“Festival of Spring,” a term that sometimes expresses the festival of Passover, incorporates the Cup of Elijah and Matzah as recognizable symbols in new ways using vivid colors within strong compositions. Over 35 Jewish holiday paper cutout or drawing illustrations are available for licensing or can be purchased as prints.
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Temple Kehillah Chaim in Roswell,Georgia commissioned me to create several designs for their renovated sanctuary project in 2004. One of designs titled “A Community Embracing Torah,” was installed over the sanctuary’s ark. On either side of the ark, I designed eight additional windows with a theme of Jewish holidays and festivals, including Shabbat. Another TKC
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One in a series of 15 works entitled “Rituals,” these collages combine the historical significance of Jewish holidays, festivals, life cycle events as well as contemporary ritual practices inspired by my family, with traditions passed down to me from generation to generation. My grandmothers and mother lit their “Shabbos” candlesticks each Friday evening, often covering
One in a series of 13 works entitled “Tradition”, based on my own family experiences, these drawings manifest an intergenerational focus on how families carry out Jewish traditions at home or in the synagogue. In 1997, soon after moving to Atlanta, the William Breman Jewish Home commissioned me to create illustration drawings to express Jewish
The Sukkot collage, one of several works in my Ritual series, incorporates newspaper clippings from recent Santa Rosa fires into the composition, as a symbolic connection to thinking about the fragile qualities of our houses, that may not be so permanent after all. Sukkot keeps reminding us to question who is really protecting us. Collage;
My paper cutout or drawing illustrations, often based on Jewish holidays and festivals, have been licensed for greeting cards, newspapers, magazines, online media, calendars and books. Like “Rosh Hashanah Apple” that incorporates swirling Shofars to make up the imaginative fruit associated with the Jewish New Year, traditional themes employ recognizable symbols in new ways using
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