Every pet portrait is unique – not a photograph, painting, or pastel drawing but rather one that uses paper cutout collage. Pets are often considered to be a loving member of one’s family. After consultation with a client and using reference photos of their pet, I create a treasured pet portrait paper cutout. The portrait […]
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“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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One of 15 in a series of imaginative birds flying over landscapes of one’s imagination while carrying hope for a bright future. With their highly repetitive early morning songs, in folklore, birds are often compared to the continuous praising of God with one’s fervent prayers. The art visually translates an ancient text, “Nature’s Song,” supposedly
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Artist and curator Cecelia Kane spearheaded an acclaimed art initiative with 195 artists, “Hand to Hand,” to raise consciousness about the ongoing Iraq War, documenting each week until the war ended, by using gloves as the support for the art. My assignment, the week of April 28-May 3, 2008, followed The “Green Zone” in Sadr
In going through boxes of vintage family photographs at a local antique shop, I noticed that many did not have documentation or names of family members; formal group portraits from the “old country” in Eastern Europe showed the matriarch and patriarch sitting stiffly in the middle while other family members stared directly into the camera.
The Jewish calendar year is made up of many boundaries of time, with special rituals or traditions associated with each commemorative holiday celebration; the fall festival of Sukkot reminds us of the Exodus from Egypt and wandering of 40 years. Schach is the Hebrew word for a temporary open roof constructed for a dwelling or
The Stop Series, shown in 3 WCAGA Art+Activism exhibitions in metro Atlanta including 2Rules Gallery (Marietta), Mammal Gallery (Atlanta), Shambhala Center (Decatur), the Jewish Cultural Center in Chattanooga, TN and the AGJA show at the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa, OK was also on loan in the conference meeting room at the
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Working on a larger scale, this work using photograph cutouts combined with solid color paper cutouts is abstract; yet the title, Boundaries, makes the work more story telling according to one’s point of view. Are boundaries solid or fluid? Where do boundaries start and end? Are there boundaries within our minds or are they only
The main sanctuary and chapel at Temple Sinai in Sandy Springs, GA are spaces that can be described as embodying understated elegance. A sanctuary seating area is surrounded by oversized glass windows and looks out onto a multitude of trees and open sky, bringing the outside world directly into the sanctuary space. My Torah cover
Bicyclist is one paper cutout collage in my Athletes Series, created to show individual excellence in a given sport. Like others in the series with titles of Swimmer, Runner, Golfer and the newest one for soccer, Beautiful Game, using vibrant colors brings more energy to the compositions. Paper cutout collage; 22″ x 29″