Taking Black out of the Scale
2003-2004

 

“Painting has always been my refuge.
Lots of black, sadness and frustration accompanied my paintings. In one of my classes in college my art teacher asked me to take the black out of the scale. ‘You escape there too quickly, do without it’, he said. By challenging me he was, in essence, the first person who gave me the option to take the black out of my life. … For a whole year I painted in every spare moment, before and after work, on weekends and holidays – any free time was devoted to painting. At the beginning, the paintings were cynical. But gradually I opened up and allowed myself to dream. I let my subconscious speak, not the rationale…”
From an article on Salona” (04/12/2014):

Mirror | 100X100 cm | Private collection
The Bride | 40X40 cm | NIS 2,400
The Groom | 40X40 cm | NIS 2,400
39 | 40X40 cm | NIS 2,400
1974 | 80X80 cm | sold
Grace | 50X50 cm | 20X20 In
Even or Odd | 50X70 cm | NIS 2,600
Flower | 40X40 cm | sold
Four Square | 40X40 cm | sold
Drug & Tony | 40X40 cm | NIS 1,500
Doug & Talking | 40X40 cm | NIS 1,500
Gordon | 40X120 cm | sold
Messiah | 40X40 cm | Private collection
The Clock | 40X40 cm | Private collection
January | 80X80 cm | Private collection
Half | 45X30 cm | Mixed technique on canvas | NIS 1,800
Peppino & Vivyan | 60X75 cm | sold
Red balloon | 100X100 cm | 39X39 In
Sea or Land | 100X100 cm | NIS 4000
Shibli | 80X50 cm | Private collection
Hands up | 80X20 cm | sold
Alice | 40X120 cm | Private collection
Big Mama | 70X30 cm | sold
Good night | 80X20 cm | Private collection
4X4 | 80X80 cm | NIS 2,600
Alexander & Rina | 100X100 cm | NIS 4,000