Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth. Genesis
וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע, לְמִינֵהוּ, וְעֵץ עֹשֶׂה-פְּרִי אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ-בוֹ, לְמִינֵהוּ. בראשית
Egyptian Gardner
A scene drawn from the tomb of Ipy
at Thebes, Eighteenth Dynasty – 1,550-1,295 BC
Below
The god Anubis leading the deceased to his tomb. A sycamore tree stands in front of his tomb and signified rebirth and fertility
(Photo: © The Trustees of the British Museum, EA10471,8).
Etching
Etching Center – Kibbutz Cabri
The Pistacia trees [Ella trees] with their vast treetop creates shadow and shelter for birds and vary organisms
This Etching is a confession of love for the common trees and the land of Israel. Plants and trees in each country express the structure of the people, the land and it’s habits
Typical local cactus, brings home happiness and comfort
Acrylic on canvas
Philodendron, most common house plant, with heart-shaped leaves, brings wellbeing and freshness
Acrylic on canvas
Cantuta, typical South American plant. National flower of Bolivia and Peru. Also known as ‘The magic tree’
Cantuta flowers are the cover of my book “The English School”. (2013)
Common names include ‘flor del Inca’, ‘flower of the Inca’, ‘magic-flower’ etc
It took me years to gain strength to paint our old old house in Jaffa, 1949. He stood in the mid of Jaffa’s catacombs. The cactuses on the roof and around the house were the essence of that period and that house
Acrylic on canvas
A quick drawing on iPad – was my inspiration years later, for a series of prints on silk screen and etching
A drawing on an iPad
‘The Trees at the top of the hill‘ was perfect starting point for a series of prints
Etching, work in progress
printed at WM College
Created series of prints in urgent need for hope, comfort and support to my people, in troubled times of 2023-2024
Silkscreen 8 colors, A4
Print club London
Silkscreen, 10 colors, A4
Print club London
Silkscreen 8 colors, A4
Print club London
I was lucky to be at the “Corona times” in Stamford Hill’s green neighbourhood, London
I painted 5 paintings of the neighbourhood. Two paintings from that series I exhibited in Espacio Gallery, Shoreditch, London 2023
Girl’s school, Stamford Hill, London
Acrilic on Canvas
Buddha with Lotus on the Gangas, an oil painting I did at Mahatma Ashram’s library hut, 2016, Rishikesh, india
Two yers later, on 2018 an hurricane swept the hut, the books and Buddha to the sky
oil painting on wooden walls
*** Top print
Tzabar, Kibutz Cabri, Galilee, A3
Silkscreen, 7 colors, printed in Print Club London