design

 Volunteering

Art Teacher for Seniors Group at JCC

Holocaust Museum

Jewish Federation

JCC

Shearith Israel

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