Constraints and Options
It is natural for a human being to desire the best in his life, work, and environment. Between this wishful thinking and real life, there is always a gap we try to narrow. Drawing 2010 Life is a long chain [...]
The Magic
I started my journey painting realistically. After two years, I felt ready and confident to try an imaginary, abstracted expression. What fascinated me most, was the discovery of the creative process, which I heard, read about, but never encountered myself. [...]
From Doubt to Painting
At 70, I decided to pick up painting as my preferred, sustained creative activity. Knowing that it will be a lot to learn, I made a plan to start with a consistent visual and written documentation, found in the Public Library. [...]
About Beauty
My studio, 2015 My primary concern is not creating beauty, but spontaneously releasing my deeply buried feelings and letting my hand help me to express them. I am convinced that if I would follow my vision steadily to the [...]
Understanding Myself
MI Gallery 2018 It takes time to understand myself, the inner drive that feeds my passion for painting. I love nature, but painting directly from nature, never satisfied me. I look at nature as an infinite source of imagery, impressing [...]
Making Sense of Colors
Today’s colors are much different from those, I knew in my childhood. They can be incredibly special, powerful, My studio 2017 awakening, stimulating, provoking, healing, soothing and elevating our feelings. My emotional response to them proves my sensitive perception of [...]
Artists Need a Studio
My studio 2009 Because of some unfavorable circumstances, I never had a studio and always missed it and regretted its absence. I want to plead, to every young artist to think early, from the start of their creative carrier, of [...]
Technique in Quotes
Drawing 2012 "I found that doing preliminary detailed sketches for me is not relevant. The joy of painting is to find my way out through changes and adjustments in the process of painting." LN " Willem de Kooning typically, [...]
Yupo Story
My first watercolor on yupo One day in 2006, I happened to be in Daniel Smith Artist Supply store to buy some pastels, thinking them to be my preferred art medium. A sales girl invited me to attend a [...]